Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch

On Thursday Cullen's class went on a field trip to the Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch, and I went along as a chaperone. It was a great place for a field trip - large enough that they had a good variety of animals, but small enough that they only do one field trip at a time, so we were the only group there.


The day started with a Safari Tram ride to see camels, horses, zebras, and several other animals. There were large buckets of food hanging from the outside of the tram, so when we entered a habitat, the animals immediately came right up to the tram. The camels were especially eager:



We then saw smaller exotic animals in their barns. We saw a monkey, sloths, and several types of lemurs. We also saw kangaroos, some of them albino, in a fenced habitat. After that, we got to see a baby albino kangaroo up close:

Here's Cullen's class, with his teacher holding the baby kangaroo (Cullen's on the back row, two to the left of the teacher):

At the end of the trip they brought out some of the lemurs for us to pet:

I've been on a lot of field trips with my kids and this was definitely one of my favorites!