Honolulu Zoo

Today we needed to get out of the house. The news said it was going to rain...but they were wrong. It was such a nice day that we really wanted to get out and enjoy it (especially after last Saturday when we were stuck at home because of the tsunami warning). We decided to head over to the Honolulu Zoo right along Waikiki Beach. When we got there it was nearly IMPOSSIBLE to find parking because of how busy the beach was. We finally found a parking spot and lucky for us Kaylee insisted on bringing her money so we had change to put in the parking meter.

One of the first things the girls found was a Hippopotamus statue to climb on:

We found a monkey that was more than happy to show off its skills at swinging, jumping, and playing with a ball.

Since we are in Hawaii...there were TONS, and TONS of turtles at the zoo. Here's a bunch of turtles sunning on logs in the monkey enclosure.

Next stop was at the Hippo Pool. The 2 hippos were to busy sleeping on each other to care about anything else. I learned that hippos spend the day in the water, and the night on land.

The really cool thing about the African Savannah exhibit at this zoo is that most of the animals have an open enclosure. They can roam around together and have more space. The Zebras, Giraffes, Rhino, and Ostrich were all in the same enclosure wandering around together.

After a short trip to the playground we went to the Keiki (kids) Zoo area. There were llamas, goats, chickens, and more. One of the coolest things was a fish pool with a tunnel in it.

We went to see the Kimodo Dragon...then it was off to find our car before time ran out on the parking meter.

There was still 24 minutes on the parking meter so we figured that meant there was enough time for a quick walk to Waikiki Beach.