Fall Combo Ticket

Greetings friends and welcome to this week’s blog post! On this side of the table we are gearing up for a really big fall at Timbavati Wildlife Park. I know you’re probably thinking, “What do you mean a big fall? Summer is over and so is the Wisconsin Dells!” Nope, wrong, cue the buzzer, we are a wildlife park. We offer private tours all year long by appointment. We are also open every day in the fall.

This brings me to this week’s topic which is an announcement! We are actually running a discount right now in the form of a Fall Combo Ticket. A Combo ticket grants a person a general admission and a ride on the Safari Train!

Well the safari train takes you into our exclusive pasture where you can have an up close animal encounter and takes a ride around to our Giraffe and Camel Feeding Encounter. It is literally the “Wildest Ride” in the Wisconsin Dells. Get it? Wildest Ride? Yuk Yuk? No? Ok, you get the point :)

The leaves are starting to change and we’re really excited to bring you all new images this fall from the brown and orange backdrop that’s starting to frame our home. Those are in our plans for the next couple of weeks and we can’t wait to show you what we come up with!

What kinds of events do you all look forward to in the fall? We’d love to hear from you about your plans. This week’s video follows up with the combo ticket discussion so check it out and enjoy!

Talk with you next week!

Farm Animals Appreciation Week

Greetings Friends and welcome to this week’s blog! This week are are celebrating National Farm Animals Awareness Week. The lives that a lot of our visitors live is one of urban concrete and offices. Cubicles and board rooms, deliveries and commerce. Being in Timbavati reminds us that there is a world that exists beyond the internet and a netflix subscription.

When I thought about farm animals for this blog I realized, I haven’t touched a goat since my elementary school field trips that took us to local farms. You know what? Most people that visit Timbavati haven’t seen farm animals since they were kids too. There’s a simple elegance to the interaction that can only be described as organic when we have those precious moments to interact with the creatures that help us survive and provide for ourselves.

The same thing goes for the highly intelligent pig. We have pig races daily and occasionally have a young one or two in the nursery and they are as kind as they are entertaining to observe and interact with. Not to mention they love oreo cookies and race for them as a prize at the finish line in the pig races that we have daily.

I guess until I had a chance to enjoy these animals up close I really didn’t get a chance to appreciate farm animals in this light. That’s what Farm Animal Appreciation Week is all about!

Check out this week’s video and remember, we’re still open during the fall there are lots of chances left for you to come and half an adventure. See our website for information about our Fall Combo Ticket!

We're Still Open!

Greetings friends and welcome to this week’s blog post. Summer has wound down and we’re all back into our fall flow at this point. I know we technically don’t change over until about the 21st of September, but let’s face it a labor day barbeque pretty much seals the deal for the end of summer.

The same way those changes impact the rest of everyday life, they impact Timbavati Wildlife Park as well. I’m sure you’re wondering how, and that’s what we’re talking about today. Firstly, the foliage in the park all begins to change to the beautiful colors of autumn. You know the classic “Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” color schemes we all grew up watching and loving.

There’s a change in the park. With the vacation season over and traffic in the Dells slowing down sans the weekend warriors. Timbavati Wildlife back has a little less bustle and a bit more tranquility attached to it. There are still people of course but the park feels a lot more like just you and the animals looking at each other, a lot. I mean believe me, they’re watching you when you show up.

Then of course the fall really changes the animal’s behaviour. It’s an instinct thing primarily. In the summer months, animals typically are less active to burn less energy. They’re conserving body fats and what not so that they don’t have to exert as much energy hunting and foraging.

Well when you get into the cooler months they become much more active to build up their natural reserves for the winter months. They want to bulk up and usually are more frisky as the weather cools in the fall.

When you’re looking for family activities or a school field trip, consider us an option because we’re open as long as the weather permits!

Happy Labor Day!

Greetings and Happy Labor Day everyone! Today is our national observance for the American Worker and the jobs that we all do to keep this great country of ours in motion. The very first Labor day was organized by the Central Labor Union in New York City. This was celebrated on Tuesday September 5th 1882. They held their second one a year later on the same date.

Labor day was moved to Monday in 1884 because who likes Monday’s right? LOL Funnily enough Labor day and its origins also have roots in the 8 hour work day movement which recommended 8 hours for work, 8 hours for recreation and 8 hours for rest.

Today’s labor day actually falls on another day of observance which is National Wildlife Day. National Wildlife Day was founded in 2005 by Colleen Paige in memory of conservationist Steve Irwin AKA the Crocodile Hunter. Most of us remember him for wrestling big crocs and handling snakes by hand  but his biggest contributions to humanity were his conservation and rescue efforts for animals.

National WIldlife Day is day intended to learn about conservation efforts around the world and you can get involved in the day by using the hashtag #NationalWildlifeDay in your posts. What better way to celebrate both days than to come and learn about our conservation involvement from our professional animal handling staff at Timbavati Wildlife Park. Thanks and we hope to see you soon.