Today was our first day staying at the Mara River Safari Lodge. We checked in late last night so we didn’t get to see much, but one of the really cool features of the hotel/resort is that we were able to get a room overlooking the safari park and you can feed carrots to the animals from the balcony each morning. So we started off the morning by feeding some zebras right from our balcony and Little K adored every moment. 
After that we headed to the restaurant onsite for breakfast (which was a delicious breakfast buffet each morning included in the package we purchased.) During breakfast we ate next to the lions who were also enjoying their breakfast. Little K couldn’t stop watching the meerkats though… I think we may have a future zoologist or veterinarian on our hands.
In fact, Little K liked the meerkats sooo much that we decided we would take the opportunity to feed them. It wasn’t too expensive, just around $30 US to spend about 20 minutes with the adorable little creatures. They took pictures and offered to also take some with our camera.
After feeding the meerkats, we visited the petting zoo where they had a variety of animals we often see in petting zoos (goats, sheep, chickens, bunnies, llamas) and some we don’t see often(geese, parrots, very colorful fish that Little K said matched my shirt).
After the petting zoo we decided to check out the animal education show and feed some elephants.
The animal education show admission was also included in the package we purchased and we got to learn about many of the animals at the safari park as well as some others. J wanted to feed the orangutan, but the poor little guys needed a break after the show so we decided to go and feed the white tiger instead. 
At that point we were all melting and hungry so we decided to head back to the room. We sent some laundry off to be washed (which was insanely inexpensive), ordered room service for lunch and spent the afternoon resting up for our evening plans. While Little K napped, J and I watched more of our most recent show addiction… Mindhunter on Netflix. It’s seriously so good (well, if you are into psychology/sociology/criminology or just what makes people the way they are.)
Later that evening we went ate a delicious BBQ dinner followed by a night safari (this was not included in our stay and did cost extra) which was well worth it. Little K’s adopted friend cheetah joined us for dinner and the night safari (and pretty much everything else on our trip after that).
After dinner (where I tried some Balinese Rose wine – not bad) we waited for the next night safari van to arrive and during that time we waited, we practiced our different emotion faces. During the night safari, we got to tour the whole safari park, but seeing all of the animals in their habitats at night. The best part of the tour was when the tiger jumped on top of our van to say hello!
Finally, after we returned from the night safari, we watched the Balinese fire dance.
It was a long day, but a really enjoyable one for our first whole day in Bali.
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