Visit Auckland Zoo These Holidays!

Last updated on 19 January 2022

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You gotta visit Auckland Zoo

The other day (okay, so it was actually the other week now because I kept forgetting to write this up), my friend was up in Auckland for a few days, and so on one lovely Friday we headed out to visit Auckland Zoo. I.Love.The.Zoo.

There’s just something about a zoo that makes me happy, makes me excited and makes me feel more creative. I know that that last one is a little weird, but I think I see the animals, and the patterns and colours that adorn them, and even their enclosures, and it makes me want to take photos of everything and then some. I thought today I’d just share with you some of the photos that I took. I’ll try not to jump in with text too much, but there is one photo I have to explain.

These are Auckland Zoo’s elephants. Well, it’s their bums {insert immature giggle}. The latest addition to the elephant family is a lovely young pachyderm from Sri Lanka and her name is Anjalee. Yup! We share a name. Although hers is spelled differently, and they also saw it with a harsher ‘A’ than mine. Mine is pronounced UN-ja-lee, and they say her name ANNE-ja-lee. If that makes sense. I don’t know if that’s just how they say the name in Sri Lanka (as opposed to India, where my name is from) or whether New Zealanders are being typical New Zealanders and saying it incorrectly.

The first time we went around to their enclosure, they weren’t there, so we popped back near the end of our time at the zoo, and alas, they were … well, you can see where they were. But I had to get a photo with her, obviously If you want to read more about both Anjalee and Burma, the other elephant at Auckland Zoo, you can check out this page here.

So that was our trip to the zoo! It’s a fun zoo to wander around, and there’s a lot going on, and a bunch of renovations that they’re doing, and additions that will eventually show up. If you haven’t been, it’s a good day’s outing.

Have you been to visit Auckland Zoo?