A gorilla on the safari? Surely you must be joking. You’re such a jokester, Lisa. There is one, not along the drive itself but read on to learn more, and stop calling me Shirley.
Picture this (the jokes never end), you’re bouncing along in the safari vehicle, cursing yourself for finishing off the bottle of ice tea while waiting in line. You’re trying your very best to take photos of the hippos wiggling their ears and blowing bubbles. The driver doesn’t slow down during the entire ride. The journey ends and when you exit the vehicle, you naturally follow the crowd left and head out. But wait! There’s more! What? I said there’s more.
Walk forward and to the right. There’s a waist high wall, I think it’s clay colored. Go up to it and look down, left and right. A single silverback gorilla lives down there. Actually, I have no idea if he’s single, I didn’t check his Facebook status. He is alone though. I have seen him sitting on rocks in the middle of the waterfall stream, napping in the semi-cave, and in between.
All he needs is a telephone and he could re-enact The Telephone Hour song from Bye Bye Birdie.
I turned this photo around 180 degrees so you wouldn’t have to turn your head upside down. I’m a nice kid, I know.
Newbies, the Kilimanjaro Safari is an attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. You’ll love it, just visit the potty ahead of time.
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Oh how I wish I had seen this a few days ago! We were there and I would have looked for him for sure. We did the safari four times this trip (which is about what we do every trip). I don’t recall the wall you are talking about. More pics? Well, I guess I have the first thing on my “the next time I go to WDW” list.
Lisa responds: I don’t have photos of the wall just the gorilla. I’m sure you’ll see it next time around.