While we were staying at the hotel Vila Galé Country Club, in Beja, – see here more details about our stay there – we decided to go and meet the famous Badoca Safari Park, driving 1h30 to get there (+1h30 to get back). It was really cool to see Patrick's excitement with the animals in the park, but he also got really excited about the rocks and leaves he found along the way. 🙂

The park

For those who don't know, the Badoc is one of the most recommended walks in Portugal for little ones and is very popular in schools and even on television programs. The park is located in the Alentejo, between Lisbon and the Algarve, being the yellow dot on the map below, and can be a good stop for families driving down the country.

Tickets

To enter the park, the prices were: Adults – 17.90 / Children from 4 to 10 years old – 15.90 / Seniors – 15.90, that is, since Patrick was only 1 and a half years old, we paid 35.80 euros. It's not a cheap trip considering we're talking about Portugal, but I thought it was worth it. They offer some cool-looking VIP experiences that you can book in advance, but we didn't know about them when we decided to go, so we missed the opportunity this time (check out the website here o – I think the Meeting the giraffes and the Interaction with Lemurs they must be pretty cool!)

Train Safari

After having a bit of trouble finding a parking space, we went straight to the ticket office and bought the tickets with the right to Safari on the little train. We walked around until it was time for the Safari, walking through the Tropical and African forests and seeing several animals inside their enclosures (I thought it was depressing…) and after the Safari, we watched the carnivorous bird show, which was sooo cool! The Safari was definitely the highlight of the trip, because we saw the most interesting animals (giraffes, ostriches, zebras, buffaloes, antelopes, among others) “free” throughout the giant terrain and we even got really close to some of them – pictures soon!

The negative point of the tour was that we thought that the The park's infrastructure could be better in terms of snack bars and protection in case of rain, because practically the entire path in the park is dirt and there aren't many covered places to take shelter. It rained when we were there and luckily we had umbrellas and the rain was light and our feet didn't get soaked. I'm sure that next time we go, I'll take ready-made snacks and an umbrella + galoshes in case it's cloudy. This is a tip for you too! 😉

If you want to see everything the park has to offer, take a look here.

Oh, this isn't a publi post, OK? It's really our opinion!

Our tour in photos

Now some photos to fill the post of cuteness: