I decided to take my family to Blair Drummond Safari, I went as a child and even now as an adult it didn't let me down. It promised us a fun filled day and that's exactly what we got.

On arrival we were met by long queues which was to be expected due to the nice weather however the positive side of this is the queues are managed well and the have plenty people working the cash registers so we were only waiting for a couple of minutes. There was also a Lion Character running around the cars and entertaining the children so that stopped them getting grumpy and bored anyway!

It cost me and my partner £11.50 each and as my girl is only 19 months she gets free entry. We also got car stickers and a map included.

We decided to take a trip round the safari first of all. It was well laid out so you know exactly where we were meant to go, we were also given a rules book at the entry so we know what we could and couldn't do.
It was great to get right in beside the animals as you slowly drive their grounds, my daughter loved it but they Rhinos are not shy so did get a bit to close at times! There's plenty room for cars to go round if you wanted to stop and have a proper look or take photos with the pressure of eyes burning into the back of your head.
Driving through the safari we seen, Rhinos, Camels, Ostriches, Deer, Tigers and Lions plus lots of other animals that I wasn't even sure myself what they were!

We then parked up (free parking and lots of it) and had a picnic by the kids play park. This park has a huge sand pit with buckets and spades and for the older kids a HUGE fort with lots of climbing frames and shoots.

Its all very open planned with lots of spaces and room for the kids to run about. There is also benches, barbeque sites and picnic tables throughout however if its raining when you visit, there is food courts to eat in.
There are plenty of toilets throughout the safari as well all with disabled access and baby changing units. These were pleasantly clean and well stocked considering the high turn over they have.

The Safari park also has a small fair ground for younger kids including mini rollercoaster, T-Cups and dodgems. All these except tokens only and cost £2 each which is pretty expensive if you have lots of kids with you. There is also pedal boats that the familys can have a shot on but we chose not.

After spending lots of money on stalls and the rides and not forgetting my partner getting his face painted...yes him, not my daughter! We went to the Sea Lion Show.
This is included in the price of your admission and I really enjoyed it.
The Sea Lions are great at entertaining and seem happy to do this. I liked the fact their trainers will not force them to do anything and pre warn you that they may not perform depending on their moods. We were lucky to see the Sea Lions show of their tricks whilst learning about the species.
I would warn parents that they need to get in early (all times of shows are on the maps provided) otherwise you cant guarantee that your kids will see much other than the back of someone's head.

We had a lovely walk around the petting zoo, I got to feed lots of animals like goats,
horses, camel and gots loads of pictures of Madison with them too.

There is lots of monkeys in Lemur Land however as the weather was so hot when we went a lot of them were hiding in the shade. You can get very close to them but it's a hit or a miss if you see them, weather permitting!

My favourite bit was getting on the canal boat, which takes you right in to the grounds of the Gorillas, your protected because they don't like water so wont come in after you however they were really vicious, spent a lot of time screaming and attacking the boats with anything that could be picked up and thrown. This was actually scary for my daughter, so young she was terrified and hasn't like monkeys since which put a dampner on things but you are completely safe....so the keeper said!

All in all, we had a great day, it exhausted my girl and didn't spend a fortune!