After seeing the exhibits inside at Charles Towne Landing we decided to head outside to see what we could discover. We were pleasantly surprised by how much there was to enjoy outside.
The Animal Forest at Charles Towne Landing, a 22-acre natural habitat zoo, is home to a variety of species that inhabited Carolina at the time when this site was a newly settled English colony. Through informational signs along the paved trail, you are reminded of challenges faced by those pioneers, of daily life in a wild world, of predators and prey.
--from
Charles Towne Landing SHS website
The first thing we saw was a warning about alligators, but we didn't end up seeing any loose.
I love old split rail fences, they're quite picturesque.
We started out heading towards the Animal Forest.
This was once a slave cemetery that had many goods excavated in the 1970s as it wasn't realized why they were in the location.
Not far past the old cemetery we came across the entrance to the animal forest.
The Animal Forest features many different animals that were native to the area at the time European colonization started.
The first actual animal area we entered was an aviary.
We walked out onto a boardwalk into the middle of the area.
I spotted what looked like an egret or heron towards the edge.
We didn't get a close view of the red wolves in their enclosure, but you can see them if you look in the shady area under the trees.
The otters were frolicking in the wader when we came by.
Sadly we never did see any Classroom deer or Turkey restrooms, we also tried to avoid the Bison skunks as they sounded extremely smelly!
The bald eagle had a temporary sign up saying it was under medical observation.
We didn't get to see any elk close up, but we did spot some.
Turkeys and vultures were in another aviary, but not one you could walk through.
Here we finally saw some bison in the distance.
It wasn't a traditional zoo, but it was fun to walk through and realize how many different animals originally lived in the Carolinas. After leaving the animals we headed out into the historic area, but I think I'll save that for the next post.
~Matt
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