[mk_page_section padding_top=”128″ padding_bottom=”128″ section_id=”welcome” el_class=”difFullHeight difd_add-triangle-top-left-orange” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/6″][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1591979201844{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Looking for a family friendly road trip? Or as a grown-up do you still love a good zoo? Well Western Mass has two great zoos to visit on your next road trip. Make a wild day of it and visit both or stay over and take your time![/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_padding_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”https://difhosting1.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/blog-road-trip-2-forest-park-zoo.jpg” image_width=”350″ image_height=”315″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1591980576706{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Zoo at Forest Park is nestled within Springfield’s Forest Park. The park itself is worth the trip. It’s among the largest municipally owned parks in the US and was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead who is also famous for designing NYC’s Central Park. But back to the zoo…its home to over 200 exotic and native animals – almost 90% of them are not able to be released into the wild due to injury, illness or permanent disability. Social distancing rules still apply at the Zoo and timed tickets are available to purchase before you visit.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider margin_top=”40″ margin_bottom=”40″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”https://difhosting1.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/blog-road-trip-2-lupa-zoo.jpg” image_width=”350″ image_height=”317″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1591981240448{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Lupa Zoo in Ludlow is 20 acres of animal fun for all ages. Zebras, otters, camels, monkeys….Lupa Zoo has a wide variety of animals from near and far. This is also a family-owned zoo where the animal habitats are designed to meet the needs of the animals but to also keep them interested in the environment surrounding them.

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