PHOTOS, VIDEO: Discovery Island Trail and Kangaroos Return to Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Tom Corless

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PHOTOS, VIDEO: Discovery Island Trail and Kangaroos Return to Disney’s Animal Kingdom

On Friday, a few old friends came back to Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park.

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The Discovery Island Trail located behind the Tree of Life reopened, allowing guests to walk under the Tree for the first time in almost 2 years. The trails around the center of the Island are still closed, but it is nice to have this small area back in the park. Personally, this has always been a space I have used to escape the crowds in the park.

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There is some wildlife to see along the path, including some porcupines and a large tortoise.

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We also have a short video walkthrough of the trail for you to enjoy:

Kangaroos have also been gone from the park for two years now, but they returned on Friday to a habitat located just behind the Flamingo area towards the front of the Tree of Life.

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The zoom on my video camera is better for viewing the kangaroos (who are rather far away), so check them out in the video below:

It’s nice too ee these offerings return as work on the expansion of the park begins to wrap up, hopefully fully completed by the Summer of 2017.