Let’s Play All Aboard! Climb onto the hay wagon at Dutch Country Safari Park in Horse Cave and grab a bowl or a scoop of chow. Here come the Watusi, water buffalo, camels, llamas, wildebeests, ostriches and other animals, nosing their way into your hands for eats-and-greets during a drive-through safari in Kentucky backcountry. Loop into the City of Parks Connecting neighborhoods, historic sites, archaeology, arts and attractions: Once completed, the Louisville Loop will offer 100 miles of multi-recreational paths. Right now, enjoy 25 continuous miles from the Big Four Bridge to the Watson Lane Trailhead. Another 19 miles forms the spine within the Parklands, its four parks offering fishing, hiking, paddling, picnicking, biking and other activities. Up A Creek Kayak Buck Creek , a Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Blue Water Trail in Pulaski County. Explore this incredibly scenic and pristine stream where the water alternately shimmers aquamarine and fogs over mystically. It shelters over 90 caves, bubbling freshwater springs and dozens of species of fish and mussels — many considered rare, all of them endangered. Clockwise from top left: EarthJoy Treehouse Adventures, Brooksville; Dutch Country Safari Park, Horse Cave; kdshutterman -stock.adobe.com kentuckytourism.com 17