Escapees March-April 2024

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Lalo bottle feeding a tiger.

Dinner and Up-close Encounters with Tigers at Diamond Valley Lodge, California 31220 Sage Road, Sage, CA 92543, 951) 390-2670, www.diamondvalleylodge.com

past, Diamond Valley Lodge hosts not only golf, but the tiger encounter opportunity. T he Royal White Tiger Menagerie currently has four female tigers: sisters, Zara (orange Bengal tiger) and Sage (Royal White Tiger), Lilly (orange Bengal tiger) and Blue ( a pure white Snow tiger). The tigers do not put on a “show,” but are left to their own enjoyment of their enclosure while their trainer and the tiger care team explain tigers, their characteristics, their severe loss of population in the wild and the efforts that are underway for conservation and restoration of the species. Guests can participate in a variety of activities while observing the tigers from a safe distance. The featured activities are the Friday and Saturday evening oppor tunities to “dine with the tigers” in an almost magical experience of education and fun at the open-air Zen

About half-way between Riverside/San Bernardino and Palm Springs, California, lies the city of Hemet, with the town of Sage nearby. The area has long been an agricultural site, but now it is bustling with sports, businesses, housing developments, community venues and the huge reservoir of Diamond Valley Lake. At the east side of that lake is an unexpected surprise: the Diamond Valley Lodge, a 160-acre home to a year-round golf course and the true dream for the site: a chance to enjoy meet ing, observing and learning about tigers. The project had been on hold during the covid-19 pandemic but, with that in the

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ESCAPEES Magazine March/April 2024