I went on a 'Pokemon GO' safari with dozens of people in Central Park - here's what it was like

New York City's Central Park is one the best places in the world to play "Pokémon GO."

The park's sprawling 843 acres of trails, woods, lakes, fountains, and statues make it a gold mine for finding just about every kind of Pokémon imaginable.

Last weekend, I went on the first-ever "Pokémon GO" safari in Central Park with about 60 other people. Our tour guide, a level 21 "Pokémon GO" trainer named Adam Wennick, had mapped out the areas of the park where the best Pokémon appear in the game.

Unfortunately the game's servers were down for the first half of the tour, but they eventually came back online to save the day.

Here's what the experience was like: