African Safari Wildlife Park
| African Safari Wildlife Park | |
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.jpg) A visitor feeding Bison at the park. | |
Interactive map of African Safari Wildlife Park | |
| 41°31′05″N 82°51′06″W / 41.518089°N 82.851634°W | |
| Date opened | 1973 |
| Location | Port Clinton, Ohio |
| Land area | 100 acres (40 ha)[1] |
| No. of species | 50[1] |
| Website | www |
African Safari Wildlife Park
The African Safari Wildlife Park is a wildlife park near Port Clinton, Ohio, United States. The park features a 65-acre drive-through wildlife preserve known as the Drive-Thru Safari, where visitors travel through the park in their own vehicles and can view and feed animals from around the world. More than 400 animals live throughout the Drive-Thru Safari.
General Admission also includes access to the park’s seasonal Walk-Thru Safari, which features additional animal exhibits, interactive feeding opportunities, and other guest experiences. The Walk-Thru Safari is generally open from mid-May through early October.
The park also offers the Welcome Wagon, a guided tour through the Drive-Thru Safari. Guests ride aboard a safari wagon while a guide provides information about the animals and the park. The experience also gives guests opportunities to feed and interact with animals encountered along the route.
Exhibits
African Safari Wildlife Park consists primarily of the Drive-Thru Safari and the seasonal Walk-Thru Safari.
Drive-Thru Safari
The Drive-Thru Safari allows visitors to travel through the wildlife preserve in their own vehicles while viewing and feeding selected animals. More than 400 animals are housed throughout the drive-through portion of the park.
Species found in the Drive-Thru Safari include alpacas, American bison, Ankole-Watusi cattle, Eastern bongos, elk, emus, fallow deer, gemsbok, giant eland, giraffes, Grant’s zebras, guanacos, Highland cattle, llamas, Sika deer and white bison.
Many of the animals can approach visitors’ vehicles and may be fed using approved food provided or purchased at the park. Guests may make multiple trips through the Drive-Thru Safari during the same day.
Walk-Thru Safari
The Walk-Thru Safari is a seasonal portion of African Safari Wildlife Park that allows guests to explore additional animal exhibits on foot.
Animals exhibited in the Walk-Thru Safari include capybaras, red kangaroos, Bennett’s wallabies, ring-tailed lemurs, white-handed gibbons, Linnaeus’s two-toed sloths, African crested porcupines, tortoises, macaws, South American coatis, domestic goats, pot-bellied pigs and an albino American alligator.
The Walk-Thru Safari also includes interactive animal feeding opportunities. Depending on seasonal availability, guests may feed budgerigars in Aviary Adventure as well as goats, tortoises, giraffes and African crested porcupines.
African Safari Wildlife Park also offers separately booked animal experiences and encounters with selected species, including capybaras, sloths and giraffes. Availability of encounters and other experiences varies by season.
Notes
- 1 2 "African Safari Wildlife Park". africansafariwildlifepark.com. African Safari Wildlife Park. Archived from the original on January 26, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- "Park Brochure" (PDF). africansafariwildlifepark.com. African Safari Wild Animal Park. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- "Nearby Attractions: African Safari Wildlife Park". sbresort.com. South Beach Resort. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- "African Safari Wild Animal Park". family.go.com. Disney Family Travel. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- "African Safari Wildlife Park". www.10best.com. 10 Best. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
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