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Lion Country Safari is a drive-through safari park and walk-through amusement park located on over 600 acres in Loxahatchee (near West Palm Beach), in Palm Beach County, Florida. Founded in 1967, it claims to be the first 'cageless zoo' in the United States. In 2009, USA Travel Guide ranked Lion Country as the 3rd best zoo in the nation. [2]
Opened in 1967 and situated on 600 acres, Lion Country Safari is Florida's largest drive-through safari and is home to hundreds of animals roaming wide open, natural habitats in large herds ...
Spanning 300 acres with more than 80 species of animals, Lion Country Safari near West Palm took top honors in Newsweek's Best Animal Encounters list.
Another Lion Country Safari existed in Irvine, California, United States, until 1984. The California park was designed by R. Duell & Associates (the same firm that designed Six Flags Magic Mountain). Lion Country was founded and headed up by South African CEO Harry Shuster of United Leisure in 1968.
Loxahatchee's drive-through Lion Country Safari has recently been named one of the top 20 safari parks in the country. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
Lion Country Safari: Irvine: 1970–1984 Luna Park: Los Angeles: 1910–1914 Formerly Chutes Park: Luna Park: San Jose: 1910–1916 Marine World/Africa U.S.A. Redwood City: 1968–1986 Marineland of the Pacific: Rancho Palos Verdes: 1954–1987 Marshal Scotty's Playland Park: El Cajon: 1967–1998 Neptune Beach: Alameda: 1917–1939 Neverland ...
Before Wild Rivers was built, the land was a drive-through zoo called Lion Country Safari, which went bankrupt and closed in 1984. The park's owner still held 13 years on the original 29-year lease for the land, which he then subleased to the operators of the Wild Rivers water park, the Camp Frasier (later Camp James) summer camp and the ...
Alissa, the 40th white rhino born at Lion Country Safari, was named to honor Lissa, who beat horn cancer and died this summer at the age of 43. Alissa, the 40th white rhino born at Lion Country ...