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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]
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 ...
Lion Country Safari a short drive from West Palm Beach has again been named one of the top 10 safari parks. ... Lion Country Safari has a large herd of rhinoceros and a long history of breeding ...
Lion Country Safari: 1974 1993 An Africa themed section with a wide variety of real exotic animals. Renamed Wild Animal Safari (1977–1983), Wild Animal Habitat(1983–1994). Completely Re-themed to Adventure Village in 1994. Adventure Village 1983 1998 The entertainment side of Wild Animal Safari was renamed in 1983. The park section was ...
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.
Boxes wrapped in shiny paper and bows capture the attention of the 17 chimpanzees at Lion Country Safari in the same way they do humans everywhere. 'Christmas with the Chimps' celebrates the ...
Lion Country Safari was closed after the 1992 season; the area the monorail station was located in was rethemed to Congo. Monster was an Eyerly Monster ride that operated from 1975–1988. It was located within Candy Apple Grove. Mt. Kilimanjaro was a Bayern Kurve which opened in 1976 and was removed in 1989.
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 ...