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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 .
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 ...
The area features a reptile house with African reptiles. Further down the boardwalk is Mahali Pa Simba ("Place of the Lion" in Swahili), the 1-acre (4,000 m 2) home of the zoo's male lions, Catali and Mshoni, and females, Tamu and Laini. The exhibit was the first to be opened and has evolved over the years.
Ohio: Port Clinton (African Safari Wildlife Park, 1973), Mason (Lion Country Safari at Kings Island, 1974–1993) Oregon: Winston (Wildlife Safari, 1973) Texas: Grand Prairie (Lion Country Safari, 1971–1992), San Antonio (Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, 1984), Glen Rose (Fossil Rim Wildlife Ranch, 1984), (Texas Safari Park, 2023)
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.
In October 2018, bull elephants Chuck and Jake came to the exhibit from the African Lion Safari in Ontario. This move made Denver's herd the largest Asian elephant bachelor herd in the world with five bulls. [36] [42] On February 22, 2020, the first greater one-horned rhino calf in the zoo's history was born as the result of artificial ...
Safari Park entrance. Safari Park A 15-acre park featuring an African lion habitat and African birds. Visitors can walk or take a tram through exhibits. Species in the Safari Park include: springbok, spider monkey, African lion, macaw, capuchin, Fischer's lovebird, sable antelope, ostrich, warthog, olive baboon, red river hog, ring-tailed lemur, spotted hyena.
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.