“Alta” and her calf are now on display in the Asian Plains field exhibit with the 1.3 other GOHRs. New breeding bull “Rupert” still has not been introduced to the crash.
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There are Pronghorn and Camels at the Safari Park?
The pronghorn have been at the Safari Park for several years, but they were just recently put on display in the former Soemmerring's gazelle exhibit across from the South Africa field exhibit along the tram when the gazelles moved to the old giant eland exhibit next to the okapi.
The dromedary camel was a long-time resident of the Somali wild ass exhibit, also across from the South Africa field exhibit. In his absence, the Safari Park no longer has camels.
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Are the Pronghorn and Bongos visible from the main tram without having to pay extra then?
Yes to both.
Yes. Both the pronghorn and bongo are technically visible from the Africa Tram that is included with admission. I say "technically" as the bongo are very reclusive and are very rarely actually seen. They are the single most missed species on the Africa Tram.
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Aww
Aww man, thanks for letting me know! I've actually been to SDZSP but never knew they even had Bongo, probably my fav antelope species
Aww man, thanks for letting me know! I've actually been to SDZSP but never knew they even had Bongo, probably my fav antelope species
Did the camel pass away or move elsewhere?
They’re in the African Forest field exhibit with the red-fronted gazelles, red lechwe, and sitatunga — there are 0.4 right now. Every once in a while you might be able to spot one in the far back of the exhibit. When the two new animals were first introduced, they were a little more visible, but they’ve gone back to hiding in the back.
The Park hasn’t confirmed. He was an older animal, so it would not be out of the question for him to have passed; however, I wouldn’t want to say for sure without confirmation.
I just realized that the Safari Park used to have a walk-through exhibit for Ring-tailed Lemurs, where the gibbons currently are. Curious to hear about anyone's experience visiting that, whether the lemurs were very active or close to the people? And does anybody know why that setup was discontinued?
I visited it 2 times before its eventual closure during the pandemic. It was fun and the lemurs would mostly stay to themselves with the occasional brave one to walk on a small fence near guests
What I had been told was the decision was due to COVID but this was as at the start of the pandemic so maybe it’s out of precaution to this date.
When I visited San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2017, I went into the walk-through Ring-tailed Lemur exhibit and found it to be a total bust. At that time, I was told that the zoo only had 4 lemurs and just two were allowed in the exhibit at one time as there was a rotation policy. It was in stark contrast with many European zoos, which I would visit in 2019 and 2022, with a dozen or more lemurs bouncing around everywhere and no volunteer supervision at plenty of zoos. To have staff members at the Safari Park standing with visitors chattering away (which is honestly probably for the best) and only two lemurs far off in the enclosure felt very disappointing, although perhaps other zoo nerds had a different experience. The exhibit is actually well suited to gibbons and it was nice to see them back there when I returned to the Safari Park in 2023. Other than a brief time with lemurs, I feel as if there's been gibbons in that big enclosure for decades.
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A kiwi chick has hatched on February 9th. This is the third kiwi chick hatched in the park's history.
They've got Kiwis too? How many species are at the Safari Park that I don't know about? Do they have Asian Elephants and Pandas hiding somewhere
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The breeding Cape buffalo bull has been removed from the herd in the South Africa field exhibit and introduced to the Grevy’s zebra exhibit.
A Thomson’s gazelle calf was born at the beginning of the month and can now sometimes be seen up with the rest of the herd in the East Africa field exhibit.
A Thomson’s gazelle calf was born at the beginning of the month and can now sometimes be seen up with the rest of the herd in the East Africa field exhibit.
Per a reel on the Park’s Instagram, a Ruppell’s griffon vulture chick hatched on January 11th. It is currently being puppet-reared to encourage its parents to re-clutch.
The breeding male Nubian ibex has been reintroduced to the herd in their exhibit above the Asian Plains field exhibit.
The breeding male Nubian ibex has been reintroduced to the herd in their exhibit above the Asian Plains field exhibit.
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Amazing news! Just went to the park today, and the path leading from the African Savannah up to the Tiger Trail has just been reopened! You don’t have to backtrack back up the elevator to go from the Savannah up to the Tiger Trail, Walkabout Australia, and Condor Ridge, now the path allows you to go back and fourth from Elephant Valley and the Savanah to the Tiger Trail as you please. Apparently it was just opened up this Monday.
You can barely spot a piece of the Asian Savannah from the Tiger Trail now, I spotted a Przewalski horse!
You can barely spot a piece of the Asian Savannah from the Tiger Trail now, I spotted a Przewalski horse!
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