African Safari:
The pathway going to the left (there are 5 pathways) leads to African Safari. This area is devoted to African wildlife. After pulling up to the parking lot of this section, you notice an African village, which is where the pathway starts. This village has a petting zoo, gift shop and restaurant. African Safari has 5 main parts: the Sahara, the Congo Rain Forest, the Horn of Africa, the Okavango Delta and the Malagasy Rain Forest. Each area is landscaped in a way in which visitors feel like they are in that area of Africa. Visitors can also drive through the Delta, Horn of Africa, and Rain Forest herbivore exhibits (marked with an asterisk [*]). Visitors pass through the area in this order:
Village of Entry:
Petting Zoo animals: 2:8 Nigerian dwarf goats, 1:2 Watusi cattle, 1:1 Dromedary camel, and 1:2 Merino sheep.
Area 1: The Sahara.
Exhibit 1: 1:3 herds of Addax, Dama gazelle, Dorcas gazelle, and Scimitar-horned oryx.
Exhibit 2: 1:1 Fennec fox.
Exhibit 3: 1:1 Striped hyena.
Terrariums: 1:1 Deathstalker scorpion, 1:1 Sidewinder, and 1 colony of Sahara desert ant.
Area 2: The Horn of Africa.
*Exhibit 1: Groups of 2:6 Gelada, Walia ibex, and Rock hyrax.
*Exhibit 2: Herds of 2:4 Grevy's zebra, Hirola, Speke's gazelle, and Gerenuk.
*Exhibit 3: 1:3 Somali wild donkey.
Exhibit 4: 1:5 Ethiopian wolf.
Area 3: The Congo Rain Forest.
Exhibit 1: 2:4 Chimpanzee.
Exhibit 2: 2:4 Bonobo.
Exhibit 3: 1:4 Western lowland gorilla.
Exhibit 4: 1:4 Eastern lowland gorilla.
*Exhibit 5: 1:1 Okapi, 1:1 Eastern bongo, 1:3 Red river hog, and 1:1 Giant forest hog.
*Exhibit 6: 2:2 Bushbuck, 1:1 Yellow-backed duiker, and 2:2 Forest buffalo.
Exhibit 7: 1:3 African forest elephant.
Exhibit 8: 1:1 Pygmy hippopotamus.
Exhibit 9: 1:1 Leopard
Exhibit 10: Troops of 2:4 De Brazza's monkey, L'Hoest's monkey, and Blue monkey.
Exhibit 11: 1:3 Mandrill.
Exhibit 12: 1:3 Drill.
Exhibit 13: 1:1 African golden cat.
Main aviary: Groups of 2:2 African grey parrot, Ross's turaco, Great blue turaco, and Guinea turaco.
Terrariums: 1:1 Gaboon viper, and 1:1 Royal python.
Area 4: The Okavango Delta:
*Main multi-species enclosure: Herds of 2:4 Burchell's zebra, Angolan giraffe, White rhinoceros, South African ostrich, Springbok, Impala, Topi, Greater kudu, Sitatunga, Gemsbok, Cape buffalo, Waterbuck, Tsessebe, Sable antelope, Steenbok, and Blue wildebeest. There is also an elevated giraffe feeding station.
Exhibit 1: 1:3 African savanna elephant.
Exhibit 2: 1:1 Black rhinoceros.
Exhibit 3: 1:5 Southwest African lion.
Exhibit 4: 10:10 Lesser flamingo and 10:10 Greater flamingo.
Exhibit 5: 1:3 Hippopotamus.
Exhibit 6: 1:1 South African cheetah.
Exhibit 7: 1:3 Spotted hyena.
Exhibit 8: 1:3 Brown hyena.
Exhibit 9: 1:1 Aardwolf.
Exhibit 10: 1:1 Aardvark.
Exhibit 11: 1:3 Southern warthog.
Exhibit 12: 10:10 Meerkat.
Exhibit 13: 1:1 Honey badger (South African subspecies).
Exhibit 14: 4:4 African wild dog (Cape subspecies).
Exhibit 15: 1:1 Nile crocodile.
Exhibit 16: 1:1 Secretary bird.
Exhibit 17: 1:1 Bateleur eagle.
Exhibit 18: 1:1 African fish eagle.
Area 5: Madagascar Rain Forest.
Walk-through lemur enclosure: Groups of 2:6 Ring-tailed lemur, Black-and-white ruffed lemur, Red ruffed lemur, Crowned lemur, Blue-eyed black lemur, Red-bellied lemur, Alaotran gentle lemur, Greater bamboo lemur, and Mongoose lemur.
Exhibit 1: 1:3 Coquerel's sifaka.
Exhibit 2: 1:3 Silky sifaka.
Exhibit 3: 1:3 Diademed sifaka.
Exhibit 4: 1:3 Verreaux's sifaka
Exhibit 5: 1:3 Crowned sifaka.
Exhibit 6: 1:1 Aye-aye.
Exhibit 7: 2:2 Madame Berthe's mouse lemur.
Exhibit 8: 1:1 Indri.
Exhibit 9: 1:1 Fossa.
Terrariums: 1:1 Parson's chameleon, 1:1 Madagascar day gecko, and 1:1 Madagascar ground boa.
African Safari total species count: 100.
After viewing all animals on either one or both methods, visitors drive or walk towards another one of the zoo's 5 areas.
To those reading this: you can choose which area you want to see next: Eurasia and the Islands of Indonesia, Amazing Americas, Australian Walkabout, or the Aquarium of the Seven Seas. Voting ends in one week.
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TheWalrus
