Lion Country Safari - Loxahatchee Museum

Descriptions from Across the Web

• Exciting drive-through safari, cool walk-through park. It's two parks for the price of one. Lion Country Safari includes ... more on Wcities
• Lion Country Safari is a licensed rehabilitation facility, taking in injured wildlife and ... more on Museum Stuff
• If your child wants to walk with the animals, the Summer Safari Day Camp at Lion Country Safari is a great option for the summer.From Jun 11-Aug 17, 2007, weekly sessions are offered ... more on gocitykids.com
• The original park in Florida consists of over 1,000 animals, kept in large fenced areas with approximately 5 miles of paved roadway running throughout. Visitors who purchase a ticket enter the park in their own vehicle, driving slowly at their own pace, and view the animals while listening to a recorded narration on audiotape or CD. Some animals, such as giraffe, rhinoceros, and zebra are allowed to roam freely, even crossing the road in front of vehicles. Others, such as lions or chimpanzees, are segregated behind fences or water barriers. Visitors are warned to drive slowly and carefully, to avoid stopping too close to animals, and not to open their car doors or windows. The lions, whose ability to roam freely with cars was one of the parks original attractions, were separated from visitors by a fence around the road in 2005, due to visitors ignoring warnings and opening their car doors. A unique aspect of Lion Country Safari is the chimpanzee exhibit. The chimps live on an island system where they move to a different island every day, replicating their natural nomadic lifestyle. The chimps live in complex social groups, as they would in the wild. Because of this, Lion Country Safari has been useful to ... more on Wikipedia
• Drive your own vehicle (with windows closed) on 8 mi of paved roads through a 500-acre cageless zoo with a thousand free-roaming animals. Lions, elephants, white rhinos, giraffes, ... more on Fodor's

Directions

Located 10 miles west of the Florida Turnpike (Exit 97) on Southern Blvd. Or take I-95 to Exit 68 (Southern Blvd.) and head west for approximately 15 1/2 miles. Lion Country Safari is on the right.

Hours

Daily 9:30a-5:30p

Miscellaneous

• Admission: Adults $20.95; Seniors (65 and up) $18.95; Children (3-9 years) $16.95; Under 3 free. Annual passes are available.
• Year Built: 1967

Other Web Resources

• Read more about Lion Country Safari on Yahoo! Travel
• www.lioncountrysafari.com