Dubai Safari Park
We spend most of our weekends outdoors and mostly in parks, safaris and zoos and that is mainly so that we can rejuvenate after the hectic week. But for my family there is another reason as well. My dad just loves animals especially tigers and a lot of our weekends are spent visiting zoos whether big or small and that seems to suit everyone in my family. Last week it was Umm Al Quwain Zoo and this weekend, we decided for a second visit to a nearby zoo- Dubai Safari Park which had just opened its door that week after a summer break.
Dubai Safari Park is one of those zoos where you just cannot have enough of nature and animals. Located in Dubai, this park is a zoo that also has an amazing safari. We first began our experience at this park at the entrance like any other park. After getting our tickets(pricing will be listed below) we hopped inside the main building as the burst of air conditioning soothed me especially as this was an escape from the blistering sun outside.
As we passed through the entrance gates we grabbed a train that would take us to the various villages in this safari park: African Village, Explorer Village, Asian Village and Kid’s Farm.
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African Village
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The farthest village in this safari park is the African Village which displays various animals including the monkey family, lemurs, elephants and the big cats. There are different houses for the monkey family such as the gorillas and the chimpanzees. Most of the gorillas were asleep enjoying the afternoon peace while some of the chimps and gorillas were busy entertaining with gleeful spectators. I even saw a chimp having a termite meal. I was evn in time to catch a rare spectacle when the chimpanzees were putting on a big tantrum banging metal sheets and running around.
But the fun was not over yet as we strolled over to the lemur exhibit. There were two species of lemurs with one being the ring tailed lemurs, something King Julian enthusiasts would surely love to see. I was really glad to see that the park management had worked a lot to set their exhibits catering to their habitat and space needs. And I must remark that this park was incredibly neat.
Next we grabbed some lunch at a restaurant nearby but sadly the food was not quite scrumptious as expected. Followed by a meal we gazed at some big cats that including a dynamic hyena duo followed by some lions who lazed around showing their ferocious might. There even were few wild dogs with a dog like cave booth that showed the difference in the sight of a dog and that of a human.
But at the time we went to visit these places, many animals were sleeping and were out of view as they were basking in the hot afternoon sun. There even was a wild boar family that was sunbathing in the heat while people marvelled at the animals at the park.
Followed by that, I even saw the elephants who were busy playing around in the sand. But sadly, I must say that even though there were many informative booths at the gorilla, chimpanzee, lion, wild dog and other exhibits, many of them were out of order.
To move to the next village, we caught the train at flamingo station where we even saw some flamingos enjoying the limelight as they played in the water at the station.
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Explorer Village
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The Explorer’s Village had few animals including the hippos and the giraffes but the best part about this section was the safari. But let us not hurry things up as there were the giraffe and hippo exhibit in this village. Since giraffe feeding was free on that day, there was quite a crowd gathered there as they watched the tall creatures munch on grass.
To my dismay, the hippos were not in their underground exhibit as the water was cleaned the day before and had to be vacated from the area.
And next came the star of the show: The Safari!!
The Safari began in the bus that would take us through the safari. My dad really loves tigers of all animals and enjoyed seeing them in the zoo. No matter how the zoo was, he would always say it was amazing as long as he got a good view of the tigers. But in this zoo not only did we see one but three tigers that were siblings born in this zoo.
We also had an informative 40 minute session where I even learned about the national animals and birds of few African countries. However in this park, my dad loved the sheer mightiness of the lions and that means tigers have some serious competition in this admiration chase. I really enjoyed this safari where there is a lot for everyone to see. The best part was to see many of the young kids interact and share their knowledge about animals that even my younger brother too joined them with our safari guide’s explanations.
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Asian Village
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The next and the penultimate village in this park is the Asian Village. This is much smaller than the other villages but it still had animals like the Wallaby that seemed pretty lonely in its artificial habitat. We even got a glimpse of the black bear family. But the highlight of this village is something that is less known by many people who visit this park. It is the Arabian Safari.
Here, we got to go in a golf buggy that took us on a safari to marvel at the arabian wolf, oryxes and other animals native to the UAE. We even saw two mighty ostriches. We were lucky to have an excellent guide in this safari: Umar who told us many interesting facts throughout this exploration.
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Kids Farm
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Last but not least was the kids farm where we could find domestic animals and tortoises. There was also a small aviary with a bunch of parrots who picked lucky people to sit on. We even saw an Indian porcupine as well as Peter Rabbit and his family.
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It was great to see this park’s conservation strides as it aimed to protect animals that were on the IUCN endangered red list. It was not only a tourism spot but also a hub where nature and tranquility created an allegory, something that every visitor loves about this well maintained park. But at the same time, some of its interactive systems remained out of order as mentioned above that made some of the exhibits lose their charm, but however the connectivity within villages was amazing and if you are living in the UAE or any other neighbouring country, you are bound to have fun at Dubai Safari Park.
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To know more visit https://dubaisafari.ae/.
To learn more about the pricing click on the link, https://ticketingsales.dubaisafari.ae/.
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