Dubai Safari Park to open on October 5

Our Correspondent

The Dubai Safari Park will welcome visitors from October 5, announced Dubai Municipality on September 22. The park, which has 119 hectares of immaculately landscaped spaces that provide hospitable animal habitats, houses an expanded community of 3,000 mammals, birds, amphibians and invertebrates.

There will be a wide range of new interactive, educational and entertainment experiences for visitors of all ages. Comprehensive renovation and development has been done to expand park facilities and enrich visitor experience. Improvements have been done to enhance guests’ access to various sites.

Animal feeding, educational and awareness programmes and seasonal events have been added to enrich visitor experience. The activities will help increase visitor awareness and give opportunities for interaction with animals.

Serving both as an animal reserve and educational centre, the new Dubai Safari features a group of new animals, including African elephants and giraffes. Rare animals at the Park include the Komodo dragon, Spiral-horned antelope, Arabian Oryx, coloured African wild dog, gorilla, gibbon, bongo, and lemur. Visitors can transport themselves around the Park on state-of-the-art air-conditioned trains.

The Park comprises three main villages, the African Village, Asian Village and Explorer Village, and also includes an Arabian Desert Safari tour. A unique bus tour in the Explorer Village gives visitors a chance to discover animals from Africa and Asia.

The Park has adopted sustainable and eco-friendly technologies and practices. Originally built on a landfill site, Dubai Safari Park has transformed the land into a reusable space, using advanced technology. Energy harnessed from solar panels is used to power the park’s buildings and its electric vehicles.

With the goal of becoming a completely zero-waste facility, Dubai Safari Park has distributed recycling waste bins across the grounds for visitors to use. An onsite reverse osmosis plant filters and recycles water for animal water bodies; food and animal waste is turned into organic compost, which is used as fertiliser across the park.

Comprehensive COVID precautionary measures have been implemented in the Dubai Safari facility to ensure a safe environment for visitors. A thermal camera has been installed and manual thermometers will be used to screen visitors. The social distancing of two metres between people is strictly enforced and stickers are placed on the floors to guide visitors. Vending machines in the Park sell masks and gloves while hand sanitisers are provided to all freely.

Dubai Safari Park is open to the public daily from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, and online reservation is required for entry.