Africa Safari Adventure Park
| Africa Safari Adventure Park | |
|---|---|
| África Mía Safari | |
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| Type | Urban park. Zoo, Botanical Garden. |
| Location | Liberia, Costa Rica |
| Coordinates | 10°33′51″N 85°24′00″W / 10.564229°N 85.3999311°W |
| Area | 100 hectares (250 acres) |
| Status | Open all year |
| Website | www |
The Africa Safari Adventure Park (previously África mía Safari) is a private wildlife park of approximately 100 hectares, located in El Salto, south of the city of Liberia, Costa Rica.[1] All animals have an African safari motif with enclosures for animals such as zebras, warthogs and giraffes, all of which multiply in the safari.[2] The park also provides zip lines, nature trails through rain forest with a prominent waterfall and a lagoon for kayaking. The vast alluvial plain of the Guanacaste Province and swampy wetlands provide the Safari with an atmosphere that resembles that of certain plains of Africa.
Between 30–40 animals are born every year in the reserve.[3] The animal park is the first in Central America with a giraffe born in captivity.[4]
Exhibits
[edit]África mía Safari has only herbivore animals in exhibits. There are approximately 250 individual animals of 16 different species.[5]
- Spanish ibex
- Emu
- Blue peafowl
- Blue wildebeest (C. t. albojubatus)
- White-tailed deer
- Forest antelope
- Common eland
- Gemsbok
- Nilgai
- Reticulated giraffe
- Ankole-Watusi
- Chapman's zebra
- Grant's zebra
- Arabian camel
- Southern ostrich (S. c. australis)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Andino, Allan (15 May 2016). "África Safari: Desconéctese del mundo entre animales exóticos y deportes de aventura". La Nación (San José). Retrieved 24 Sep 2016.
- ^ Schmidt, Blake (6 Mar 2009). "Liberia Looks Beyond Development Doldrums". La Nación (San José). Retrieved 24 Sep 2016.
- ^ "Jirafas, cebras y antílopes pueblan el zoológico "África Mía" en Costa Rica". El Universo. EFE. 19 Feb 2011. Retrieved 24 Sep 2016.
- ^ "Costa Rican zoo marks birth of first giraffe in Central America". The Tico Times. 6 Mar 2009. Retrieved 24 Sep 2016.
- ^ "África Mía". Costa Rica Explorer Guide (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 4 Oct 2016.
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