Safari West African Adventure


SAFARI WEST AFRICAN ADVENTURE - WATCH THE VIDEO!

I’ve had many people tell me that visiting Safari West in Santa Rosa, California constituted the single best day they ever spent exploring the open road of the Bay Area. I can understand why. It’s an entirely unique experience; jostling about on dirt roads and over oak-studded hills in open trucks and seeing exotic and

frequently endangered animals from Africa and beyond roaming unperturbed. Then it’s time to pile out of the vehicles and get very close to giraffes, toucans, huge porcupines and other unusual critters. This is no ordinary zoo. Safari West is the fulfillment of a family’s dream to help save threatened species and to engage and educate all of us. And Safari West does everything it can to help the less privileged among us experience the power of nature too. Safari West has given generously to open its wild kingdom to inner city kids who’ve rarely, if ever, ventured beyond their own neighborhoods. Safari West is a place with a heart and a mission, and it allows many of us to travel far away without ever leaving home.

 



The animals and the people of Safari West in Santa Rosa continue to play important roles in educating us and helping protect endangered species. More giraffes have been born and the cheetah population is increasing. We first visited Safari West more than 10 years ago, and every time we return we're impressed by its new additions and expanding facilities and programs. The Safari West Wildlife Foundation offers free trips to students who cannot afford to go on their own. By the way, after a visit to Safari West, I suggest you drive a few miles over the hills to the Napa Valley town of Calistoga for a meal, a spa treatment and night at the foot of Mt. St. Helena. We'll have videos on that too coming soon.




   posted by : Robert and Wendy on 6/13/2008 at 08:02 PM
Been there, done that, WOULD DO AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT!! We loved Safari West, next visit we will stay the weekend onsite.

   posted by : JimW on 2/3/2008 at 01:13 PM
I visited Safari West last Friday with my son's first grade class, and we had a ton of fun. While it was extrememly cold and foggy the day we were there (37 degrees F when we arrived), we still had a really great time. The staff at Safari West are so knowledgeable and are wonderful with young kids. They took us for a short ride in the open sided bus to see the giraffes, antelopes, ostriches, and a number of other cool animals. Then we took a walking tour through the bird enclosure and around by the cheetahs (it was their lunchtime!), and around Lemur Island. What a fun field trip!!! Safari West is an incredible fun family adventure that I would recommend to anyone in the Bay Area looking for a great way to spend the day with their kids.

   posted by : JimW on 1/17/2008 at 11:09 AM
Looking forward to visiting Safari West at the end of the month as a chaperone with my son's first grade class!

   posted by : sfsue on 1/7/2008 at 08:58 PM
Sounds wonderful - I plan to visit soon.

   posted by : Red on 4/25/2007 at 10:35 AM
What a great story! Can't wait to check this place out.

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