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.
| Africa Safari Adventure Park | |
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| 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 |
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
editÁfrica 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
editReferences
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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