The Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail (formerly known as Pangani Forest Exploration Trail from August 1998 to May 2016) is a walkway next to Kilimanjaro Safaris at the Disney's Animal Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, from which visitors can see African animals. It is about three-eighths of a mile in length. There are "research students" positioned at most locations to give information about the animals and answer questions.
| Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail | |
|---|---|
 Formerly known as Pangani Forest Exploration Trail from August 1998-May 2016 | |
| Disney's Animal Kingdom | |
| Area | Africa |
| Coordinates | 28°21′36.97″N 81°35′31.72″W / 28.3602694°N 81.5921444°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 22, 1998 |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Trail |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | African Rainforest |
| Stations | 2 |
| Animals | Primates |
| Animal Viewing Locations | 4 |
| Observing Stations | 3 |
| Main animal | Western lowland gorilla |
| Other animals | Black and white colobus monkey, meerkat, yellow-backed duiker, okapi, birds, gerenuk |
 Wheelchair accessible | |
The attraction originally opened on April 22, 1998 as Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail, but the name was changed to Pangani Forest Exploration Trail in August 1998.[1] The attraction reverted to its original name on May 27, 2016.[2]
Animals
edit- Angolan black-and-white colobus
- Okapi
- Arabian spiny mouse
- Naked mole-rat
- Pancake tortoise
- Kenyan sand boa
- Ball python
- African bullfrog
- Angolan python
- Hippopotamus
- Grevy's zebra
- Meerkat
- Western lowland gorilla
Aviary
edit- Red-and-yellow barbet
- Hammerkop
- Great blue turaco
- Amethyst starling
- Northern carmine bee-eater
- Racket-tailed roller
- Blue-bellied roller
- African olive pigeon
- White-headed buffalo weaver
- Tambourine dove
- Purple glossy starling
- Taveta golden weaver
- Green woodhoopoe
- Snowy-crowned robin-chat
- Marbled teal
- African pygmy goose
- Bruce's green pigeon
- African jacana
- Black-cheeked lovebird
Fish
edit- Lake Victoria cichlid
References
edit- ^ "Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail". WDWHistory.com. Retrieved April 21, 2009.
- ^ "Pangani Forest Exploration Trail at Animal Kingdom Getting a New Name 5/27, More Announcements Tomorrow". WDW News Today. May 19, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2017.