Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Contact: Public Relations
Phone: 619-685-3291

Board New African Adventure at San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park
 

Visitors to the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park Tuesday received a sneak preview into "Journey Into Africa," a 2.5-mile meandering adventure through African forests and savannahs where herds of giraffe, rhinoceros, zebra and more roam expansive field enclosures.

Journey Into Africa officially opens to the public Wednesday, March 14, as the Wild Animal Park's largest project in its 35-year history. It replaces the 1970s-era Wgasa Bush Line Railway tour. Journey Into Africa, along with more up-close Animal Encounters, Keeper Talks, two new and exciting shows, and a new walking path between Lion Camp and the Heart of Africa habitats is connecting African wildlife to visitors with a true continental expedition.

Guests boarding the open-aired, soft-wheeled, biodiesel powered tour vehicle will be immediately immersed into wildlife as they view African lions lounging in the grasslands to the left of Simba Station, while lowland nyala enjoy their new home across from the boarding site.

A Best Value ticket that includes the Journey Into Africa tour and Conservation Carousel is $33 for ages 12 and older and $22 for children 3-11. General admission is $28.50 for ages 12 and older and $17.50 for children 3-11. Balloon Safari ride is $15.

The 1,800-acre San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park (more than half of which has been set aside as protected native species habitat) is operated by the not-for-profit Zoological Society of San Diego. The Zoological Society, dedicated to the conservation of endangered species and their habitats, engages in conservation and research work around the globe. The Zoological Society also manages the 100-acre San Diego Zoo and the center for Conservation and Research for Endangered Species (CRES). The important conservation and science work of these entities is supported in part by the Foundation for the Zoological Society of San Diego.