Top 25 Best Safari Parks and Luxury Safari Expeditions

A SAFARI PARK, sometimes known as a wildlife park, is a zoo-like commercial tourist attraction where visitors can drive in their own vehicles or ride in vehicles provided by the facility to observe freely roaming animals. The main attractions are frequently large animals from Sub-Saharan Africa such as giraffes, lions, rhinoceros, elephants, zebras, and antelope.

A safari park is larger than a zoo and smaller than game reserves. For example, African Lion Safari in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada is 750 acres (3.0 km²). For comparison, Lake Nakuru in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya, is 168 square kilometres (65 sq mi), and a typical large game reserve is Tsavo East, also in Kenya, which encompasses 11,747 square kilometres (4,536 sq mi). Safari parks often have other associated tourist attractions: golf courses, carnival rides, cafes/restaurants, miniature trains, and gift shops.

A SAFARI is an overland journey, usually a trip by tourists to Africa. Traditionally, the trip was a big-game hunt, but today, safari often refers to trips to observe and photograph wildlife—or hiking and sight-seeing.

Safaris have today diversified considerably from the initial fledgling expeditions of the pioneering European explorers and colonialists. Tourism is becoming an increasingly prevalent economic factor for many Eastern and Southern African nations, in several regions surpassing traditional industries such as agriculture. Lending to specific conditions such as relative infrastructure or inherent geography countries such as Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Uganda, South Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe advertise locally specialised safari experiences ranging from guided safaris, mobile safaris, walking safaris and fly-in safaris to more niche concepts including elephant back safaris, river safaris, primate safaris, horseback safaris, balloon safaris photographic safaris, mobile tented safaris, and accessible safaris for those with disabilities.

Safari News, Reviews & Resources

• 8 of the best safari destinations in Africa - CNN travel.
• 10 best new luxury safaris for 2017 - CNN Travel.
• 50 greatest wildlife holidays on Earth - The Telegraph.
• 50 incredible safari holidays - The Telegraph.
• A Sustainable Safari: Discover Africa’s 10 Top Eco-Friendly Lodges - "Luxury and amazing wildlife adventures don’t have to come at the expense of sustainability. An increasing number of African lodges has started to prioritize earth-friendly practices as much as they do show-stopping safaris. Here are some of Africa’s best sustainable lodges."
• Africa’s 10 best safari parks - CNN Travel.
• African Tours & Safaris - go2africa.
• Big five game - in Africa, the big five game animals are the African lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo, African leopard, and rhinoceros.
• Big-game hunting - Wikipedia.
• MOST POLULAR SOUTH AFRICA SAFARIS - Siyabona Africa.
• Rhinos return to Zimbabwe & a new kind of safari starts to take shape - "Near the Hwange national park, a reintroduction project protects animals, attracts tourists and ensures locals aren’t neglected."
• SAFARI - Wikipedia.
• SAFARI JACKET - Wikipedia.
• SAFARI PARK - Wikipedia.
• Safaris go virtual as coronavirus hits tourism - "As coronavirus continues to hit the tourist industry, some companies are coming up with new solutions. Millions usually visit the Kalahari to go on safari. But as lockdown stops people from travelling, technology means people are still able to enjoy the wildlife."
• South Africa: Poacher killed by elephant then eaten by lions - "A suspected rhino poacher has been trampled on by an elephant then eaten by a pride of lions in Kruger National Park, South Africa."
• The Marquess of Bath obituary - "Eccentric aristocrat and chatelain of the Longleat safari park who was a favourite of newspaper gossip columns."
• The near-extinct species our children may never see - The Telegraph.
• tourism experience costs $800 for an hour. Here’s why it’s worth it - "One country is easily forgotten when it comes to spending time in true wilderness and getting up close to nature: Uganda. This East African gem has it all for the wildlife obsessive: the plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to tree-climbing lions and leopards; the Kazinga Channel with its hippos, elephants, crocodiles and stunning fish eagles; and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Quite simply, it’s underrated and waiting to be explored - especially one profound tourism experience that costs $800 an hour, but is said to be worth every single dollar."
• Zimbabwe's stunning 80km safari train - "On its route between Dete and Ngamo Sidings, the 'Elephant Express' offers guests an utterly unique safari experience."

Top 25 Best Safari Parks & Safari Expeditions

• abercrombie & kent - "Luxury African Safaris." Journey to the unspoiled natural beauty of Africa for an unforgettable luxury African safari experience. Abercrombie & Kent pioneered the modern safari, and no one has higher standing in Africa. Our longstanding relationships from Nairobi to Cape Town allow us to offer an unrivaled safari experience, from luxurious mobile camping to the finest expert-led game viewing in Africa.
• AFRICAN LION SAFARI - Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
• &Beyond - since 1991. "Luxury African Safaris and South America and South Asia Tours." One of the world’s leading luxury experiential travel companies, designing personalised luxury safaris in 15 African countries, as well as arranging bespoke tours in India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Chile and Argentina. The company also owns and operates 35 extraordinary lodges and camps in Africa and India.
• ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK - Namibia.
• HIGH DELTA SAFARI PARK | LOUISIANA SAFARI PARK - Epps, LA, U.S.A.
• HIMEJI CENTRAL PARK - Himeji, Hyogo, Japan.
• HOUT BAY - Cape Town, South Africa.
• Inkulu African Safaris - "Best Hunting Safaris." Hunt one of 50 game species on a private reserve of 20 000 hectares.
• KGALAGADI TRANSFRONTIER PARK - Botswana.
• KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK - Prescot, Merseyside, U.K.
• KNUTHENBORG SAFARI PARK - Maribo, Denmark.
• KRUGER NATIONAL PARK - Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa.
• MASAI MARA - Kenya.
• Micato Safaris - "African Luxury Safaris." The Travel + Leisure #1 Nine-Time Winner.
• NYATI - South Africa. "World-Class Safari in Africa."
• OKAVANGO TOURS & SAFARIS - "We design perfect tailor-made Africa safaris."
• Safaripark Beekse Bergen - Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands. "Sleep Among the Wildlife."
• SUN SAFARIS - "Botswana and South Africa safaris and tours offered by Sun Safaris. We specialise in safaris to Southern and East Africa."
• The Luxury Safari Company - since 2010. "Unrivalled Africa Specialists." We are a global luxury safari company established in early 2010 by experienced luxury safari specialists, and are able to book flights and tailor make exclusive safari itineraries for clients from every corner of the world.
• Theunis Botha Big Game Safaris - since 1983. "Theunis Botha perfected Leopard and Lion hunting safaris with hounds in Africa. He pioneered traditional European Style Driven Monteria hunts in South Africa. A passionate and professional hunting outfitter operation focussed on giving his clients a unique exiting. African safari experience. Specialists outfitter in Leopard hunting in Africa with big game hounds."
• ULTIMATE AFRICA SAFARIS - since 1996. USA based African travel specialists: Botswana, Tanzania & South Africa.
• UMFOLOZI RIVER LODGE AND BIRD PARK - South Africa. "Situated on 4 hectares of forested hillside overlooking the Umfolozi flood plain next to a private game reserve, Umfolozi River Lodge is the ideal getaway for both the businessman and family alike."
• West Midland Safari & Leisure Park - Spring Grove, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England.
• wilderness safaris - "Founded in Botswana in 1983, Wilderness Safaris is widely acclaimed as the continent’s foremost ecotourism operator. We give our guests life-changing journeys in some of the most remote and pristine areas in Africa and in so doing help conserve Africa’s spectacular biodiversity and share ecotourism’s benefits with rural people."
• WILDLIFE SAFARI - since 1972. Safari park in Winston, Oregon, United States. It is home to hundreds of animals that wander freely over the 600-acre (240 ha) park, which guests can drive through.
• WOBURN SAFARI PARK - since 1970. Safari park located in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England. Visitors to the park can drive through exhibits, which contain species such as southern white rhino, elephants, tigers and black bears. It is part of the estates of the Duke of Bedford that also includes Woburn Abbey and its 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) deer park. The Safari Park itself covers 360 acres (150 ha).