Budget for a car wash afterwards, and don't take the new car if you can help it. Of course, the Park assumes no responsibility for any injuries or damage - you are warned that you are visiting at your own risk, which is a little disconcerting to see on a big sign when entering a Wildlife Park. I didn't get too many scratches that didn't wipe off, but I was worried for a while about my roof after a particularly loud bang from a longhorn steer horn impact (turns out I had no dent). The animals are also not too concerned with your paint finish. I had the bison spit on my arm and car headliner to prove it. If you do drive your car through the Safari, keep in mind that the animals expect to be fed from each car and have no problems sticking their heads right in the open windows. You could feed them if you drive right up to the fence and stick your carrots in through the holes. There are a few African animals (zebra and giraffe), but they are behind fences in pens. Despite the African Safari Wildlife name, the vast majority of the animals in the free-range part of the Safari (the ones you can feed from your car) are North American wildlife - deer, bison, longhorn steer, and elk. The zoo part is more limited than a "full service" zoo and the drive through "Safari" was a little underwhelming. The kids enjoyed both the zoo part and the drive through safari. We visited the African Safari Wildlife Park recently with extended family with 4 kids under the age of 8. Buy the carrots at home, and don't drive your new convertible or softtop!! Have fun feeding these animals, because after a large lawsuit - you wouldn't see the big animals anymore. The same with the bison grabbing food from your lap in the car, but if it is spook and you get a bashed eye - lawsuit city waiting to happen. While it is cool to see a 300 lb horn hitting your car, it is not so cool to pay $1000 for the dent to be removed and repainted. Discourage the larger animals (bison, longhorns) from begging for food. But would offer the animals more shade, and less competition for territory. Lack of shade - more man made shelters might detract from the "nature" feel. Animal density too high - likely lead to aggressive territorial injuries. While it is fun to have his massive head in your car, he too can cause injury. The same can be said for a juvenile bison. I would say, let these long horns remain in enclosures, and not in the park with the cars. And even an earlier reviewer reported a broken window. I am sure plenty of folks left with dented car. One of them was walking from cars to cars begging for carrots, and bouncing his heavy horns from one car, windshield, roof to another car's hood, window, then trunk. It was funny to see how these poor creatures with their 300 lbs plus monster horns can hardly hold their head straight. My guess is while it is a fun experience to see the long horns, they are bound to hurt someone, some day.
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