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Visitor tip
Book the guided bus tour with an onsite guide instead of doing a self-drive tour. Guides like JJ take you off-road into deeper areas of the safari, provide in-depth knowledge about individual animals, and give safety instructions for feeding - making it worth the extra cost.
Visitor tip
Add the lemur feeding experience to your visit. Multiple reviews highlight this as a must-do activity that enhances the overall safari experience beyond the standard tour.
Visitor tip
Consider the Safari Glamping overnight experience for a unique, immersive educational stay that includes a continental breakfast - ideal for families wanting extended animal interaction and learning.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Wild Animal Safari Ranch
- Location
- Lakeland, Florida (6 miles north of I-4)
- Main Experience
- Safari tours on 260 acres with animal feeding interactions
- Admission
- From $119 (Drive-Thru) to $265+ (specialty tours)
What visitors say
This experience is a definite must!! We did the on site bus tour with JJ and it was definitely worth the price over doing a basic drive thru with your own car. She takes you into the depths and off road into the safari. Got to feed…
JJ was an awesome tour guide. She had very in depth knowledge of every individual Safari resident, and there are many! We loved the water buffalo and the crazy ostriches. The cheetahs were beautiful and very sassy. My favorite. The…
We had such a great time! Our tour guide JJ was absolutely awesome, funny, knowledgeable, and passionate about the animals. You can really feel how much love and care everyone here has for them. We did the drive-through safari and loved…
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Did You Know?
- Safari Wilderness operates across 260 acres as an exotic animal reserve with no traditional zoo or theme park structure, eliminating crowds and lines while offering multiple safari tour modalities including drive-thru, ATV, camelback, and kayak options
- The attraction is rated the #1 outdoor activity in Lakeland, Florida according to user ratings (4.4 stars from 657 reviews)
- Safari Wilderness offers on-site glamping experiences with overnight stays (1-6 nights) and continental breakfast included, combining wildlife viewing with overnight accommodations
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