San Diego Zoo Safari Park

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park (formerly the San Diego Wild Animal Park ) is adjacent to the San Diego Zoo, one of the biggest attractions of San Diego. He hosts a variety of endangered species from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Australia. The park is located in a very natural environment, which the zoo provides the ability to show animals in a very natural and spacious facilities. The park is also famous for its breeding program at the California condor, the program is one of the most successful in the country.

The park has an area of ​​seven square kilometers. In 2013, the animal population included 2,600 animals from over 300 species. As an alternative to the marches, the zoo offers an electric train.

Depending on the season, the park employs about 400 to 600 employees. The park is also the quarantine center in Southern California for zoo animals imported into the U.S. through San Diego.

Both zoos in the city, the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park are maintained by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The Safari Park is 51 km far from the zoo, at 15500 San Pasqual Valley Road east of Escondido, California. In 2010, the park name from San Diego Wild Animal Park, San Diego Zoo Safari Park has been changed.