Serengeti-Park

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The Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen in Lower Saxony is an animal, safari and leisure park in Northern Germany.

History

In 1972 the Duke of Bedford had the idea to build together with partners from America 's largest safari park in Europe. 1974, this plan was put into action, since the family Sepe leads to the park. At the opening of the plant, investment totaled about 20 million marks. Since 1983 the park has been continually renovated generous, which emerged over time in addition to the animal world, the monkeys, water and leisure world. In 1996, the Serengeti Park, the unique reintroduction of a cultured European white rhino.

2003, the Serengeti-Park took on a group of white tigers.

In 2004, the Serengeti Park indefinite approval as a zoological garden after the current EU Directive 99/22/EG accordance with § 45 of the Lower Saxony Conservation Act and on the basis of LANA opinion. On 23 March 2006, the only African elephant baby was born in northern Germany for 30 years.

2010 white lions came from Africa to do so.

Areas

The Serengeti park is divided into four sections: The expedition wildlife, water world, the monkey world and the leisure world.

Expedition wildlife

The 110 -acre animal country with approximately 1,500 free-living animals can be traveled by car. Alternatively, visitors can take a bus tour Serengeti, are lured in different animals by feeding close to the bus. The area is divided into thirteen plants:

  • The savanna includes eland, giraffe, blue wildebeest, waterbuck ellipse, oryx, sable antelope, flamingos and one each plant for Varis and siamang monkey.
  • In Zululand are cheetahs, sable antelope, Sitatunga, kudu to see Mrs. Gray's waterbuck (white neck Moorantilope ), Impala, South Africa Crowned Crane.
  • Europe is home to deer, goats, sheep, ducks and geese, miniature donkeys and miniature ponies. Here visitors can leave their vehicles and can feed and pet the animals. In addition, in a natural lake can be observed here also seals.
  • The Angola Country shows lychee red lechwe, nyala, Dama gazelles, Arabian oryx, roan antelope
  • The prairie America shows elk, bison and llamas
  • In the tundra are Dybowskihirsche to see blackbuck ponies and alpacas and Amur leopards.
  • Amazonia shows capybaras, zebu, guanacos, rheas, tapirs and Goldstirn- spider
  • ImDschungelland Asia live yaks, Nilgau antelopes, Father David deer, Axishirsche and white-handed gibbons.
  • White lions
  • Tiger
  • White Tiger
  • The Kalahari level contains with American black bears, baboons, ostriches, Kulanen, Bactrian camels and sheep mane animals from several continents.
  • In Wallaby country emus and kangaroos can be seen.
  • The Botswana country shows white rhinoceros, Watusi cattle, zebras, lychee waterbuck and dromedaries.
  • Elephants a plant with African elephants. Greatest attraction here is the recent birth of a female elephant 27 December 2009, little Nelly, which is also known as a football oracle.

Water World

The underwater world can be committed (like the monkey world and the leisure world too) on foot. In the underwater world is all about the wet element, one finds next to animals such as geese, swans and ducks also attractions such as a 600 m long flume, Kumba Twister, a giant swing boat and the African village Congo.

Monkey world

In monkeys Country living 20 different species of monkeys (eg, Barbary, squirrel monkeys, Guereza, Weißkopfmaki, corn monkeys, ring-tailed lemur, white -headed Capuchin, Vervet Monkey, Patas Monkey, Hulman, gibbon, tamarins, marmosets and chimpanzees) in partially accessible enclosures. Within some of these enclosures are no Absperranlagen between visitors and animals ( for example, in the Barbary apes ), to enter this, which is why the park management discourages with bags, backpacks, umbrellas and unsecured valuables.

The jungle safari tour starts in the monkey world and into open minibuses in Safari look through some parts of the country's animal and off-road track with special effects.

Confiscated for the end of March 2013 from the German customs at Munich Airport, White -headed Capuchin monkey by Justin Bieber was decided an accommodation in the Serengeti - Park in May 2013 by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation.

Leisure World

In the leisure world over 40 different rides for children and adults can be found, such as the roller coaster frog racer and a Ferris wheel. The Aqua Safari starts from there. Also the Serengeti Zanzibar Restaurant is located in Leisure World.

Shows

Four shows take place daily in the Serengeti - Park:

  • Feeding the monkeys in Amboseli National Reserve ( Monkey World )
  • African Magic Show ( magic and juggling show at Water Country )
  • Punch and Judy (Water Country )
  • The king of the jungle ( death Springer Show in Leisure World )

Nights

Since 2007 it is possible to stay right in the Serengeti Park. For this purpose, a total of 80 cottages with a total of 300 beds in the Serengeti safari lodges available. In addition, this device also offers a conference room with 200 seats.

Lesser kudu Damagazelle Lama (genus) Greater Rhea African bush elephant Log flume (ride)
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