What to Expect and Is It Worth Visiting
Gelendzhik Safari Park "this is an excellent Zoo and Rehabilitation Center, where animals are kept in large open-air enclosures, rather than cramped cages. Moreover, the enclosures themselves are located in the forest almost in the wild, and the territory for visiting is equipped in the form of a large well-groomed park. Here are animals from all continents and corners of the Earth, including: tigers, lions, bears, elephants, zebras, bison, antelopes, monkeys, Wolves, Puma, llama, exotic birds. Animals can be fed, even predators, but only special purchased food should be used.
The safari park also includes a cable car, which for an additional fee you can get to the upper platform (upper park) at an altitude of 630 meters. There is a viewing platform on Gelendzhik Bay, dinosaur park, Dolmen replica.
The park as a whole is large, and it is better to plan half a day to visit it together with the cable car and the Upper Park. On the territory there are toilets, places to relax, cafes.
🌐 Website: safari-park.ru
🕐 Working hours
from 9:00 to 16:00, seven days a week.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price
- Safari park ticket for adults and children from 5 years-1070 rubles (when paying by card) and 1250 rubles (when paying in cash). Children under 5 years-free of charge.
- Dinosaur park cable car ticket for adults and children from 5 years-510 rubles (when paying by card) and 600 rubles (when paying in cash). Children under 5 years-free of charge.
🚶 How to get there
Safari Park and cable car are located on the outskirts of Gelendzhik near the M4-don highway (Safari Park and cable car on the map. You can get here on free buses, which every 30-40 minutes during the day depart from the center of Gelendzhik from the old bus station (Sadovaya Street 23) and the market stop on Kirova Street 48. There are also free buses from the village of Divnomorskoye from the stop "Energetik" on Kirova Street/Gornaya (departure to 09:00, 10:30, 12:00, 14:00,15:00,16:30, back 12:30, 14:30,15:30, 17:00, 19:00). For private transport near the park there is a spacious free parking.
Also see the options for excursions from Gelendzhik with reviews, available for online booking:
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