The Lion Park Tour:
Be driven through the 5 separate enclosures, with Lions, White Lions, Wild Dogs and Cheetah, roaming in their separate camps. Experience amazing close up views and encounters with the lions as well as the rare white lion. An antelope area also provides photo opportunities.
Lions, rare white Lion, Wild dogs and Cheetah
The Experience:
If your time in Johannesburg is short, this game park is ideal to provide you with a fantastic introduction to one of South Africa's predators. This game park is not intended to replace a Pilanesberg or Kruger National Park Safari but provides an opportunity to experience lions in a manner that you probably were not able to do before.
Daily Lion Park Tours available - 7 days a week.
Lion cubs
There is a lion cub area that allows for the most incredible opportunity to interact and learn about lions and their cubs.
Cheetah Walk
Experience an educational walk with a fully grown Cheetah. Obtaining an understanding of the Cheetah and facts about the Cheetah while experience their behavior on a relaxed walk.
Segway
An amazing ride within the Lion Park herbivore section of the game park. The freedom of the Segway allows you to get close to wildebeest, zebra, gemsbok and springbok. A game drive with a difference – Using the silence of the Segway to glide between the game.
Night Game Drive
Night drive – in a safari vehicle with spotlights - see every detail of this exciting and adrenaline-filled game drive with amazing opportunities to view feeding lions.
Giraffe feeding
There is a giraffe feeding platform for an eye to eye chat with the resident giraffe, who you can also feed.
Volunteering
It has become common for foreign tourists to give of their time for a week or more to work with the lions and cubs on a day to day interaction basis.
History:
The Lion Game Park was established in November 1966 on over 200 hectares of open grassland with an emphasis on predator conservation. It serves a vital function of enabling tourists to encounter lions up close. More than 80 predators are fenced in four different prides separately from the other wildlife and consequently do not hunt for their food.
Fact Sheet:
Lion (Panthera Leo) Scientific name: Ceratotherium simum Lions are the largest of the African cats Weight: adult lions generally lie between 150 to 250 kg for males and 120 to 182 kg for females. Diet: lions hunt medium to large sized mammals. Behaviour: lions are one of the most sociable cats, living in prides of between 3 and 30 individuals. Life span: 10 to 14 years in the wild, while in captivity they can live over 20 years. Conservation status:
Lions are listed as vulnerable to extinction with a deceasing wild population size.
Different tour options and combinations are available - with different prices. Segway ride and the Cheetah walk are in all cases quoted as extras if required.
Perfect tour options to include with the Lion Park to create a full day tour:
Rhino and Lion Reserve - Elephant Sanctuary - DeWildt Cheetah Sanctuary - Cradle of Humankind
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