Top 5 Safari Parks in Pakistan
Visiting a park gives your soul a refreshment but the ultimate recreation is possible only when you have full access to nature. The safari parks in Pakistan provide you the chance to explore and observe different kinds of animals and birds in close proximity which otherwise wouldn't be possible. In zoos, you can observe the animals and birds but you couldn't go that close because they would be locked in cages or there would be fences around animals and birds to avoid the human interruption to their environment.
But in the Safari Parks, you can drive your vehicle in and around the places where you can observe the birds and animals very closely. Imagine how wonderful that would be if the distance between the lion and you are the only glass of front or rear door, vent or quarter glass or the glass of the back window. In Pakistan there are a number of beautiful, spectacular and picturesque safari parks having a number of species of animals and birds. These parks are also equipped with playlands, cafes, restaurants, lakes, chair lifts and track of trains.
Following are the Top 5 Safari Parks in Pakistan:
- Karachi Safari Park
- Lahore Zoo Safari Park
- Jallo Safari Park
- Lal Suhanra National Park
- Murree Wildlife Park
1) Karachi Safari Park
Safari Park is another beautiful and attractive park of Karachi. The park has a low entrance ticket price with many exciting opportunities that’s why it attracts a lot of people towards it.
The biggest opportunity at Safari Park is the animal section, where you will see beautiful animals in a vast area. Other than that there is a Swan lake which also attracts the visitors towards it.
Attractions:
- Swan Lake: Safari Park has an attractive swan lake with hundreds of ducks in it. The lake features a Pagoda style sitting place for ducks. Many different species are added to their collection.
- Bus Ride: Safari Park offers a bus ride for its mini wildlife park. The bus will take you to the mini zoo area where you can watch live wildlife. Different types of animals are kept there for the enjoyment of visitors.
- Go Aish: It is a private theme park with a variety of interesting games such as: ropes course, paintball, quad biking, indoor climbing and mini golf course. Currently it is closed, but the government has plans for its reopening.
- Chair Lift: Safari Park has a chair lift which gives you a 10 minutes long ride. Chair lift is also closed due to some reason, but it may reopen in future.
- Train Ride: You can also enjoy a train ride at Safari Park.
Animals:
- Lion
- Deer
- Camel
- Mountain Goats
- Monkey
- Wild Pigeons
- Wild Cats
2) Lahore Zoo Safari Park
Lahore Zoo Safari Woodland Wildlife Park is an adventurous spot, located in Wildlife Park Road, Safari Road, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established in 1982, under the supervision of Punjab wildlife and parks department (PWPD). It spread an area around 242 Acre on land approximately.
At Lahore Wildlife Park and Safari Zoo has become one of the famous sightseeing spots among all age groups, because of its unique collection of Birds, Mammals, Species, and Wild tigers, as can see, there are lots of features present for the visitor's fun and joy all around. At every step of walking on Lahore safari Zoo, visitors would enjoy around different kinds of animals, species, bird's voices all along.
Attractions:
- Birds Area
- Lions and Tigers
- Pedal Boating
- Children's Play Area
- Food Corner
3) Jallo Safari Park
Jallo Park is an amusement park located in the Lahore District of Punjab Pakistan. Established in 1978 it is also known as Jallo Wildlife Park. Along with Changa Manga and Lahore Zoo, Jallo Park is among the three central wildlife parks in Lahore.
The park is currently under the supervision of the Government of Punjab. The park is built beautifully and one can spend a perfect evening here. It is one of the most beautiful parks in Pakistan. The greenery, fresh air, atmosphere, and some snacks can make an evening perfect at Jallo Park.
Jallo Park is a source of education about the forest and trees for the public. The beautiful landscape and nature’s view speaks for itself. Jallo Park has more than 120 species of trees and climbers. It is a prominent botanical garden with some exceptionally rare species of plants. It is an ideal location for nature lovers. It also has a 5 km cycle track too.
Facilities & Attractions:
- Artificial lake and waterfall
- Benches
- Boating
- Butterfly House
- Gazebo
- Lawn and Gardens
- Log Huts
- Metalled Roads
- Rock Garden
- Swings
- Water cooler
- Water slides
- Wildlife Park
4) Lal Suhanra National Park
Lal Suhanra National Park and Zoo Bahawalpur is one of the largest National Parks, located in Lal Suhanra Zoo Road, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It was opened as a National Park on 26 October 1972, under the supervision of Wildlife Safari Park.
This park has contained huge space garden which represent plenty of beautiful flowers around the park, which have make environment more brighten and full of fragrance, after that, as can see adventurous part of the park, for the adventurous lover visitors, like exclusive Species are in Birds Enclave, mostly children's love to walk and playing live all along attractive birds. This spot is very special for those who come from different sides of the region, and spend their whole day enjoying fun and entertainment activities at Lal Suhanra National Park in a very good manner.
Every day, outsider families, visitors, love to come here for the whole day, and explore the animals, species features and also capture the beauty of Lal Suhanra National Park and Zoo Bahawalpur in their cameras in a very conventional way.
Facilities:
- Manual & Automatic Boating
- Cafeteria
- Children Gadgets
- Camel Riding
- Horse Riding
- Grassy Lawn
- Bamboo Hut
- Children Park
- TDCP Motel
Species and Animals List:
- Wildcats
- Rabbits
- Bustards
- Deers
- Monitor lizard
- Russell's viper
- Indian Cobra
- Saw Scaled Viper
- Wolf Snake
- John's Sand Boa
- Spiny Tailed Lizard and more.
5) Murree Wildlife Park
Murree Wildlife Park is a Zoo located in Bansra Gali, in Murree Pakistan. This Park was initially inaugurated under the National Development Scheme 'Development of Wildlife Park' in 1986. The wildlife park provides canteens and cafeterias for the tourists and visitors. The Murree Wildlife Park covers an area of 240 acres.
Species list
The wildlife park has the below listed species:
Mammals:
- Siberian tiger
- Red deer
- Yak(Bos grunniens)
- Asian black bear
- Bactrian camel
- Chital
- Chinkara
- Sambar
Birds:
- Black Shoulder Peafowl
- Guinea fowl
- Green Pheasant
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