"Exploring the Wildlife: A Guide to Sharjah Safari Park for Families"

Have you ever dreamed of exploring Africa and feasting your eyes on majestic wildlife, Sharjah Safari is the perfect destination for you.

Sharjah Safari Park is the largest safari park outside Africa. It is located within the Al Bridi Reserve in the city of Al Dhaid in the Emirate of Sharjah. The park is divided into 12 different zones inspired by African regions .It’s a habitat of over 120 wildlife species, including lions, rhinos, gazelles, elephants, crocodiles and over 100,000 African trees.

Parking:

Specific parking is allocated for each ticket holder and is accessible easily.

All you need to know about tickets:

The tickets are divided into three classes, gold, silver, and bronze (prices exclude the tax)

Website: https://sharjahsafari.ae/en/

Tickets available:

Bronze tickets

Price: 40AED

15AED for 3-12 yrs

Tour duration:1-2 hrs

Includes: Walking Safari to Africa and Zanzibar Village

Excludes: Sahel, Savannah, Ngorongoro, Moremi and Serengeti habitats

Silver tickets

Price: 120AED

50AED for 3-12 yrs

Tour duration: 2-4 hrs

Includes: A seat on Safari Tour truck that take you through the Sahel, Savannah, Ngorongoro, Moremi habitats and a stop in Safari Camp.

Excludes: Serengeti and Tswalu habitat

Gold tickets

Price: 275AED

120AED for 3-12 yrs

Tour duration: 3-5 hrs

Includes: A seat on Safari Jeep that takes you through everything with a personal guide, stop and walk safari in Serengeti.

What are the Sharjah Safari Park timings?

The Sharjah Safari is open from 8.30 am – 6.30 pm on Monday to Saturday and 6.30 am – 6.30 pm on Sunday. The last entry for Gold and Silver ticket holders is at 2 pm and for Bronze ticket holders at 4 pm.

Where is the location of Sharjah Safari?

Sharjah Safari is located 30 km east of Sharjah city, at the Al Bridi Reserve in the city of Al Dhaid.

I do hope this blog post gives you all the information you’d need before you decide to visit Sharjah Safari Park. Feel free to drop your questions or feedback in the comments below.

What to expect?

Cafes are available at the Safari camp area and Zanzibar terminal at Zanzibar village.

Strollers for rent is available. Scooters not allowed.

Refilling station with cold water available.

Avoid wearing a cap as it can fly away easily.

Wear sunscreen and carry Binocular or camera for kids.

The Silver Safari truck sits 27paxs and the Gold Safari jeep sits 9paxs. These are open with no windows.

Highly recommend coming 30mins earlier to use washrooms and be on time for the tour.

You can take your own snacks if travelling with kids, include water and some lollipops.

If you take a silver or bronze ticket, you get a 30 mins break for snack/meal at the safari camp area.

If you’d like to grab some chips, ice cream you can find Sharjah Co-op located in Safari camp area.

For lunch, a restaurant is available at the camp area, 65AED for a filled plate with choices of salad, main course and dessert.

Most places including cafes and kids activities had very limited resources and cant cater to a huge amount of crowd. Soft serve ice cream was out of stock and only a few customers got served.

Bird show at 04pm showcasing Guinea fowl, Mongoose, Grey parrot and owl.

Our experience:

We started our ride from Niger Valley with African Elephants enclosure onwards to Sahel and Savannah habitats catching a glimpse of Watusi cattle, gazelles, Wilder beast, and up-close Antelope, Crocodiles, Red Lechwe, Oryx, Cape buffalo to name a few. The safari truck fits 27 people. Being early allows you to get the from seats. Avoid seating kids near the open sides as we encountered many untrimmed thorny shrubs coming into the seated area.

Kids enjoyed watching each animal up close and as the safari truck stopped, they got to observe their behaviours, catch a antler fight, and so much more. We had an automatic recording that narrated fun facts as we passed each animal. We stopped for a 30 mins break which allowed us to quickly grab lunch, feed some fishes, race to the washroom and back to the Safari truck. There are some shaded spots and a playground for kids to play or snack and rest on a bench under a shady tree.

We continued our Safari exploring Kalahari, Ngorongoro and Moremi habitats. We got to see Spring bok, Impala, Rhinos, Lions, and our favourite Giraffes. Each animals’ habitat was well spaced out with huge open spaces. We even got to see an Ostrich lay its egg.

After the Safari truck tour, we decided to explore East African island with tortoises, Meerkats and Birds of Africa exhibits. The meerkats weren’t there in their outdoor habitat instead they were indoor habitat. This allowed us to settle down and just observe them being their mischief self. There were interactive exhibits for kids to play and learn, staff handed out some paper to color to create mask for kids.

We spent a lot of time in the Birds of Africa exhibit that allows you to enter a habitat with birds flying and moving freely. Watching them move around felt so close to nature. You are not allowed to feed any animals or birds. We got to catch a couple of rats running around too. Watch the Pelicans make a nest above us.

We finally settled in to watch a bird show at 4pm that lasted for 30mins. After which we headed towards the exit where you can buy some souvenirs made in Africa. Truly a unique experience and a must do!