Virginia Safari Park - Virginia's Only Drive-Thru Safari Adventure

12/20/2024

Looking for the perfect gift? This holiday season, give a gift that brings unforgettable memories. 🎄

Visit www.virginiasafaripark.com/gifts to find your unforgettable gift!

12/11/2024

If you guessed Blackbuck for today's you would be correct!

12/11/2024

It's ! Can you guess what species this horn belongs to?

Answer will be revealed this afternoon.

12/06/2024

Thanks to everyone who visited the Park for our Coats for Kids event last Friday! Your support enabled us to provide children in our local area with brand new coats for the winter. We've spent the last few days boxing them up and delivering them personally. Our hearts are full today, knowing that 168 children will be warm this winter.

The Virginia Safari Park has donated more than 3,200 coats to local children since the coat drive was created 23 years ago. Thanks again for supporting our annual Coats for Kids program!

12/04/2024

Each year International Cheetah Day is celebrated on December 4. Although cheetahs are the fastest land mammal, their plight is in a struggle for survival.

The Virginia Safari Park and our sister park, Gulf Breeze Zoo, participate in a nationwide cheetah breeding and genetic diversity program to support the conservation of cheetahs in human care. The Virginia Safari Park is the only place in the United States where visitors can see the rare king cheetah. The king cheetah is a naturally occurring color variation where instead of defined spots, their coat features spots which combine into blotchy patterns of large spots and stripes.

Through Zoofari Parks Conservation Donations, the Park also supports wild cheetahs through Cheetah Conservation Botswana. Working with wild cheetah in Botswana, Africa, CCB provides scientific research for cheetah populations, anti-poaching efforts, outreach with farmers, conservation education and a livestock guard dog program.

To learn more about cheetahs and the work CCB is doing, please visit https://www.cheetahconservationbotswana.org/

12/04/2024

It's World Wildlife Conservation Day 🌎 The Virginia Safari Park embodies our motto of "Where Conservation Meets Adventure." Our animals serve as educational ambassadors for their wild cousins and create awareness of their plight in the wild. We believe that giving guests the opportunity to see these animals up close and allowing them to form a connection with the animals will inspire them to want to conserve and protect their wildlife counterparts.

We support projects to protect a variety of animals, including the endangered African penguin and Grevy’s zebra to vulnerable cheetah and near threatened southern white rhinoceros. The projects range from the protection of wildlife and anti-poaching patrols to local conservation education and training in sustainable agriculture.

Through our Zoofari Parks grant program we have donated to research projects and charities working in more than 45 countries. These projects range from support of the 21,180-acre Barba Azul Nature Reserve in Bolivia and anti-poaching ranger patrols in Africa to building schools and training sustainable livelihoods in Madagascar to university-connected field research projects in Virginia and Florida.

Visit the Virginia Safari Park in 2025 for your own Adventure on the Wild Side. Your visits help us support the protection and preservation of animals in the wild.

12/01/2024

Today is the last day of the Virginia Safari Park's 2024 season. We will be open from until 4:30p, with the last guest admitted at 3:30p.

Come out and enjoy our drive-thru safari and village walkabout where you will see wildlife from around the world! We will reopen in March 2025.

11/30/2024

It's the last weekend of the 2024 season. If you've got family in town for the holiday and need something to do, we suggest a visit to the Virginia Safari Park and spend the day making memories!

Tag in your photos. We'd love to see them!

11/29/2024

Grab your crew and head to the Virginia Safari Park!
Its a gorgeous day to get your family outside for some fun!
Today is the 23rd Annual Coats for Kids event. Did you know that your admission ticket today will be used to purchase new winter coats for children in need in the Rockbridge County area?
Join us for a Safari experience for a great cause! Stop by today from 9a to 4:30p, with the last car admitted at 3:30p.

11/28/2024

This Thanksgiving we are giving thanks to all of the guests who have joined us this past year. Your support means everything to us!

We we are closed today to give thanks for the wonderful season we have had this year, but, we will be open tomorrow for our 23rd Annual Coats For Kids event when proceeds from every admission will go towards purchasing new coats for children in need in our area. Join us for a Safari experience in honor of a great cause!

11/27/2024

Would you pet a llama for charity? Feed a giraffe for area children in need? If so, join us this Friday for our Coats for Kids event! Bison, giraffe, antelope, zebras and more will be greeting guests in the name of a very good cause.

We are closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving, but Friday morning, the Virginia Safari will open its gates and donate our entire day’s admission proceeds to purchase new winter coats for children in need in the Rockbridge County area. Help us by sharing & inviting your friends!

11/27/2024

Planning on eating too much this Thanksgiving?

So are all the animals! We are open today and will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving (for thankfulness and feasting!)

We'll reopen Friday, November 29 so if you're looking for something fun to do the day after Thanksgiving, grab the family and head to the Virginia Safari Park for a day of fun and giving back during Coats For Kids when proceeds from admissions go towards the purchase of coats for children in need in our area!

11/26/2024

Special thanks to WDBJ7 for spreading awareness of our 23rd Annual Coats For Kids event at the Virginia Safari Park. Make plans to visit the Park on Friday and help us make this year's event the biggest ever!

The drive will happen on Black Friday, November 29.

11/25/2024

Make this fall special with a last minute trip to the Virginia Safari Park!

Sunday, December 1 will be Virginia Safari Park's last operating day until spring.

11/25/2024

We want to look back at all the memories made this year at the Virginia Safari Park!

Did you visit the park this year? Share your photos and show us how you safari. Use and your photos could be featured in a future Fan Photo Spotlight.

Sunday, December 1 will be Virginia Safari Park's last operating day until spring.

11/24/2024

Feeling sluggish? Pick up the pace with a trip to the Virginia Safari Park!

Sunday, December 1 will be Virginia Safari Park's last operating day until spring.

11/23/2024

See and feed the eland before we close for the season on December 1!