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Virginia Safari Park, Natural Bridge, VA

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Virginia Safari Park

A 180-acre drive-through wildlife park in Rockbridge County where visitors view and feed animals from their vehicles.

229 Safari Ln, Natural Bridge, VA 24578 · Natural Bridge, VA

About Virginia Safari Park

The park covers about 180 acres near exit 180 of I-81 in the Shenandoah Valley. Admission gives same-day access to a roughly three-mile drive-through safari route and to Safari Village, which is explored on foot. Visitors can feed animals from their car, meet animals such as giraffes, goats and budgies in the village, and join special behind-the-scenes encounters with sloths, rhinos or penguins. Advance ticket purchase is recommended. The site states it is not affiliated with the separately operated Natural Bridge Zoo.

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