West Midlands Safari Park

Get ready for a ROAARsome time at West Midlands Safari Park! Come face-to-face with your favourite animals and visit the Safari Park theme park. This guide will take you through everything you need to know when planning your visit. View ticket prices and admissions, see how to get to West Midlands Safari Park, find places to stay and much more.

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West Midlands Safari Park tickets and admissions

Tickets to West Midlands Safari Park start from as little as £19.90 per person, but you can get up to 35% off by booking online and in advance. There are several packages to choose from.

Day tickets

There are two types of day tickets to select:

1. Includes the Safari and Adventure Theme Park (from £29.90)
2. Includes the Safari Drive and Safari Walk (from £19.90)

Blue Light card holders and DDS holders get further discounts.

You can also add extras to your ticket. Extras include:

• Mini Bus Safari Tour for £7.50: This is an optional guided tour where you can learn more about the animals.
• Virtual Reality Ride for £4: This is an immersive 4D experience with headsets.
• Discovery Trail Guided Tour for £7.50: Get to know more about the animals on your walking safari with a guided tour.
• Animal food for £4: Get even closer to the animals on the safari and feed them with animal food.
• Guided book for £5: A book which teaches you all about the animals on your visit.
• Car (One car per booking is automatically added)

Combi tickets

Save over 45% when buying a ‘Combi ticket’. With this ticket, not only do you get to visit the spectacular West Midlands Safari Park, but you can also spend a day at Drayton Manor Theme Park.

Annual passes

Visit your favourite animals more than once by purchasing an annual pass. There are three different types of passes available, including:

1. Platinum annual pass from £175
2. Gold annual pass from £115
3. Silver annual pass from £99

Each pass includes various offers and discounts for West Midlands Safari Park. The Platinum package also includes access to Drayton Manor Theme Park.

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Getting to West Midlands Safari Park

West Midlands Safari Park is located in Bewdley, Worcestershire. It’s incredibly simple to get to via public transport and car.

How to get to West Midlands Safari Park by car?

Driving to West Midlands Safari Park is straightforward. The park is just off the A456, and you’ll see plenty of brown tourist signs along the way.

Estimated drive times:

• Birmingham: 40 minutes
• Bristol: 1 hour and 25 minutes
• Cardiff: 1 hour and 40 minutes
• Manchester: 2 hours
• Sheffield: 2 hours and 10 minutes
• London: 2 hours and 30 minutes

How to get to West Midlands Safari Park by public transport?

The nearest train station to West Midlands Safari Park is Kidderminster. From the train station, you can catch the 125 or the 292S bus, which leads you right outside the Park.

For more information on tickets to West Midlands Safari Park, check out Trainline. You can also click here for more information on Kidderminster bus services.

Places to stay whilst visiting West Midlands Safari Park

If you’re travelling from afar, you’ll need a place to rest either before or after your adventure to West Midlands Safari Park. Check out our brilliant campsites in Worcestershire for a peaceful place to stay.

Our popular Wolverley Club Site, which is surrounded by the breathtaking Worcestershire countryside, is just 11 minutes away from West Midlands Safari Park. The campsite is family-friendly, has dedicated accessible facilities, and welcomes pets. Wolverley Club Site also has great facility blocks with a parent and baby room, showers, washing facilities and more.

The campsite has several pitch types, including grass-only and hardstanding pitches with electric hookups. So your tent, caravan, motorhome or trailer tent are all welcome.

If you want to pitch up and avoid driving to West Midlands Safari Park, you can catch two buses to the park. The nearest bus stop is a 3-minute walk from the campsite, and the journey takes 40 minutes to an hour.

Psst, don’t forget, members and non-members can get further discounts on their campsite stay here, and members can also book exclusive member-only campsites near West Midlands Safari Park.

What animals are at West Midlands Safari Park?

You’ll find hundreds of majestic animals at the West Midlands Safari Park. There are two ways to see the animals. You can spot them on a safari walk or safari drive.

Safari drive

On the safari drive, you’ll come across a range of animals, some of which you can feed using the animal feed brought with your ticket. The animals you’ll get to spot on your 4-mile safari drive include:

• African elephant
• Zebras
• Ankole
• Ostrich
• Deer
• Rhino
• Giraffe
• Ellipsen waterbuck
• Congo buffalo
• African lion
• Tiger
• African wild dogs

Safari walk

There’s also a safari walk where you can walk around the park and see plenty of animals. Some popular animals to find on your walk include:

• Snakes
• Penguins
• Meerkats
• Sea lions
• Bats
• Red pandas
• Giraffes
• Rhinos
• Hippos
• Lions

Click here for a full list of all the animals at West Midlands Safari Park.

More things to do at West Midlands Safari Park

If you’re not worn out from meeting all the animals at West Midlands Safari Park, then get ready to discover more family fun activities.

Adventure Theme Park

Do you want to be as fast as a cheetah or as brave as a lion? At the West Midlands Safari Park, you can experience exhilarating animal-themed rides in their Adventure Theme Park. There's something for everyone: thrill-seekers can get their adrenaline pumping on attractions like Black Fly, Venom, and Pirate Ship, while children can enjoy rides such as Serengeti Gallopers, Flying Lion King, and African Big Apple Coaster. If you’re visiting on a warm day, why not cool down by riding the Zambezi Water Splash?

Rides start from as little as £2, but you can purchase wristbands with your Safari Park tickets.

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VIP Tours

Treat yourself or a loved one to a once-in-a-lifetime experience. With VIP experiences starting from £35, this is a great way to get close to the animals and learn more about them.

VIP tours available:

• Ultimate VIP Tour: Starting from £225pp, animal lovers can enjoy an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour around the park before visitors arrive. You’ll come face to face with your favourite animals and have the opportunity to feed them.
• Lion Feed Experience: Starting from £185pp, you’ll get to meet and feed lions.
• Indian Rhino Keeper Experience: Starting from £185pp, you can feed and care for three rhinos. You can also see other animals in the Asiatic area.
• Star of the Sea Lion Show: Starting from £35pp, you’ll get to help the keepers demonstrate behaviours with the sea lions. You can also have your photo taken with a sea lion.
• Giraffe Feed Experience: Starting from £125pp, you’ll learn more about the giraffes from a personal safari guide and get to feed them.
• Carnivore Keeper Experience: Starting from £250 pp, you can look after some of the park's large carnivores.

*Prices vary and age restrictions apply

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Guided tours

You can still enjoy the West Midlands Safari Park without a vehicle by booking one of the guided tours. You can choose from a minibus guided tour or a jeep safari guided tour.

1. Minibus guided tour: Allows visitors to go around the park in a minibus and listen to interesting facts and tales about the animals, presented by knowledgeable drivers.
2. Jeep safari guided tour: Perfect for a family of 6, this experience allows you to get close to the animals and learn fun facts about them.

A guided headset tour is also available for those who want to do the discovery trail. On this tour, you’ll learn about each animal's personality and find out more about the species.

Land of the Living Dinosaurs and Ice Age

Travel back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth. At the West Midlands Safari Park, you’ll find two exhibits showcasing the prehistoric world. On your journey, you’ll meet a variety of dinosaurs and learn a lot about each one. You can also dig up fossils and make new discoveries in the Dino Dig area.

West Midlands Safari Park events

Throughout the year West Midlands Safari park put on fun events for everyone. You can book tickets to a comedy night or sing your heart out at a tribute act concert. You can also book seasonal events such as Santa’s Safari or a murder mystery.

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Activities around the West Midlands Safari Park

If you’ve got a little more energy to burn off, check out the following entertainment spots in the West Midlands Safari Park.

• Explorers' Play Park: Let kids run wild and enjoy trampolines, obstacle courses, swings and slides.
• Virtual Reality Ride: Get involved in an immersive 4D experience where riders are transported through the jungle to find the stolen crystals.
• Arcade games: Let your competitive side shine in the arcade. You’ll find arcade games suitable for all ages.
• Funfair games: Test your skills and win prizes by playing the funfair games.
• Face painting and glitter tattoo stands: Paint your face like your favourite animal or get a glitter tattoo.

Food and drink at West Midlands Safari Park

A day at West Midlands Safari Park will definitely leave you feeling like a hungry hippo. Feast on mouth watering food and quench your thirst with a variety of drinks at the many restaurants and kiosks around.

• Dino Diner: Serving both carnivores and herbivores, this dinosaur-themed restaurant has spectacular food from pizza and pasta to traditional fish and chips.
• Burger Co.: Tuck into some juicy burgers at Burger Co. There are various options for different diets.
• Lost City Food Court: Serving tasty Mexican Food, you can build your own burritos, enjoy loaded fries and, to satisfy your sweet tooth, tuck in to some churros.
• Snack Shacks: You’ll find plenty of refreshment kiosks throughout the park offering you cold and hot drinks, ice creams, slushies, hot food and much more.

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West Midlands Safari Park opening and closing times

West Midlands Safari Park opens at 10am and closes at 5pm daily. However, timings may vary depending on when you’re visiting.

During the summer, the timings are:

• Walk-through Safari and Park opens at 10am and closes at 5pm
• Adventure Theme Park rides open at 12pm and close at 5pm (wristband offices close at 4pm)
• First Safari time slot: 10am-10:30am
• Last Safari time slot: 12pm-12:30pm
• Wildlife trail opens at 12pm and closes at 4pm (this includes African Walking Trail, Tiger Tropics, African Village, Lemur Woods and Lion Ridge)

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Accessibility

West Midlands Safari Park is wheelchair-friendly, but due to the natural gradients of the land, wheelchair users may need extra assistance. Although most surfaces are tarmac and compressed gravel, there are a few steep surfaces that might be challenging to manoeuvre.

West Midlands Safari Park has accessibility facilities such as toilets and parking, and you can hire a wheelchair or pushchair before you arrive at the park.

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Dogs at West Midlands Safari Park

Dogs or other pets are NOT allowed to enter West Midlands Safari Park.

Assistance dogs are welcome in some areas but not all animal habitats due to the safety of all animals. The areas where an assistance dog can enter include Ice Age, Land of the Living Dinosaurs, Explorers’ Play Park and Theme Park.