Knuthenborg Safaripark
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Knuthenborg Safaripark is a safari park on the island of Lolland in the southeast of Denmark. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) to the north of Maribo, near Bandholm. It is one of Lolland's major tourist attractions with over 300,000 visitors annually, and is the largest safari park in northern Europe. Among others, it houses a drive-through safari park, a monkey forest, large enclosures for Siberian tigers and African bush elephants, a dinosaur forest with full-scale models, the Museum of Evolution with fossils of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, an arboretum, and the largest nature playground in Denmark.[6][7][8][9] Knuthenborg covers a total of 660 hectares (1,600 acres), including the 400-hectare (990-acre) Safaripark.[1] The park is viewable on Google Street View.
Knuthenborg Safaripark | |
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Date opened | 1950 (1950) (deer park) 1969 (1969) (exotic animals) |
Location | near Bandholm, Lolland, Denmark |
Land area | 660 hectares (1,600 acres)[1] |
No. of animals | 1000[2] |
No. of species | 40+[2] |
Annual visitors | 310,000 (2019)[3] |
Memberships | EAZA,[4] WAZA[5] |
Website | knuthenborg |