Remove ads
Etawah Safari Park (formerly Etawah Lion Safari) is a drive-through safari park in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was opened to the public in November 2019. It includes multiple safaris, an Asiatic lion breeding centre and a visitor centre.[2]
| Etawah Safari Park | |
|---|---|
 Etawah Safari Park entrance | |
 | |
| 26.767261°N 79.001896°E | |
| Date opened | 24 November 2019 |
| Location | Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Land area | 350 hectares (864.869 acres)[1] |
| No. of animals | 260 (March 2023) |
| No. of species | 5 |
| Annual visitors |  110,023 (2023-24 Financial Year) |
| Owner | Forest Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| Director | Anil Patel, IFS |
| Public transit access | Etawah Junction railway station, Agra Airport, Gwalior Airport |
| Website | etawahlionsafari |
Etawah Lion Safari was first proposed in 2006.[3] Work was started in May 2012. The park was designed by Spanish company Art Urbà.[4] At first, six lions were migrated to the park in 2014.[contradictory] In 2015 a deer safari, antelope safari, bear safari and leopard safari were added and the park was renamed as Etawah Safari Park.[3] The deer safari was inaugurated on 6 October 2016[5][6] and the remaining safaris as well as the park itself were inaugurated on 1 June 2018.[7][8] The park opened to the public on 24 November 2019 without the lion segment.[citation needed]
Remove ads
Multiple safaris includes a lion safari, a deer safari, an antelope safari, a bear safari and a leopard safari.[9][10] As of November 2019[update], the lion and leopard safaris are waiting for approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).[11]
The Asiatic lion breeding centre has twelve breeding dens.[12] It was started with eleven lions that arrived in September 2014 mostly from zoos of Gujarat.[13] Four of the lions and five cubs died because of canine distemper,[13] after which the lions were vaccinated by an imported vaccine from the US.[14] As of December 2020[update], the center has nine cubs who are born there.[15][16][17][18]
A visitor facilitation centre includes a multimedia museum with digital signage and large format displays, and a '4D' education theatre for informing and guiding visitors.[19][20]
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads