Dubai Safari’s entry fee starts today

dubai — REsIDEnts vIsItInG DuBAI SAFArI From THursDAy onwArDs wIll HAvE to Buy tICkEts to EntEr tHE nEw wIlDlIFE FACIlIty.

DuBAI SAFArI — opEn EvEry DAy From 9Am to 5pm DurInG Its soFt lAunCH — HAvE BEEn ClosInG Its GAtEs EArly For tHE lAst FEw DAys, tHAnks to EntHusIAstIC CustomErs wHo turnED up In lArGE numBErs to AvAIl oF tHE FrEE Entry.

Now, rEsIDEnts wIll HAvE to pAy DH30 For CHIlDrEn AnD DH85 For ADults For A Full tour, to GEt up ClosE wItH lIons, HyEnAs, BABoons, ostrICHEs, BuffAlos AnD SIBErIAn tIGErs In tHE SAFArI VIllAGE, AnD A wAlk-tHrouGH EnClosurE to sEE rEptIlEs, wHItE lIons AnD HyEnAs In tHE AFrICAn vIllAGE.

THE ArABIAn VIllAGE, AsIAn VIllAGE AnD KIDs FArm wIll BE ACCEssIBlE wHEn tHE pArk offiCIAlly opEns, wHErE vIsItors wHo CHoosE to vIsIt tHE vIllAGEs wItHout HEADInG to tHE opEn SAFArI VIllAGE, wIll pAy DH20 For CHIlDrEn AnD DH50 For ADults.

SEnIor CItIzEns ovEr 60 AnD CHIlDrEn unDEr tHE AGE oF 3 wIll EntEr DuBAI SAFArI For FrEE, wHIlE pEoplE oF DEtErmInAtIon GEt FrEE ADmIssIon AlonG wItH two oF tHEIr CompAnIons, wItH wHEElCHAIrs AvAIlABlE IF nEEDED AnD tHEIr own GAtE to EntEr.

DuBAI MunICIpAlIty offiCIAls sAID ovEr 100,000 pEoplE HAvE vIsItED tHE pArk sInCE Its soFt opEnInG on DECEmBEr 12.

“StArtInG THursDAy, DuBAI SAFArI wIll IntroDuCE Its Entry FEE For All vIsItors, HAvInG rEACHED Its GoAl oF 100,000 vIsItors DurInG tHE soFt opEnInG pErIoD. WE ExpECt to wElComE two mIllIon vIsItors DurInG tHE pArk’s first yEAr oF opErAtIon”, sAID HussAIn NAssEr LootAH, DIrECtor GEnErAl oF DuBAI MunICIpAlIty. On WEDnEsDAy, wHICH wAs Its lAst FrEE-Entry DAy, tHE sAFArI ClosED Its GAtEs ArounD 2.15pm.

DuBAI SAFArI wIll now BE opEn DAIly From 9Am to 9pm, InCluDInG All puBlIC HolIDAys, AnD Is loCAtED In Al WArqAA 5 DIstrICt ACross DuBAI’s DrAGon MArt, off tHE DuBAI-HAttA HIGHwAy.

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