Safari Off Road Adventure

Safari Off Road Adventure is a safari attraction currently operating at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. It replaced Six Flags Wild Safari which closed on September 30, 2012.HistoryWild Safari was opened to the public on July 4, 1974, along with its theme park neighbor, Great Adventure.On August 20, 2012, it was announced that the park would be closed to private vehicles from September 30, 2012. Six Flags also announced that the animals would remain in the preserve. On August 30, 2012, Six Flags Great Adventure announced that they would be opening the Safari Off Road Adventure in 2013. Following Wild Safari's closure on September 30, 2012, construction began to renovate it to become the Safari Off Road Adventure. Safari Off Road Adventure opened May 25, 2013.OverviewThe former Wild Safari park covered 350acre with the main road being 4.5mi long. It contained 11 themed sections, and was a home to 1200 animals from six different continents. When the 350acre safari joined Great Adventure as one park in 2013, it made Six Flags Great Adventure the second-largest theme park in the world at 510acre, after Disney's Animal Kingdom. The park also added an up-charge zip line attraction.Since its renovation, Safari Off Road Adventure retains the themed areas from Wild Safari. Additionally, midway through the tour passengers are able to disembark from the vehicles at an area called Camp Aventura. This section of the park contains much of Great Adventure's bird and reptile collection, while also offering guests an opportunity to feed giraffes. Safari Off Road Adventure is now one of Great Adventure's most popular rides; as a self drive-through attraction there had been little traffic through many hours of the day.