KSA: Experience an African safari in the deserts of Saudi Arabia – Gulf Digital News

KSA: Experience an African safari in the deserts of Saudi Arabia – Gulf Digital News

Saudi Arabia is offering residents and tourists a unique safari experience in the desert of its capital Riyadh, at a site now home to 700 animals native to Africa.

Lions and tigers are just a few of the animals that were flown in from outside the kingdom to the 175,000 square metres stretch of land that is now a safari park, where visitors seated in a vehicle can see them, some for the very first time.

"We are not used to this (Safari) in Saudi Arabia, we are more familiar with small zoos with animals in cages as we walk around them, but today it's the opposite. It's amazing and everyone is happy, we didn't expect to live the African atmosphere here in Riyadh," said one visitor, Mujahd Alameery.