African Safari (Kyushu Natural Zoological Park)
A safari park you drive through in your own car, past lions and elephants.
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African Safari (Kyushu Natural Zoological Park)
SaveA safari park you drive through in your own car, past lions and elephants.
On the Jungle Bus you feed lions and elephants through the mesh as it circles the zone.
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Worth a look before you go
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African Safari, 2026: buying tickets and dodging the queues
8:30am on a weekday and already a long line; the earliest bus left was 2:30pm. Advance tickets ended May 2025.
flower-day.com2025
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African Safari with a 6-, 4- and 1-year-old in Oita
In at 9:30, out by 13:00, on the 11am bus. Feeding ponies, guinea pigs, squirrel monkeys and kangaroos.
ameblo.jp2025
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Oita trip: what African Safari is actually like
35 minutes by car from Beppu station. The Salvia restaurant runs ¥850-1,300; a cup of feed is ¥200.
chisanasekainokurashi-fukuoka.com2024
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Oita with the kids (3): African Safari and Yufuin
Arriving at 10:30 from the Beppu hotel still left a 14:30 bus; animals ignore private cars. Yufuin is 30 min on.
note.com2025
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We got on even on Children's Day: what time to arrive for the Jungle Bus
Golden Week opens at 7am. Arriving past 8 meant 30 minutes of traffic and only a 4:20pm bus left.
mama-chan-blog.com2025
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- Fee：Admission ¥2,600 for adults (high school and up) and ¥1,500 for children aged 4 to junior high; under 4 free. Driving your own car through the safari zone costs nothing extra. The Jungle Bus is ¥1,500 per person aged 4 and over on top of admission (¥2,000 for the online-booked weekday afternoon runs); under 3s ride free on a lap. A disability certificate, card or Mirairo ID takes ¥1,000 off an adult and ¥500 off a child, for the holder. An annual pass is ¥9,000 / ¥5,000, less the day's admission if you buy it with that day's receipt.■
- Hours：1 March to 31 October: reception 8:50-16:00, open 9:15-16:30. 1 November to end of February: reception 8:50-15:30, open 9:15-16:00. You must enter the safari zone by 30 minutes before closing. Open all year, though a typhoon or snow can close it, and long holidays can shift the hours. Jungle Buses run from 9:10, last departure 15:50 (15:20 from November to February) — about 15 a day on weekdays and 30 at weekends.■
- Time needed：120 min
- Booking：Jungle Bus seats are sold on the day, first come first served, at the entrance gate and the information centre, and only to people who have already paid to come in — one seat per person actually present, sold in the order cars arrive. Some weekday afternoon runs can be booked online at a different price, but August and September are on-the-day only. Cancel or move a booking at the information centre up to 30 minutes before departure.■Official booking site ↗
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- Official: Stroller friendly, Nursing space
- Official: Indoor / outdoor
- Official: Best-fit ages (guide)
- Official: Stroller access notes
- Official: main site
The safari zone is driven, not walked, with the windows shut and the doors locked. You can drive the loop as many times as you like. Animals rarely approach a private car, since they know no food comes from one. The Jungle Bus, wire mesh down both sides, runs about fifty minutes, feeding mouflon, black bears, lions, Asian elephants and Bactrian camels. A walk-round zone adds a kangaroo forest at the Village of Encounters.
| Indoor / outdoor | Outdoor | The safari zone is driven through, and the walk-round animal zone is outdoors. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | africansafari.co.jp |
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| Stroller friendly | Yes | Strollers are hired at the information centre for ¥300 (wheelchairs are free). They cannot go on the Jungle Bus — the information centre keeps them while you ride. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | africansafari.co.jp |
| Nursing space | Yes (2) | Two nursing rooms: at the information centre and inside the Arosa shop. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | africansafari.co.jp |
| Best-fit ages (guide)Extra info — guide only | Yes | Under-4s get in free, and under-3s ride the Jungle Bus free on a parent's lap — one child per adult, so two small children need two adults. Primary school age and under must have a parent with them on the bus. There is no age limit, but the bus shakes and jolts, its sides are wire mesh so it feels the cold and heat, and it cannot be left part-way. In your own car, use the child locks. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | africansafari.co.jp |
| Stroller access notesExtra info — guide only | Yes | Come by car: about 7 minutes from Beppu Bay Smart IC or 10 from Yufudake Smart IC (ETC only, no vehicles over 12m); about 30 minutes from Yufuin IC or Beppu IC without ETC. No taxi waits at the park — the nearest depot is about 30 minutes away — and there is no petrol station nearby or ATM inside. Cars without a solid roof are turned back: open-top and soft-top cars, pickups and kei trucks with an open bed, and cars with luggage on the outside must switch to the Jungle Bus. In the safari zone you may not leave the car; windows stay shut, doors locked, aerials retracted. Re-entry only for Jungle Bus ticket holders. Pets are kept free of charge at the pet reception, three smoking areas, drones banned. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | africansafari.co.jp |
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| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet | ||||
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| English support | Not checked yet |