Kilimanjaro Safaris

If you can get a fast pass for this, do it. I also recommend going a few times if possible, since the animals ensure a different experience each time.
Our first go was first thing in the morning, during an early entry, and we saw SO many animals, including lions, hipos, rhinos, giraffes, and elephants. Even our seasoned guide seemed surprised that we caught so many out and about. First thing in the morning, or at dusk, may be your best bet to see as many animals as possible.
The guides are funny, and while there are definitely some scripted comments and jokes, each guide seems to have their own style which keeps things interesting.

What an awesome attraction at Disney’s animal Kingdom. You take a ride through a modified jeep, into the Safari. No telling what you’re going to see. On this trip we saw elephants, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, flamingos, painted African prairie dogs, giraffes, and many many more. Please see the pictures that I have posted.
This is an awesome attraction for young and old alike.
Definitely do this when you go to Disney’s animal Kingdom, it is worth the wait.

Had a wonderful time today! It was the first ride we took this morning and waited just five minutes! It’s a must see!

Great ride, definitely worth your time. Seeing the animals on the reservation was great. The tour guide was also great, he spoke clearly and was educational. We went in the morning on a cold day and we saw a lot of animals.

This ride is really fun for everyone. It’s cool that there are no fences between you and the animals like a real African Safari, but it’s also kinda scary to think that there’s no fences between you and some pretty vicious animals. I read somewhere that if someone falls out of the car into the alligator pit then the drivers are supposed to just drive away because there’s nothing they can do for you and they don’t want everyone else in the truck to see you get eaten.
The animals are very docile for the most part and they’re separated by small chains on the ground in between the sections. You wouldn’t think that this would work but it apparently does. They say the animals don’t like the chains so they won’t cross them and they’re fed on a schedule so they won’t go looking in other places for food.
They say you have to get on this ride the first thing in the morning when it opens in order to see the animals, otherwise they’ll be hiding for the rest of the day taking naps or trying to stay out of the sun. I’ve been during both times and haven’t really seen much of a difference. The animals are more visible in the morning, but seeing them is kind of them same. You’ll get plenty of pictures either way.
You should get here early for this ride or get a fast pass because it’s really popular and the line will be long most of the time.
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I remember this being longer some time ago, with a video that started out with «JAMBO», perhaps my memory fails, but anyway, this is some of the best in edutainment. Well it is, if you can understand your guide. I think some of the guides get so into the Disneyspeak that sliding tone that they forget that sometimes it doesn’t translate into the mic and it gets muddy. It’s often hard to understand what they’re saying. Yes I know it’s done for speed, but it often doesn’t work at all. That was the big issue I had with our guide, She did the disneyspeak and it was so very muddy.
Over all, the ride was fun, we saw a plethora of animal, the elephants and the lions were beautiful, as were the Oryx and zebra — who got quite close to the road.

My sis was ADAMANT that we visit Kilimanjaro Safaris in the Animal Kingdom. It was the one ride we could not leave Animal Kingdom without seeing she said. Knowing that the wait time for this ride can be rather long, we ran (yes, my sis literally made me RUN) to this ride as soon as it opened. Can I also mention this ride is at the furthest side of the park?
We didn’t have to wait long (fortunately and thankfully due to my sister telling me to RUN FASTER through the park) and we soon found ourselves on the safari trucks taking us through the park.
There is certainly a large variety of animals to see — from zebras, lions, ostriches, giraffes, cheetah, flamingos, hippos, crocodiles, elephants — the list goes on! I would say this ride is definitely one that you should visit while at the Animal Kingdom. If you have kids, they will certainly love seeing the wide variety of animals all in one spot.
What I am surprised about is that the cheetah and lions, for example, didn’t seem to have an urge to want to approach the moving safari trucks. We were lunch on wheels moving through their habitat — I can’t complain though. We came, we ran, and we saw!

Sofari Sogoodi (Bad Pun-​i)
Overall: 4.5 Stars
Kilimanjaro Safari is the rough and tumble, more scenic, less walking, more interesting version of Maharajah Jungle Trek. There are more animals to see throughout the ride from the skyscraper building termites to the «King of the Jungle.» Of course the king as always is lazy as sin, sunning itself the whole day.
Many photo opportunities will present themselves throughout the journey locking in the memories forever. Heck, I have 22 alone worth posting here…
The guide is rather knowledgeable about the animals and the more interesting infrastructures constructed by some of the animals.
It is a good experience to have and I highly recommend this for anyone who loves wildlife
The wait time isn’t too bad since the trucks are always running constantly and can hold about 24 – 30 people at any time. Make sure to keep you children in the middle as the ride does get bumpy at times!

In my opinion this is the best attraction in the Animal Kingdom. The animals that you see will vary on each trip because the animal activity changes because of a variety of factors including the season, time of day and the weather. The trucks offer a very bumpy ride that make taking photos a challenge, make sure you use the sport setting on your camera to avoid blurry photos. The narration from the drivers helps complete the experience. Considering how many times they repeat this day after day they still mange to convey excitement about the tour. They do stop occasionally for good photo ops, so take advantage when they do.

Our driver/​tour guide made this safari drive nice. She was very knowledgeable, informative and had a great Australian or South African accent. :-)
Animals were out and about minus the Lions and cheetahs, which I was not very anxious to see anyways. Zebras, giraffes, wart hogs, hippopotamus, rhinos and more.
Be sure to get the FAST PASS

What a great place to do a safari! They pretend you are going through the Serengeti. Of course you see all types of animals including the beautiful okapi, elephants, alligators, black and white rhinos, giraffes, lions, tigers, primates and even hippos! The animals are wild and of course they do a great job in making it pretty realistic.
The trucks they use are extremely bumpy as they maneuver through the dirt roads and wooden bridges, again making it feel pretty fun and realistic.
Do this safari several times. When I went the first time there was a warthog and three babies following the warthog, which was rare. We had a zebra and giraffe come within touching distance!
This reserve is actually larger in space then the entire Magic Kingdom! Incredible!
This «ride» is a must if you haven’t been on a real African Safari! I love it!

I really like that the person driving was REALLY driving. It wasn’t on a track with a driver «driving.» Our driver not only drove, but was also our guide. She was very knowledgeable and informative about the animals. She did her best to engage everyone on the truck and tried to make sure everyone saw the animals. There were several up close encounters with the animals which was very exciting.

This adventure is amazing! It’s the best way to go to Africa without… Actually going to Africa! The drivers are awesome, so informative! They say to ask questions, but you have to speak up because it’s hard for them to hear the back…
The animals change as the day goes on, just based on who’s more active or actually out at the time.
I’m super excited to see what changes are to come to this ride… It’s expected to have a nocturnal part to it… Which would be awesome

This, is the best «ride» at Disney’s Animal Kingdom because you get at different experience every time.
You load into supersized safari jeeps and your guide/​driver takes you on safari. It’s like the Jungle Cruise but with real animals! Haha.
We saw crocs, elephants, giraffes, rhinos, anthills, and lots more other animals.
I highly recommend doing this ride and using a FastPass for it. Its worth it.

Best attraction at animal kingdom! Get here early before lines start to back up plus early morning the animals are most active before heat cranks up. Lots of great animals to look at and an entertaining ride. Beautiful but avoid 90 min wait if you can.

If you love animals you’ll love this ride. If you don’t like animals and are expecting a thrill ride of some sort, you won’t like it.
You get on a bus type vehicle that takes you around to see a variety of animals. Depending on your luck you’ll be able to see some of them very close!
It’s one of those rides where the animals have a lot of room to roam… I prefer seeing the rhino a bit far away for the sake of the rhino’s happiness.
The drivers/​guides can be corny at times… but that’s part of the fun. If you play with it and interact with them it can be funny and you’ll learn a lot. They ask questions and give out a lot of information but can only really hear the people in the first row so you have to really shout if you want them to answer your questions.
I always have a really great time and taken some really awesome pictures on this ride.

Review number 500! Not surprising seeing as I’ve been churning them out due to my Florida trip.
This is basically a mini safari smack dab in the middle of Disney World. You might actually even getting really close to some animals. We had a Rhino literally walk across the road and right next to our vehicle. We even saw some strange cow creature with huge horns. Not sure what they are called, but they were a sight to behold!
This ride is literally worth your time because you may never get this close to some of these animals. Except the lions. Those guys were sleeping as expected.

This ride is located inside Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. I think it is one of the better rides definitely in the park and across the property. It is definitely one of the longest if not the longest ride.
You ride in a huge oversized jeep type truck, there are many rows and about 4 – 5 per row. Your driver takes through the different areas and points out animals as he or she sees them. It is really neat because the animals are free roaming for the most part and they can be really close to the car or even block the road as they are walking. I was on here once when the ostrich refused to move and we had to wait for one of the animal keepers to lure it away.
The ride can get rather bumpy, more so in the back and also depending on your driver. I’ve had really good drivers and really bad ones. Your experience also depends on the driver. A really good driver will point out lots of animals and give you lots of facts and interesting things about the animals and gets really into the role and interacts with the guests. I’ve also had some that just say things like «over there is the hippos». Your experience can also depend on the animals. Mid day is the worst time to go in my opinion, it is hot and they are asleep or laying down! I think the best time is early morning or around the sunset evening time. They know when to go in and they really start moving around in the evening.
This is one of the better rides at the park so the line can get really long. I would definitely suggest using one of your selections of fast pass on this ride. It can be really hot in line, there are a couple of fans but they do not work that well and in the summer its really hot! Get a fast pass and it will be much more enjoyable.

This is a must visit when visiting Animal Kingdom. The animals you see on the safari you are not able to see through the park. It is a hit and miss on what animals you will actually see. Weather, and time of year and time of day all factor into what animals are out.
On a recent visit at the beginning of January, the high was about 65 or so… this was the best visit to Animal Kingdom I had ever had. On this specific safari trip all of the animals were out for the most part and they were so up close! Some almost in arms reach! The giraffes that are usually up close were out a bit but one was sitting down and it was such a beautiful site! Both the female and male lions were out which you are lucky to usually see just a part of one of them as they are usually sleeping.
The driver we had was also very knowledgeable and paused as much as she possibly could and rushed to areas she saw as a great photo opportunity (like the lions)
I usually ask to be placed in the back row as you have alot of extra photo space. This trip we were automatically put there and we were told «your going to love it!» which we did!
I cant wait until our next trip out on the Simba 1!

This is an absolute must-​do each and every single time you are at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and it deserves all 5 glorious stars! I can say with all honesty that I have never once entered into the Animal Kingdom and not gone on this attraction. While it’s the same every time — meaning the vehicles go on the same course, etc., it’s still different every time because you never know which animals you will see and you never know what they’ll be doing!
Once while we were riding along, a giraffe wandered into the middle of the road and started eating leaves from a tree. We sat there for a good 10 minutes while the giraffe did his thing before he meandered off again. It was just the coolest thing ever! See? You never know what’s going to happen!
They have animals here that you’ll never seen anywhere else until you actually make a trip down to Africa. The animals are all so well cared for by the Disney professionals.
Even though the animals roam all over, they are called in at night to be cared for. One of the attendants told me how they call them in once, but my horrible memory can’t remember now how it is they do it. So if you are curious, make sure to ask!
This ride is great for people of ALL ages. My 2 year old nephew loved it as did my 75 year old mother.
The drivers are all wonderful. They really know these animals and they are quick to point them out to you and tell you what they are. They can even spot them in the distance and point them out to you. They are all also very entertaining and talk to you and joke with you throughout the entire ride.
This ride is also handicapped friendly. If you are in a wheelchair and are not able to transfer, fear not, Disney has you covered. They are able to bring your wheelchair onto the truck at the front and lock it down.
The wait for this attraction can get pretty long. There’s no exact time for each and every ride because you never know when an animal may stop in the middle of the road for a while and that backs all the other trucks up too. So have patience. it’s best to hit this attraction first thing in the morning as soon as the Park opens. That’s when the wait will be the shortest. So when you enter the Animal Kingdom, plan to head here first.