Wild World Safari Park — Attraction in Aywaille

Monde Sauvage Safari Parc Review:

I am going to talk about a few topics most of it is my experience.

Categories: Animal Enclosures Security Extra costs Language Knowledge Other visitors false complains Overall and extra information

Animal Enclosures:

Bird cages (entrance) The bird cages at the entrance are quite small and feel kinda death.

Bird cages (in bird enclosure at entrance) Some of the bird cages are to small and we felt sad looking at it.

Sea dogs Sea dogs enclosure is way to small for 6 big sea dogs. At least expand the water area to swim.

Lions The lions enclosure is way to small for the amount of lions they have.

Elephants As far I know, there's 2 elephants and it felt a bit small the space for such big animals, this can easy be expanded. Since the space is available.

There's some more animal enclosures that might need a review but for now I will leave it out of this review. I only have entered the biggest ones.

Overall all other animal enclosures were very big or big enough. They had some good freedom.

Security Review: I only have to say one thing in matter of security, almost all of the big bird enclosures weren't locked. You could easily open a cage, meaning people could let the birds escape or enter the cage. Checkout the picture to see what I mean.

Extra Costs: Be warned if you don't want to drive with your own car through the animals you have to pay €4 to go on the Safari train. However not 100% sure if this is true since we didn't really understand the employee.

Parking costs are 4 euro. What is shown on the website.

Using the toilet costs 0,30 cents, if you're lucky you don't need to pay. However the toilets aren't clean so not even worth the money.

The park Ticket costs 25 euros for each person. What's a lot, so using a toilet should be free. Also the Safari train.

Language Knowledge: Me and my family are Dutch (Flemish) people, at the entrance (you need to pay the ticket with your car what's a kinda weird system) however the park is in Belgium and they also should know better Dutch. The person we had did barley know any dutch. When we asked a question only we heard was 'yes yes' in French. However that's not the answer we needed. We just skipped the questions. I understand that it's the French part of Belgium but a lot of people from the Flanders and The Netherlands also come to the park so dutch knowledge is a must for people that work at restaurants, information desks, etc. The ones that work in enclosures aren't required to know dutch.

False claims from other posted reviews: According to some people the giraffes only are able to eat sticks, but you can clearly see they also eat some other things. Like leaves and straw (hooi)

Extra information: You can't see all animals without going to the drive-able park part. Following the park arrows will lead you to all animals (except the ones from car only)

Overall: So overall the park wasn't that bad like many reviews said. Only a few enclosures that should get bigger, overall the park is a beautiful place to spend your time on. It will receive 3 stars just because of the extra costs, leak of security and some small enclosures. About the language is not something i make a big deal out of. I live in Belgium and neither do i speak the second language (French) so i kinda understand.

So i hope my English is a bit read-able. I preferred to type in English in case some every...

Please take your time to read this review if you are planning on going to this park.

I went here before when I was younger so I did not realise the conditions these animals were living in.

Most animals look pretty well fed but they are clearly not well. Low energy from all the animals and something just felt off. The lion and lioness were staying in a 20m by 10m cage which is absolutely cruel. The big birds like vultures had tiny cages, probably about 5x5m, so if they wanted to fly/spread their wings they physically would not be able to.

They also have polar bears.. I read some reviews and noticed people mentioning polar bears acting like they were in a loop. Most of those reviews were from months or even years ago and the polar bears still act the same. Its absolutely cruel and saddening to see. The enclosure was also absolutely disgusting with green water. At this park you also cannot look inside the habitat so I can only imagine that thats gonna be worse.

Now onto the safari… Its the best part of the park since the animals have a lot more space. Unfortunately there were !3! rhinos on a tiny piece of land with nowhere to go. There were 2 hippos in a tiny pond with fences placed around the edge so there is only 1 spot where they can get out of the water.

Overall this park is worth it if you do NOT value the animals wellbeing. There are way better animal parks where they actually care about the animals. I hope they close soon.

Do not spend...

This hidden gem on the Ardennes is a great day trip for the whole family. You can drive through the park by safari train or with your own park. Visit it in the morning, when the animals are most active. In the afternoon they've been fed and they tend to sleep a lot. After you've done the safari tour you can do the smaller zoo by foot and visit several animal shows. Kids will have a field day.

The visit to the park is divided into two parts. First you can drive through the park by car, where hippos , watusi cattle , giraffes , zebras , wildebeests , ostriches , capybara's and many others roam freely. White rhinos and African elephants can also be admired here, but they do not have a free range. After the car is parked one can enter the park for the second part. There is an aviary with exotic birds and shows with parrots , Patagonian sea lions and birds of prey. There are also bears , white wolves , American bison and felines including cheetahs , lions , panthers , tigers and cougars . The park has a total of 152 different animal species

HOW DO YOU REACH LE MONDE SAUVAGE?

By car: E25 Liège-Luxembourg motorway - Exit 46 (Aywaille / Remouchamps)

By bus: the park is 8 km from Aywaille station. Take line 64, Deigné stop (800 meters from the park's...