Zawadi Marketplace — Local services in Bay Lake

I wanted to take this whole store with me!

This particular souvenir shop was a little different to other hotel shops. They had tons of stuff that was either hand made or custom made in Africa. Some of the items in this shop can also be found in the Animal Kingdom theme park, but no where else.

Buy your souvenirs here if you're staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. We visited the Kidani Village and their souvenir shop is boring.

They have a limited amount of hotel inspired souvenirs, but I did find AKL mugs, pens, and magnets.

It a cute a shop. Some of the items have so much detail!

If you donate money towards the Disney's Animal Foundation, they'll give you some cute buttons.

Cast Members here are...

There is a nice selection of Disney merchandise, and African themed items here. I usually spend a good amount of time going through and looking at everything. My wife typically almost purchases some jewelry, and I almost purchase a hat, ha! The toiletry items selection is somewhat lacking, but it'll get you by under most circumstance, the alcohol is severely over priced, but that's a matter of subjective debate. I like that there has in the past been an artist inside that will do custom made artwork. Overall, a place I typically...

My mother hand selected a giraffe carving here, paid for shipping, the check out person said the "wood carver" would ship it. Well, the "wood carver" switched it for a different giraffe design and color. Not what was picked out. Do not trust them to ship your package unless you watch it get packed. Return and refund complete, however, the purchase now is a wash...defeats the purpose of hand...