Explore the Wonders of Africa
Africa has a dizzying mix of habitats, animals, and cultures, and the Journey into Africa tram tour gives you a glimpse of this amazing diversity. You’ll board the African Express, sit back, and begin your adventure. Your knowledgeable guide will fill you in on the animals at the Park, and point out particular individuals and interesting behaviors in the large field exhibits. All your favorites are here: curious giraffes, massive rhinos, graceful gazelles, and impressively horned antelope.
During the Journey into Africa Tour, you’ll get a new appreciation for just how huge a rhinoceros or Cape buffalo is. You’ll see goliath herons, ostriches, and other birds mixing and mingling with gemsbok, sable antelope, Patterson’s eland, and reticulated giraffes. A large waterhole provides breeding sites for pink-backed pelicans, saddle bill storks, and western Ruppell’s vultures, alongside bongos, red river hogs, and Vaal rheboks. As you cross the bridge and round the bend, you’ll see some of the most beautiful views in the Park.
You’ll also roll through North Africa, where the Sahara desert is home to animals with amazing adaptations: Barbary red deer, red-fronted gazelle, scimitar-horned oryx and Ankole cattle. From there, you’ll return through East Africa for a better look at the impalas, white-bearded gnus, Thomson’s and Roosevelt’s gazelles, Rothschild’s giraffes, and southern white rhinos. As you disembark upon your return to the station, don’t think your connection to Africa is ending—there’s even more of Africa to explore throughout the Park!
