Knuthenborg Safaripark

Knuthenborg Safaripark
Knuthenborg Safaripark entrance
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54°49′25″N 11°30′21″E / 54.82361°N 11.50583°E / 54.82361; 11.50583
Date opened1950 (1950) (deer park)
1969 (1969) (exotic animals)
Locationnear Bandholm, Lolland, Denmark
Land area660 hectares (1,600 acres)[1]
No. of animals1000[2]
No. of species40+[2]
Annual visitors310,000 (2019)[3]
MembershipsEAZA,[4] WAZA[5]
Websiteknuthenborg.dk/en/

Knuthenborg Safaripark is a safari park on the island of Lolland in the southeast of Denmark. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) to the north of Maribo, near Bandholm. It is one of Lolland's major tourist attractions with over 300,000 visitors annually, and is the largest safari park in northern Europe. Among others, it houses a drive-through safari park, a monkey forest, large enclosures for Siberian tigers and African bush elephants, the Dinosaur Forest with full-scale models, the Museum of Evolution with fossils of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, an arboretum, and the largest nature playground in Denmark.[6][7][8][9] Knuthenborg covers a total of 660 hectares (1,600 acres), including the 400-hectare (990-acre) Safaripark.[1] The park is viewable on Google Street View.

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  4. ^ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. EAZA. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Zoos and Aquariums of the World". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
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  7. ^ Elliott, Mark (2007). Lonely Planet Scandinavian Europe. Lonely Planet. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-74104-553-6. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Lonely Planet review for Knuthenborg Safari Park". Lonely Planet.com. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Knuthenborg Safaripark åbner sin største satsning nogensinde" (in Danish). Ritzau. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2023.