Author: Safari West Staff

Dubs: Checking in with our MVP

The NBA Playoffs have officially begun and as our Golden State Warriors dribble and dunk their way to the championship, we thought this might be a good time to check...

May 17, 2016 by Safari West Staff

Conservation Speaker Series in Full Swing

With the reopening of the Safari West tent camp, the Safari West Conservation Speaker Series is back in full swing. Just in the last month, our dinner guests have been...

April 19, 2016 by Safari West Staff

Welcome to the Amani Oasis

Safari West is a 400-acre wonderland of African mammals and birds from around the globe. Most of the property is made up of massive enclosures through which herds of zebra...

April 19, 2016 by Safari West Staff

Tufani Junior: Son of the Storm

Tufani is the Swahili word for storm and once upon a time, a giraffe bearing that name ambled across the hillsides of Safari West. A massive, graceful creature, Tufani stood...

March 5, 2016 by Safari West Staff

Spring is Here! Let’s Go Camping!

Winter is a strange and beautiful season here at Safari West. Everything slows down, calms down, grows a little quieter. The animals seem relaxed and tranquil as they cluster under...

March 5, 2016 by Safari West Staff

Animal Update: How’s Gizmo?

Gizmo Jaxon the patas monkey; star of the Safari West Name That Monkey extravaganza! Remember that adorable little guy? You fans of Safari West helped name him back in August...

February 12, 2016 by Safari West Staff

Safari West: Our Story

Out of Africa, into Sonoma County Welcome to a new year; a time of remembrance and reflection, a time to look back on where we’ve come from and forward to where...

January 21, 2016 by Safari West Staff

Meet Teyla!

Cheetah Conservation Hero! Once upon a time zoos and wildlife parks existed mostly as venues to experience the mysterious and the fantastical. They were places where the behemoths and monsters of...

December 1, 2015 by Safari West Staff

Nikki and Nikki: The Keeper and the Giraffe

Christmas came a bit early this year at Safari West. On November 8th at about 3 in the afternoon one of our giraffes, a beautiful female by the name of...

December 1, 2015 by Safari West Staff