Safari Park (Urdu: سفاری باغ) is located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Safari Park has a zoo, a children's playland and many gardens. It is one of the major recreation and amusement areas in Karachi.
Karachi Safari Park is situated on Main University Road, covering an area of 300 acres (1.2 km2). Inaugurated in 1970 by Lieutenant General Atiq-ur-Rehman, it was an independent project of the then Karachi Municipal Corporation. The creation of an independent Zoo, Safari and Aquarium department followed in 1995.
Karachi Safari Park is now an independent wing of the Community Development Department of City District Government of Karachi. It has been designated as a Family Park.
There is a theme park called Go Aish Adventure Park[1] also running in Safari Park; another amusement section called Aladin Park is also a part of Safari Park.
Safari Park has the distinction of being the only project or park in the Sindh province to have a proper chairlift. The chairlift project was set up at a cost of US$ 2 million and was inaugurated by the Karachi City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on 8 March 2006. The thrilling 10-minute ride crosses a man-made lake and provides scenic views of the city as well as various animal and bird life.
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