Blair Drummond Safari Park

Blair Drummond Safari Park is a family visitor attraction at Blair Drummond, near Stirling in Scotland. It opened to the public on 15 May 1970 with the help of Jimmy Chipperfield, making it one of Britain's first safari parks after Longleat. The park is home to over 300 animals, many of which roam freely or live in large enclosures across a 120-acre estate, and it receives around 400,000 visitors a year. The estate's land was bought in 1916 by Sir John Kay, a Glasgow tea merchant, and passed to the Muir family, who still own the park. It is a member of BIAZA and EAZA. The park opens from mid-March until the end of December each year.

Visitors drive through several reserves. The first holds non-carnivorous African species such as Grant's zebra, Ankole-Watusi cattle, lechwe, kudu and southern white rhinoceros, part of a Europe-wide breeding programme. The second is home solely to African lions. The optional third reserve, Monkey Jungle, opened in 2015 for Barbary macaques brought from Gibraltar, and the fourth houses Asian herbivores such as Père David's deer, Bactrian camels and nilgai. On foot, visitors find Chimp Island, now reached by a train ride or a path with a viewing platform, an elephant enclosure opened in 2013, a dinosaur area with moving models, and a playground with a pirate ship, pedal boats, dodgems and a carousel.

Blair Drummond Safari Park sells tickets online only: no tickets are sold at the gate, so entry must be booked before arriving. The park is seasonal, opening from mid-March until the end of December each year, so check the operator's calendar for the exact days before planning a winter or early-spring trip. The third reserve, Monkey Jungle, is optional for drivers on the safari route. Food can be bought at a restaurant and several snack outlets, and picnic tables are provided for visitors who bring their own food and drink. Visitors can also bring their own barbecue food and book a barbecue on the day for £10, but disposable barbecues are not permitted in the park.