Zoo Tours: Serengeti Plain & Safari | Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

EPISODE 132
Welcome to the channel's debut of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay! A 335 acre theme park that perfectly combines entertainment and education to appeal to animal lovers and thrill seekers alike - creating the ultimate family adventure. This video explores the entirety of the the park's right side, with cheetahs, a launch coaster, and one of the world's largest free ranging African plain. The 65 Serengeti Plain is one of the more convincing savannas out there - home to a harmony of big, tall, small hoofstock. For a fee, you can wonder onto the savanna on the bed of a completely open topped safari truck. You'll see several aspects of the plains that other guests can't and get upclose to wildlife like you never have before.
Full Species List as of December 2022:
Egypt:
- Cheetah
Serengeti Plain & Safari
1. Loading Dock
- Lowland Nyala
2. First Savanna
- Reticulated Giraffe
- Grevy's Zebra
- Common Eland
- Addax
- Impala
- Ostrich
3. Second Savanna
- Southern White Rhinoceros
- Greater Kudu
- Grant's Gazelle
- Grant's Zebra
- Sable Antelope
- Waterbuck
- Blue Wildebeest
4. Black Rhinoceros (Located in between the main savannas - did not show and the exhibit was difficult to film)
5. Ankole Watusi (separate enclosure on the outskirts, did not even see the exhibit)
6. Eastern Bongo (not sure where they are - 15 years ago they roamed in the second the savanna)
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*Couple of things!* *Here are the links so you can follow Johnny's Instagram accounts:* - @wildandmagicalflorida: instagram.com/wildandmagicalflorida/?next=%2F - @wildandmagicalbeyondflorida - instagram.com/wildandmagicalbeyondflorida/?next=%2F *There are two other rollercoasters in Egypt:* - Cobra's Curse: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHzChappo6uCa6M - Montu: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJrCppp7m6ipg6M *If you know anything about this exhibit, then you'll probably agree that this video doesn't do it justice. Most of the animals weren't cooperating and you can't really film anything without dealing with some sort of shake - even if you're on the train. So a lot of footage didn't turn out the way I wanted it to and had to be scrapped. On top of that, I was working with a short time frame and was trying to get complete footage of the entire park (didn't work out). I also noticed the resolution was lacking from all three of my cameras... not sure what that was about. Fortunately, I have recently switched to Nikon and pretty soon every single video will appear as professional as possible. Overall, hopefully you got the idea of how amazing the safari is and hopefully it convinced you to sign up one day.* *Lastly, to liven things up... Zoo Tours is going international for the first time in two weeks!*

[@StarGiraffinum]

Oh.

[@SOSadyingplanet]

Cool!

[@larsgames1212]

Love youre videos!

[@wolf_of_maned]

Going behind the scenes at the San Diego Safari Park was amazing, probably the best behind the scenes experience I’ve had.

[@MarcoAnguloistheGOAT]

Last year, I had an overnight field trip to the Cincinnati Zoo and went behind the scenes in Africa.

[@user-ye4mb9er6w]

Wow this is so beautiful place where I never been before and I never seen before really like it this nice place

[@SOSadyingplanet]

Heyyyyy. I'm watching this in Tampa right now, and we will be going there in a couple of days!

[@kennyshelton7438]

I took my wife and I on a caravan safari at the san diego zoos safari park and it was amazing. We got to feed a rhino and giraffes; one of the best experiences we did.

[@wildandmagicalworldofflori8032]

This was one wild, and awesome Safari! Thanks again for letting me join you on this adventure!

[@animalplushworld100]

I always wanted to go to busch gardens

[@Fish_tank_productions13]

Zoo tours I have been waiting for you to do Busch gardens Tampa for soooo long love the video keep up the good work!!❤❤❤

[@chaseglackman5795]

Gotta love Busch Gardens! I do the Serengeti Safari literally every time I go! You can't go wrong with a Busch Gardens Sea World combo ticket!

[@moodapenkin3294]

It's very rare you see and a habitat with both grevy's and plains zebras, and also a zoo with a dedicated egypt section. I gotta go to busch gradens soon!

[@PoshLife123]

I'm planning to visit my friend in Zephyrhills and we will probably do a couple of days at Busch. This zoo/safari is awesome. I am happy to see the animals well taken care of 🥰🥰🥰 Can't wait to experience Busch Gardens TPA.

[@Penguin2907]

I really enjoyed the cheetah run at Busch Garden

[@StarGiraffinum]

I still need to go here. I went to ZooTampa last month for the first time. It was like Zoo Tours IRL. I've also been to Busch Gardens Williamsburg a lot due to me living in Williamsburg for 4 years. Also to answer your question, my favorite behind-the-scenes was all the behind-the-scenes we went on during Zoo Camp at the Virginia Zoo for the summers of 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

[@PhillipNeumeier]

Awesome video as always, Zach! I’m glad Johnny was with you too! My favorite behind-the-scenes experience is the Wild Africa Trek at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. It’s one of my family’s favorite experiences. If you haven’t yet, I highly recommend it.

[@stephenyork7720]

Great review! The Busch savannah is my favorite, I prefer it over Disney. I only wish that the black rhino were more reliably visible, but that is what it is.

[@drandy.myanmaryoutubechannel]

Really cool Zoo 👍👍👍

[@AzraelThanatos]

The major behind the scenes things that stick with me are both one at the Cincinnati Zoo back in High School with their old cryo project with animal embryos and labs there. I think that's gone now, but that was in the 90's and, if I remember right, the old building was where the classroom building with the sloths is now. The other ones are also defunct, back before the Dayton Natural History Museum moved they had a really fun one for their mini-zoo...zoo's still there after they moved, but a lot of the rest of it was removed, and then there was Kings Island's old Lion Country that used to be awesome with some fun behind the scenes stuff

[@BrandonLee-ig1qg]

A good contribution to nature conservation

[@bkfireshark]

My favorite experience is very similar to the one in this video. The Wildlife Safari at the San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park, or Safari Park as its called today. You hop in the back of an open air truck which takes you into the Asian Savanna and African plains exhibit. The main difference between them and the one in this video? The size. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park is 1,800 acres, and the exhibit you go into with the truck is 300 acres. It's absolutely massive. Definitely worth it at least once

[@AziaXtremeNFinity]

I like how your video looks like a promotion video from the 1990s very nostalgic 👍👌🤙❤

[@tylertomlinson3865]

I like how some of the animals at this place were the same from The Madagascar movies

[@musicobsession56]

My favorite behinds the scenes or add on experience was actually at Busch Gardens. One was getting to meet the elephants behind the scenes & the other was meeting the giraffes on a private tour! One of the elephants hates sweet potato 😂

[@beverlykubiez115]

Behind the scenes at the Wilds, part of the Columbus, Oh zoo was one of my most amazing experiences!! Feeding the rhinos was unforgettable!!

[@maulviishere]

Mashallah ❤️

[@natesvideos7339]

My favourite behind the scenes experience was when I got to feed and pet the hippos at the Toronto Zoo

[@TheGamingTigerKing]

Honestly when I was a teen volunteer at the Columbus Zoo, Me and my Team went to the Akron Zoo and managed to feed the Jaguars. The plan for the behind the scenes I’m want to do is the Tiger Experience at the Palm Beach Zoo and the Camp Site at the Cincinnati Zoo.

[@lesliechu8879]

Sweet! Glad you experienced Disney's Animal Kingdom for the first time! And Busch Gardens is also cool! Say, try visit the Woodland Park Zoo soon! And also, 5 zoo trivia questions for you & your girlfriend, Zak.... 1) How would you rate the Disney's Animal Kingdom's Kilimanjaro Safari ride? 2) What other primate did the SF Zoo once had bred at the Primate Discovery Center? 3) What antelope species did the Oakland Zoo recently welcomed? 4) Which animal did people recommend the San Diego Zoo to have? 5) What animal did the Woodland Park Zoo once have before the Indian Rhinoceroses moved in?

[@Jasperveeneco]

I got to look at baby snow Leopards

[@carolynmu9334]

Hey Zach will you ever do a tour on Seaworld’s Shamu show?

[@neilchace1858]

Busch Gardens should have six pink-backed pelicans and four dalmatian pelicans in their collection, so your suspicions are almost certainly correct.

[@jonasmeijer6177]

Can you do Giants of The savanna at Dallas Zoo

[@carolynmu9334]

Will you ever do a redo of the arctic circle of life at Detroit zoo tour?

[@okapijohn4351]

Giraffe feeding stations are very very rare in European zoos.

[@katjablum3837]

Start the Tulsa zoo

[@carolynmu9334]

Will you ever go to John Ball Zoo?

[@spenceblankenship113]

I did not really see wildebeest

[@StarGiraffinum]

Also next episode is the Minnesota Zoo's Minnesota Trail, right?

[@ZooTours]

You're exactly 3,635 miles off:)

[@StarGiraffinum]

@@ZooTours Oh. So, not that.

[@StarGiraffinum]

I did the math and the Oakland Zoo is only 2027 miles away so not that either...

[@deanonessimo4052]

They replaced Clydesdales with cheetahs and Cheetah Hunt ride.

[@steliosstanis2125]

🦓🦒🦏🦛