Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail
The Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail (formerly known as Pangani Forest Exploration Trail from August 1998 to May 2016) is a walkway next to Kilimanjaro Safaris at the Disney's Animal Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, from which visitors can see African animals. It is about three-eighths of a mile in length. There are "research students" positioned at most locations to give information about the animals and answer questions.
Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail | |
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Formerly known as Pangani Forest Exploration Trail from August 1998-May 2016 | |
Disney's Animal Kingdom | |
Area | Africa |
Coordinates | 28°21′36.97″N 81°35′31.72″W |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | April 22, 1998 |
General statistics | |
Attraction type | Trail |
Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
Theme | African Rainforest |
Stations | 2 |
Animals | Primates |
Animal Viewing Locations | 4 |
Observing Stations | 3 |
Main animal | Western lowland gorilla |
Other animals | Black and white colobus monkey, meerkat, yellow-backed duiker, okapi, birds, gerenuk |
The attraction originally opened on April 22, 1998 as Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail, but the name was changed to Pangani Forest Exploration Trail in August 1998.[1] The attraction reverted to its original name on May 27, 2016.[2]
Animals
- Okapi
- Spiny-tailed lizard
- Shield-tailed agama
- Black-and-white colobus monkeys
- Naked mole rats
- Hippopotamus
- Grevy's zebra
- Meerkats
- Western lowland gorilla
- Kenyan sand boa
Aviary
- Grey parrot
- African jacana
- African olive pigeon
- Bearded barbet
- Black crake
- Blue-billed teal
- Brimstone canary
- Collared kingfisher
- Emerald starling
- Golden-breasted starling
- Hadada ibis
- Hamerkop
- Hoopoe
- Magpie shrike
- Marbled duck
- Northern carmine bee-eater
- Pygmy goose
- Snowy-crowned robin-chat
- Superb starling
- Taveta weaver
- Violet-backed starling
- White-backed duck
- White-bellied go-away-bird
Fish
- Lake Victoria cichlid
References
- "Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail". WDWHistory.com. Retrieved April 21, 2009.
- "Pangani Forest Exploration Trail at Animal Kingdom Getting a New Name 5/27, More Announcements Tomorrow". WDW News Today. May 19, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
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