We had a chance to tent camp at the new Safari Campground at Wild Adventures Theme Park and it was a great experience. The campground is not only conveniently located to the park, but is full of great amenities as well. Chief among these may be the proximity to one of the largest animal habitats in the park. Sleeping next to wild animals certainly is a huge attraction as at Disney you’ll pay $500/night for that privilege at the Animal Kingdom Lodge while at Safari Campground you can tent camp for $40/night! We couldn’t recommend the campground more and Wild Adventures packed a lot of fun and thought into the facility to create something really great.

Safari Campground offers both RV sites and tent camping sites and rental cabins. A tent site is ~$40/night, an RV sites is ~$100/night and a cabin that sleeps a large group is ~$300/night. In addition to the campsites the campground also has amenities like a camp store, bathhouse, a fishing pond, an aviary, swimming pool, games, playground, walking trails, and close-up experiences to interact with and learn about amazing animals. This campground offers tons of events and programming from a DJ playing tunes on weekend nights, bingo, community campfires and much more. There is a very convenient entrance exclusively for campground guests and some exclusive animal encounters that you can only book if you’re staying at the campground.

The campground is located toward the back end of the park and along the parking exit road. It’s most near Twisted Typhoon and the area that used to house the Cheetah wooden roller coaster. This is also adjacent to the large animal habitat that the Safari Train tours around. There is a dedicated park entrance for campground guests that is probably a 2 minute walk from the campground and brings you in near the old Cheetah Station and now the Dinosaur Explore area. It would be very easy to come and go during the day, especially from the water park.

The campsites themselves are very nice. Each one is well labeled and has parking in front along with power and an obvious pad area for your tent or camper with a table and fire pit at each. There’s wood for sale at the camp store and the campground will also often run a communal fire for s’mores if you don’t want to mess with your own fire. For the RV sites there’s also water and sewer hookups with Wi-Fi available throughout the complex. The individual sites are reached by several gravel roads from the check in area. It is very easy to navigate as the area is essentially a flat open field so one part of the campground is visible from almost any other area of the campground. This is both a positive and a negative as it makes it very easy to get around and see the park/animals, but there’s no real shade or privacy in outdoor areas either.

The animal area is literally adjacent to the campground running the whole length of one edge of the park. You can get up close with an ostrich, zebra or giraffe with benches placed along the fences for extended viewing. There’s a nice gravel path along the habitat and part of the path is the same path you use to get to the park entrance. The animals near the site were also good neighbors as we slept in a paper thin tent and I don’t recall any annoying animal noises or other crazy throughout the night. There was one large animal who during the morning left a “pile” near the fence line that had a bad odor if you were too close to the fence and in the wrong wind direction, but they’re animals, what do you expect?

An animal encounter can really make a visit highly memorable and there are 4 exclusive opportunities you can only get at Wild Adventures if you’re a campground guest. We had the chance to do the sloth encounter which can ready about in our dedicated post about it. Other encounters include the African Crested Porcupine, Giraffe and Tamanduas (anteater). The sloth encounter is $49/person while the others are $39/person. This is quite affordable for an animal encounter.

The campground store was quite nice and is also the place you will check in. There are some exclusive t-shirts and merch available for sale along with camping supplies. There are also slushies, coffee and drinks available along with food products. This is the place to get your questions answered, book an animal encounter or check out supplies for things like ping pong. The bathroom facilities are top notch, both clean and large, and part of the camp store building. They have huge sinks, many showers and were also quite clean. There are also laundry facilities for those staying longer.

Some of the other amenities we appreciated were the evening DJ, the pool, the aviary and the numerous activities to entertain you during your stay. The DJ provided a fun vibe you heard immediately upon arrival and could hear through much of the campground. The pool was not overly large, but nice and just the fact that they had one was great. The aviary was similar to the one in the park and when they feed the birds at opening in the morning it’s wild. There’s also a bunch of things to do and see to pass the time when the park is closed. This includes games like ping pong, bingo, a playground, fishing hole and walking trails along the animal area. It was also fun in the morning to watch the park come to life as each of the rides went through testing early in the morning. The views at sunset, sunrise and with moonlight were amazing too.

We just cannot say enough good things about the campground. The convenience to the park was amazing. The price compared to staying in a hotel is tremendous and the amenities and things to do to entertain a family before and after park close are off the charts. If you have a family with different tolerances for time in a theme park this could also be great to allow people to come and go as they please. Tent camping in South Georgia might get a bit hot in summer, but the rest of the year you’d be good or year round with a camper with AC. If you love camping and you love theme parks this is something you have to do. If you’re camper, but not into theme parks it could still be great just for the views and the animals and theme park only fans may want to give camping a try just for the novelty of the location. Don’t hesitate a bit on this, Safari Campground at Wild Adventures is theme park camping done right.