Taigan Safari Park, located in Belogorsky district of Crimea on the shore of the picturesque Taigan reservoir, is Europe's largest nursery for big cats such as lions and tigers, and other animal species, mostly large mammals. It occupies more than 32 hectares, and besides the big cat park, visitors can also visit a regular zoo and a children's zoo.
Visitors outside an open-air cage with giraffes in the Taigan Safari Park in Belogorsk, Crimea.
About 60 lions, 40 tigers and hundreds of other animals live at the Crimean foothills in the park that imitates natural conditions for their comfort. Photo: A female lion in the Taigan Safari Park.
An employee drives an electric cart in the Taigan Safari Park in Belogorsk, Crimea.
Visitors to the park can walk along specially equipped safe bridges and watch lions in the natural environment of the Crimea. Photo: A lion in the Taigan Safari Park.
Visitors in an open-air cage with pigs and goats in the Taigan Safari Park in Belogorsk, Crimea.
To get a full impression of the lions’ park, it is highly recommended that visitors spend at least a day there – so that they can see the entirety of the daily life of felines, which are more active in the evening, at night and at dawn. Photo: A family of lions in the Taigan Safari Park.
A cinereous vulture in the Taigan Safari Park in Belogorsk, Crimea.
A tiger in the Taigan Safari Park in Belogorsk, Crimea.
In addition to the lion's safari, there is a mini zoo for children, as well as a stationary zoo, which is home to some ungulates, mammals and birds. Photo: A pig in the Taigan Safari Park.
An ostrich in the Taigan Safari Park in Belogorsk, Crimea.
People at the Taigan Safari Park in Crimea's Belogorsky District.
Taigan Safari Park is a home to white lions, a subspecies with a rare color mutation that came originally from the Timbavati region of South Africa. There are very few white lions left in the world: hundreds of them are kept in captivity and less than 13 individuals live in the wild. Photo: A female lion in the Taigan Safari Park.
The Amur tiger, some of the rarest predators, live in the Taigan Safari Park too. Photo: A tiger cub in the Taigan Safari Park.
Bengal tigers can be found roaming through the territories of the park. There are only about 2,500 tigers of this endangered subspecies left in the world. Photo: A Bengal tiger in the Taigan Safari Park.
A giraffe in the Taigan Safari Park in Belogorsk, Crimea.
Taigan Safari Park in Belogorsk, Crimea.
