Dubai Safari Park Season 8 opens on October 12, 2026, and for the first time, the park turns its reopening into a week-long welcome. If you have children at home during the mid-term break, the timing is no accident. The park built its first Dubai Safari Park Wildest Opening Week around those exact dates, running from October 12 to 18.
This year’s theme is “Live More Wild Life.” It reads like a slogan, but the idea behind it is plain. Spend less time behind a screen, more time close to animals, plants, and open air. For many Dubai families, a day out with the kids is hard to plan around the heat and the school calendar, so an opening week that lands right at the break takes some of that pressure off.
What can families do during the Wildest Opening Week?
Dubai Safari Park Season 8 puts younger visitors at the centre of the celebration. The Little Explorers’ Base Camp is shaped for them. Children can have their faces painted, pick up a temporary tattoo, shape clay models, try arts and crafts, play lawn games and bounce around on safari-themed inflatables. None of it asks much of a tired parent. You can sit, watch, and let them run.
The Dubai Safari Park opening date also marks the return of the park’s wider menu. Across the season, you can walk six Dubai Safari Park themed zones, each built to feel like a different corner of the world. The six are African Village, Asian Village, Explorer Village, the Arabian Desert, Kids Farm and Al Wadi.
Safari tours and the animals you will meet
Every ticket comes with the Arabian Desert Safari. For a closer look, the Explorer Safari Tour carries you through open-range habitats where lions, giraffes and rhinos live with room to roam. The Dubai Safari Park animals number more than 3,000 across 300-plus species, and a 24-hour veterinary facility cares for them.
Want more than a standard visit? Premium experiences include King of Safari, Behind the Scenes, Dine in the Wild and Jungle Capture, with private tours, access most visitors never see, and meals served near the wildlife. Live shows run through the season too, among them Bird’s Kingdom, Echoes of the Wild and Birds of Prey, each one folding animal behaviour and conservation into the entertainment.
Tickets, timings and planning your visit
Dubai Safari Park tickets start at AED 50 for the Safari Park Pass, which covers all six zones and the free daily presentations. The park sits in Al Warqa 5 and opens daily from 9 in the morning to 6 in the evening, with last entry at 5. Air-conditioned shuttles connect the zones. You will also find wheelchairs, strollers, lockers and prayer rooms on site, which makes a long day with small children far easier to manage.
What Dubai Safari Park Season 8 offers families
Dubai Safari Park Season 8 is built around one quiet promise: time together in front of something real. The animals, the shows and the open habitats give children a reason to look up and ask questions. For parents, the opening week turns a single outing into a stretch of options that fit the school break. Because the season carries on into the cooler months, there is no rush to see everything in one go.
