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Longleat Safari Park, in Wiltshire, England was opened in 1966 and was the first drive-through safari park outside of Africa. The park is situated in the grounds of Longleat House, the home of the 7th Marquess of Bath and a tourist attraction in its own right. The safari park was the first of its kind anywhere in the world and was considered to be a massive breakthrough in the way in which captive animals were kept, with the animals roaming freely and the visitors in cages (cars). Today Longleat's collection comprises over 500 animals, and the whole estate is situated on 9000 acres (36 km²) of Wiltshire countryside.

Safari Park sections include:

• Wallaby Wood : Red-necked wallaby
  • It is possible to walk through this section
• The East African Game Reserve: Rothschild Giraffe, Grant's Zebra, Llama, Dromedary Camel, Ostrich, Kenyan Bongos
  • It is possible to get out of the car and view this section on foot
• Flamingo Valley: Chilean Flamingo, Sacred Ibis, Whistling Duck, Spoonbill
• Monkey Jungle: Rhesus Macaques, Blackbuck, Indian Water Buffalo
  • The monkeys climb on the cars, probably because folk feed them bananas, etc., through windows despite many notices requesting visitors not to do this. Occasionally the monkeys damage a car - e.g. bend an aerial and the section is optional because of this.
• Big Game Park: Scimitar-Horned Oryx, Ankole Cattle, Southern White Rhino, Bactrian Camel, Eland
• Pelican Pond: Pink-backed Pelican
• Deer Park: Red Deer, Fallow Deer
• Tiger Territory: Bengal Tiger
  • As of September 2006, there is only one tiger.
• Lion Country (section 1): African Lion, (section 2): African and Barbary Lion
• Wolf Wood: Canadian Timber Wolf
• Half Mile Lake: Common Hippopotamus, California Sea Lion, Eastern White Pelican
• Gorilla Island (situated in Half Mile Lake): Western lowland Gorilla

Other animals include : Brazilian Tapir (near east Africa reserve)

In pets corner, many exotic and familiar mammals, birds, reptiles and insects are on display, including Otters, Marmosets, Macaws, Rabbits, Tortoises and many more. On the lake, boat trips go out so as the Sea Lions, hippos and, Gorillas (who have their own island)and Pelicans can be seen.

Longleat is also the subject of the BBC's Animal Park, hosted by Kate Humble and Ben Fogle.

• Park web site.
• Photographs and Description