Auto Safari Chapin
 Opening day - january 26, 1980 About Us
A nature reserve open in 1980, whose misión is to help in the preservation of fauna and to edúcate the general public about the vital importance of animals in our lives. You will tour the park in the comfort of your own vehicle and visit our pedestrian zoo, restaurant and pools on foot.
Entrance A road lined with palms and trees welcomes visitors to the park
You pay your entrance fee, and we will issue you your tickets. You are welcome to use the restrooms or buy a drink, snack or souvenir. If your vehicle is not the appropriate type: convertible, pick-up, etc. or if you wish to receive a guided tour, please ask for our free bus service when paying your entrance fee.
 Ticket stand, souvenir shop and restrooms. When done at the ticket stand, you continue by car or bus towards the car tour entrance.
 Car tour entrance.
Car or bus tour
Auto Safari Chapín is the first zoo in Central America where you can drive through in your car. Your car windows and doors are the only things that separate you from the animals.
 Bus tour. During the tour you will pass by different paddocks divided by semi-natural fencing and doors that open remotely by operators perched in towers scattered throughout the park.
 The road through the zoo. We have 14 paddocks, one of them being a rest area where you can get out of the car and rest. In this paddock you can use the restrooms, buy drinks or snacks and see some of the animals from elevated platforms. The entire tour, including rest stops, will take about 1 and a half hours to complete.
 Birds eye view of the driveway When you finish the tour in your car, you can park your car in our large and secure parking lot and head to the walk-through zoo area. Remember that you can drive your car again through the park for free.
 Plenty of parking for more than 800 vehicles. Pedestrian Zoo
In this portion of our zoo, you can see Central American and local fauna, as well as some international species. Most of the animals in this portion now live in larger enclosures instead of cages, replicating their natural habitat as best as possible. This allows you to see the animals directly with no cage material between you and them.
 Pedestrian zoo. As we continue to expand the park, we remove the cages and create these open enclosures so that our animals live more comfortably, have space to run and play and for you to enjoy them better.
 Open enclosures. You will also find the aviaries, where you can walk inside a large enclosure to see different species of birds. We also have several lookout platforms in the pedestrian zoo, where you can see the car tour paddocks from a different perspective.
 You can walk inside our aviary. When done visiting the pedestrian zoo, you will find our lagoon, restaurant, pools and souvenir shop.
Restaurant, Pools, Lagoon boat ride and Souvenir shop
 Clean pools
After seeing the animals you will surely want to cool down in our pools and eat a hearty lunch at our restaurant. The pools have male and female changing areas complete with showers and restrooms. The large pool is 302 square meters in size, with a maximum depth of 1.10 meters. The small pool is 88 square meters and its maximum depth is 50 centimeters. Our large pool has a water slide, and both are filtered and chlorinated constantly to ensure clean water.
 Our restaurant's varied menu. We offer several choices of food for your family or group. Hamburgers, French fries, grilled and fried chicken, barbecue dishes, chorizo, and salads ton ame a few. We also offer beer on tap, sodas, bottled wáter and Coffee. We are constantly improving our menu, which you can consult here.
 Patio tables. You can sit under our large thatched “ranchon” or in the patio in front of it, each table in the patio has shade.
 See the bird and monkey islands from our boat If you wish to see our monkey and bird islands, you can do this in our boats at no additional cost. The relaxing lagoon tour lasts 15 to 20 minutes while your boat is being powered by a gondolier.
When you are headed to your car, you can stop by our souvenir shop for gifts and mementos of your visit.
 Get a souvenir to remember your visit
You can get plastic cups, t-shirts, pencils, toys and accessories to remember your visit to Auto Safari Chapin, or to give as a gift.
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