Go on Safari!

Discover the Sigean Safari Park or “Réserve Africaine de Sigean”…

This park is situated eight kilometres from the town of Sigean in the Aude department of Languedoc. It’s in a beautiful setting surrounded by  ponds and natural Mediterranean vegetation, it stretches over 660 acres of woods, scrubland and lagoons. The park holds over 3800 animals and reptiles and approximately 160 different species of birds.

It has recreated equatorial habitats which you can explore by car or on foot and see hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, giraffes, elephants, camels, alligators, lions and springboks in their natural environment. There is a bird reserve and lagoon with over a thousand birds, pink flamingos, ibis, storks and pelicans. The park has an island full of chimpanzees. The section of the safari park where the lions and Tibetan bears live and roam is only accessible by car with windows and sunroof locked. You can complete the visit in about three hours (one hour in the car and two hours on foot).

Sigean Safari Park is open every day from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm.

Rates : Adults 27 Euros, Children 21 Euros. There are special group rates available.

Address:19, Chemin Hameau du Lac – RD 6009 – 11130 SIGEAN (FRANCE) – Tél : (33) 4 68 48 20 20 – Fax : (33) 4 68 48 80 85

How to get there:

BY ROAD “RD 6009″ La Réserve Africaine de Sigean is 15 km south of Narbonne and 8 km north of Sigean

BY MOTORWAY
-Coming from Perpignan : leave the Motorway at Sigean (exit n° 39)
-Coming from Montpellier or Toulouse : leave the Motorway at Narbonne Sud (exit n° 38) and take the RD 6009 in the direction of Sigean/Perpignan

GPS LOCALISATION
· 43° 03′ 46.25 North
· 02° 56′ 59.43 East

BY TRAIN (the nearest train stations)
· Train station in Narbonne and Port-la-Nouvelle : station located about 15 km from the Réserve Africaine de Sigean.
· Liaison Taxis from Narbonne
· Liaison Taxis from Port-la-Nouvelle
· Liaison Car Rentals from Narbonne

BY PLANE (the nearest airports)
· Carcassonne Airport
Located about 70 km from the Réserve Africaine de Sigean.
· Liaison Taxis
· Liaison Car Rentals

· Béziers Airport
Located about 40 km from the Réserve Africaine de Sigean.
· Liaison Taxis
· Liaison Car Rentals

· Perpignan Airport
Located about 50 km from the Réserve Africaine de Sigean
· Liaison Taxis
· Liaison Car Rentals

 

 

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