Discovery Island Trails

The Discovery Island Trails are an attraction located in Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Discovery Island Trails
The Discovery Island Trails are walking trails located in Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Animal Kingdom
Land	Discovery Island
Attraction type	Walking Trail
Opening date	April 22, 1998

Description and History

The Discovery Island Trails, are lush walking trails that wined around the base of the Tree of Life. The Trails feature landscaped pathways, wooden bridges and cave like tunnels. The exhibits on the trails can be viewed in any sequence. The Discovery Island Trails were known as the Safari Village Trail until late 2000, when the name of the entire land changed from Safari Village to Discovery Island.

Animal's Showcased

Addax	Ankole Cattle	Black Rhinoceros
Bongo	Bontebok	Cheetah
Egyptian Goose	Eland	Elephant
Greater Flamingo	Helmeted Guineafowl	Hippopotamus
Lion	Mandrill	Masai Giraffe
Nile Crocodile	Northern Pintail Duck	Okapi
Ostrich	Pink-backed Pelican	Reticulated Giraffe
Red-billed Duck	Sable Antelope	Saddle-Billed Stork
Scimitar-horned Oryx	Stanley Crane	Thomson's Gazelle
Warthog	White-breasted Cormorant	White-faced Tree Duck
White Rhinoceros	Yelled-billed Duck	Yellow-backed Duiker
Yellow-billed Stork

Fun Facts and Trivia

• When the park first opened, what currently constitutes as the Discovery Island Trails was actually two attractions, the Safari Village Trail and the Tree of Life Gardens. By late 1998 however the Tree of Life Gardens were incorporated into the Safari Village Trail.

• The otter exhibit found on the Discovery Island Trails, contains 67,000 gallons of water.

References

http://www.florida-project.com/images/guidebook/AK/1998v1/animal-kingdom-guidemap-june-1998-12.jpg

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/animal-kingdom/attractions/discovery-island-trails/

http://allears.net/tp/ak/ak_trails.htm