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San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park

CAUnited StatesEscondido (San Diego), CA

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The San Diego Zoo Safari Park, formerly known as the San Diego Wild Animal Park, is a zoo in the San Pasqual Valley area of San Diego, California, near Escondido. The park houses a large array of wild and endangered animals including species from the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and Australia. The park is in a semi-arid environment and one of its most notable features is the Africa Tram which explores the expansive African exhibits. These free-range enclosures house such animals as Antelopes, Giraffes, Buffalo, Cranes, and Rhinos. The park is also noted for its California Condor breeding program, the most successful such program in the United States.

All machines are 4 design hand crank machines. Note of caution - coins exit EXTREMELY hot during hot weather (Do not burn yourself)

Machine 22 - Great Rift Lift Upper Deck, near the ATM, outside "Rift Gifts".
Designs are: Baboon, Sitting Giraffe, Leopard head, Running Tiger

Machine 23 - Okavango Outpost
Designs are: Lion head,Tiger, Tiger Cub, Snake

Machine 24 -Outside Bazaar Gift Shop
Designs are: Elephant, Parrot, Rhino, Tiger holding baby in mouth

Machine 25 - Outside Bazaar Gift Shop
Designs are: Arabian Oryx, Gorilla standing on hands and feet, Sitting Lion with lying cub in front, Panda

Machine 26 - Oasis Deli
Designs are: Flying Fox Bat, Crocodile, Lorikeet, Somali Wild Ass;

Machine 27 Safari Outfitters 2 (Store near Park entry):
Designs are: 2 Cockatoos, Eagle Head, Elephant, Flamingo:

Machine 29 Safari Outfitters 2 (Store near Park entry)::
Designs are: Cheetah, Cheetah with baby, Lion, Okapi

Machine 30: Near Location marker #7 in Gorilla Forrest 2017.
Designs are: Shoebill, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Lemer.

Token Machine 1 (2014) All the medallions are golden in color. Designs are:
1) Gorilla, 2) Cheetah, 3) African Lion, 4) Tiger

Machines 1 through 21 & 28 are Retired!

Retired Other (Single design): 1) San Diego Wild Animal Park, 25 Years,
Retired 1 (Single design): 1) A California Condor
Retired 2 (Single design): 1) Rhino in circle facing left,
Retired 3 (Single design): 1) Elephant in circle facing left,
Retired 4 (Single design): 1) Carousel with thatched top,
Retired 5 (Single design): 1) Gorilla Standing on feet and one hand,
Retired 6: 1) Okapi & Giant Eland, 2) Cheetah, 3) Giraffe, 4) Monkey, (Pennies & Nickels)
Retired 7: 1) Gorilla, 2) Zebra, 3) Elephants, 4) Meerkat,
Retired 8: 1) Lorikeet, 2) Butterfly, 3) Red River Hog, 4) Python,
Retired 9: 1) Cheetah, 2) Savanna Safari, 3) Lions, 4) Balloon,
Retired 10: 1) Big Horn Sheep, 2) Bald Eagle, 3) Flamingo, 4) Prairie Dog,
Retired 11: 1) Gibbon, 2) African Wild Dog, 3) Lion, 4) African Elephant,
Retired 12: 1) Bumblebee, 2) Hummingbird, 3) Eagle, 4) Owl,
Retired 13: 1) 'Dino Mountain', 2) Triceratops, 3) Pteranodon, 4) Stegosaurus,
Retired 14 (Single design): 1) Lion face facing forward,
Retired 15 (Single design): 1) Alligator, front of, facing left,
Retired 16 (Single design): 1) Cheetah standing facing right,
Retired 17 (Single design): 1) 'Heart of Africa', Giraffe standing facing right,
Retired 18: 1) Colobus Monkey, 2) Cheetah, Giraffe head, 4) Rhinoceros,
Retired 21: 1) Gorilla head, 2) Gorilla with Baby, 3) Meerkat, 4) Zebra head
Retired 28: 1) Butterflies, 2) Rhinoceros, 3) Elephant, 4) Tiger

6/17: Machine 30, a 4 design Pennyman machine, added. Machines 21 and 28 are retired. GSY.

Machines and designs

18 machines
MachineDesignsCoin type
Token Machine 1 (2014) - Outside Oasis Deli4Token
Machine 29 - 2014 - Plant Trader4Penny
Machine 30 (2017) - Near Gorilla exhibit4Penny
Machine 22 - Great Rift Lift4Penny
Machine 23 - Okavango Outpost4Penny
Machine 24 - Safari Outfitters 2 (near park entrance)4Penny
Machine 25 - 2011 - Bazaar Gift Shop4Penny
Machine 26 - Oasis Deli4Penny
Machine 27 - Safari Outfitters4Penny
Retired 28 - 20124Penny
Penny Book?Penny
Retired 2 & 10 (2012)?Penny
Retired Single Designs?Penny
Retired 6 - Nickel/ Penny set4Penny
Retired 13 - (Dino Mountain temporary exhibit)4Penny
Retired 8, 9, 11 & 12 (2012)?Penny
Retired 18 - 2014 - Okovango Gift Shop #24Penny
Retired 214Penny

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