Monarto Safari Park

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Details

Date:
October 15, 2022
Time:
8:15 am - 10:30 am

Venue

Monarto Safari Park
63 Monarto Road
Monarto, SA 5254 Australia
Phone:
08 85489501
Website:
www.monartosafari.com.au

Nature therapy: Forest bathing and animal observation

Saturday 15 October 8:15am to 10:30am

Slow down, embrace your senses and re-connect with nature during a guided forest bathing and animal observation experience at Monarto Safari Park. We have combined the traditional meditative elements associated with Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) with the opportunity to observe and connect with the inquisitive and calming nature of our animals.

Get exclusive access to the park before the gates open to public, where a Nature Therapist and Forest Bathing guide will lead you on a slow-paced, peaceful wander around the mallee landscape. Experience a new level of connection with nature through a series of opportunities to completely immerse yourself in the unique environment.

The experience will conclude at our famous Waterhole platform where gorgeous giraffe roam, with the opportunity to join a traditional Shinrin Yoku tea ceremony.

After the ceremony, you are free to explore Monarto Safari Park at your own leisure, feeling refreshed, restored and connected to nature.

Members $125
Non-members $155

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What’s included

  • Enter before we open to the general public
  • Guided walk led by a Nature Therapist and Forest Bathing Guide (Bronwyn Paynter)
  • Small group, maximum 15 people
  • Private tea Ceremony
  • Free to explore the park for the rest of the day

What to bring

  • Early mornings can be fresh, so light layers are recommended
  • Water bottle
  • Comfortable walking shoes

*A separate confirmation email will be sent to you closer to the event date and confirm timings, exactly meeting location with map, weather and what to bring.

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About Zoos SA

Zoos SA is a not-for-profit conservation charity that exists to connect people with nature and save species from extinction.

Zoos SA acknowledges the Country on which we stand always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land and we pay our deepest respect and gratitude to Kaurna (Adelaide Zoo) and Ngarrindjeri (Monarto Safari Park) Elders, past, present and emerging.

We undertake critical conservation work throughout Australia and acknowledge the traditional custodians of these lands.

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