If you always dreamed to take part in safari you can make your dreams come true not only in Africa. There is a really beautiful place that preserved a primeval nature with different and rare kind of wild animals and plants in Ukraine. Here in a picturesque Biosphere Reserve Askaniya Nova you may take part in engrossing Ukrainian Photo-Safari!
Biosphere Reserve Askaniya Nova was founded on a parcel of land of Ancient Ukrainian Tavria (Kherson Region) in 1887 by the local landlord Friedrich Falz-Fein. Nowadays the territory of 0.11 sq. km is preserved here as intact nature of prairie.
The other territory of reserve (0.22 sq. km) includes scenic lakes and ponds, botanical garden, dendrological, ornithological and zoological parks with the unique collection of birds, animals and plants from all over the world. Also there is an open-air museum here where the examples of ancient Scythian Art are presented for visitors.
The specialty of Biosphere Reserve Askaniya Nova is that the wild birds and animals reside here in wild or half-wild nature and can walk where they want without any fences or gratings. Here you may see animals in their natural environmental conditions.
For instance, you may find close upon 400 different kinds of wild herbs and flowers: blooming of beautiful wild tulips, irises, astragals, hyacinths, buttercups, carnations, camomiles in botanical garden of Askaniya Nova. Rare centenarian examples of trees as acutifoliate maple, Crimean pine, pyramidal oak, column-like oak, juniper, elm-tree, fir-tree, ash-tree, robinia and more than 150 types of others – grow in dendrological park of reserve.
And one of the most interesting part of your excursion will be the Photo-Safari in ornithological and zoological parks and through the wild prairie. More than 60 types of the feathered live here: white and black swans, flamingos, cranes, bustards and little bustards, partridges, different kinds of larks, eagles and harriers, ostriches emu and nandu, pheasants, peacocks, parrots. Besides the birds you will see different animals in their habitat: zebras and camels, antelopes and deer, llamas, highland (Scottish) ponies, wild horses (tarpans or Przhevalski’s horses), American bisons, owres and saigas and a lot of various little and big rodents. And the most amazing is that the most of them aren’t afraid of people! So you can get very close to them and take many wonderful pictures!
So if you’re in fond of wild nature and photography – welcome to Photo-Safari in Ukrainian Biosphere Reserve Askania Nova!