Dubai Safari Temporarily Closed Due to Unstable Weather Conditions

Press release

Published December 17th, 2017 - 10:10 GMT

Dubai Municipality has announced the temporary closure of Dubai Safari.

Due to unstable weather conditions, Dubai Municipality has announced the temporary closure of Dubai Safari.

Since its soft opening on 12 December, the wildlife park has been attracting an unprecedented number of visitors, and the decision to close the park until weather stabilizes has been taken to ensure the safety and security of its guests, staff members as well as animals.

Dubai Safari will resume operations once the weather conditions improve, and will share further updates on its social media channels.

Background Information

Dubai Municipality

The origin of Dubai Municipality was founded in 1954 commencing its activities with a cadre of seven employees undertaking simple tasks in cleaning the city.

The first decree establishing the Municipality was on February 28, 1957, whereby 23 municipal council members had been appointed from the elders of the country and traders with limited powers, the most important of which was to take care of health and architectural affairs of the city as well as to organize construction and beautification of the city and provide constructive suggestions to the government.