The Shambala Preserve is open to the public one weekend a month by advance reservation only. An afternoon safari costs $40 a person. Please see our Safari page for a schedule and mail-in reservation form.
The paths we follow on our tour of the preserve are composed of packed dirt and sand. While it is possible to navigate in a wheelchair, it was not really designed for that. Nevertheless, we have had many wheelchair participants, who all enjoyed the tour.
Shambala is approximately forty miles north of Los Angeles, California, in the Antelope
Valley. Shambala Preserve
6867 Soledad Canyon
Acton, CA 93510
(661) 268-0380 . FAX (661) 268-8809
The Shambala Preserve is home to over 70 big cats--lions, tigers, black and spotted leopards, mountain lions, servals, bobcats, lynxes, Asian Leopard cats, a Florida Panther, and a jungle cat--as well as assorted species of duck.
The Shambala Preserve is in the desert in Acton. Often it rains in Los Angeles and just sprinkles or drizzles in Acton. It usually clears up quickly. So, bring an umbrella. We hold the safari come rain or come shine.
Actress and conservationist Tippi Hedren, star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (and many others) serves as President of the Roar Foundation, guiding the organization's efforts to increase the public's knowledge about wildlife in our world, and provides guidance and leadership in maintaining the beautiful Shambala Preserve for the wild beings for whom this haven was established.
Back to TopSome of our older animals were originally the stars of the movie Roar. Many have been rescued from private owners or other facilities that could not care for them. The Shambala Preserve does not breed, buy, sell or trade animals.
As much as we know many of you would love to touch and pet our animals as a show of your love, these animals are wild and in enclosures to protect them as well as you. In short--no, you may not touch them.
Shambala can always use volunteers to help us in our fund-raising efforts! Please note, however, that NO VOLUNTEER MAY WORK WITH THE ANIMALS. Our insurance is extremely strict on this point. Although, once again, our volunteers will not be working with the animals, they are needed for such duties as selling items in our safari boutique, safari guest supervision, helping to prepare newsletter mailings, and so on. What we like to ask is that you attend one of our safaris as a paying guest first, both to see how Shambala operates and to see what typical volunteer duties will be. Please feel free to contact Janice Payne, Tina Ward and Christine Link, our co-presidents of volunteers, for additional information.
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PO Box 189, Acton, CA 93510
(661)
268-0380
Photos © Copyright 2008 Bill Dow.
Shambala is a
member of the American Sanctuary
Association.