After a day of exploring the Sonoma Serengeti and dinner at the Savannah Café, you might find yourself feeling a bit sleepy. The evening cools and daylight fades to dusk while guineafowl flutter to their roosts and the stars come out overhead. If you’re lucky, the kids might be winding down too. But sometimes all that excitement—the giraffes and cheetahs, the birds and buffalo—is too much. Sometimes you need a little something extra to soothe those savage beasties.

Luckily, there’s Safari West Campfire Chats! Stay with us on a Sunday night, and experience the perfect way to settle down for a night in the wild. After dinner, join our very own Alex Coburn as he hosts an hour of creativity, craftsmanship, and classic campfire story-time.

Campfire Crafts

At recent Campfire Chats, Alex has led his audience in the creation of animal-inspired necklaces. These hand-crafted medallions motivate their makers to think about the animals they’ve spent the day with and the special abilities that help them survive and thrive in the wild. As an added bonus, they’re made entirely of upcycled materials found around the Safari West Wildlife Preserve and so make a sustainable and memorable keepsake of your family’s adventure.

As the evening progresses, Alex shares amazing folktales and legends from around Africa. Many of these tales focus on Safari West animals wandering just beyond the firelight. What better way to end a day of exploration and discovery?

Taking place every Sunday from 8-9pm, Campfire Chats are open to all dinner and overnight guests. Book your reservation at Safari West and we’ll see you around the campfire!

*To help combat airborne pollution, we will not hold Campfire Chats on Spare the Air days.
**Visit our Spend The Night page for the most recent scheduling.

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Come join us daily for a delicious meal (or two) at the Savannah Café. Situated near the Classic Safari boarding area, the Savannah Café offers two lunch services and a dinner service daily. Lunches and dinner are all scheduled to dovetail into the Classic Safari so you can plan to dine before you go out or slake your thirst right after returning from the Sonoma Serengeti. The Savannah menu is a BBQ grilled up right before your eyes on our custom-built outdoor grill. The menu changes daily but you can count on some freshly-grilled protein accompanied by a full complement of sides ranging from our Creamy Mushroom Soup to our Artisan Mac’n’Cheese.

As you bite into a perfectly grilled chicken breast or succulent pulled-pork sandwich, take in the views of graceful giraffes and slender dama gazelles out on the savannah or chuckle at the antics of the helmeted guineafowl chasing one another back and forth across the meadow. Make sure to leave room for dessert and enjoy the comedic grumbling of the flamingos in the distance as you cut a bite of fresh strawberry shortcake.

Now that your belly is full, a nice walk may be in order. Dinner and lunch reservations grant you access to the lower grounds and all the birds, primates and cats found there. Stretch those legs and go say hello to the cheetahs, porcupines and of course our most recent baby celebrity, Gizmo the patas monkey!

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