Woburn Safari Park — Your Private Car Is the Safari Vehicle
From your London hotel door to Woburn Safari Park — where your luxury car becomes the safari vehicle. On the Road Safari you drive among lions, tigers, bears and rhinos from inside your own air-conditioned Mercedes, with your own driver at the wheel: complete privacy, no shared bus, no open truck. Afterwards, the Foot Safari on foot, and Woburn Abbey if you wish. One fixed price for the whole car, return.
What makes this trip different
- Your private Mercedes is the safari vehicle — no shared bus offers this
- Pickup from your London hotel door — no meeting point
- You choose the departure time between 8:00 and 11:00am
- Air-conditioned comfort while lions walk past the windows
- Fixed price for the whole car — never per person
- Fuel, road tolls and parking included
The places on this trip
Photographs of the places this trip visits. Sources and licences for every photograph are listed at the foot of the page.
How the day runs
Departure from your hotel
Your driver arrives at your London hotel entrance at the time you chose, between 8:00 and 11:00am. The drive to Woburn takes around an hour and a quarter.
The Road Safari — in your own car
The heart of the day: your Mercedes joins the safari route and drives slowly through the enclosures — lions, tigers, bears, rhinos and wolves metres from the glass. Your driver handles the route; you handle the camera.
The Foot Safari
The walking half of the park: penguins, lemurs, giraffes and the keeper talks and feeding times posted for the day. Lunch at the café inside.
Woburn Abbey and its deer park optional
A short drive away, the stately home of the Dukes of Bedford sits in a park of wandering deer — an elegant end to an animal-filled day.
Back to your hotel
Your driver returns you to the same address you started from, at the time you decide.
Included and not included
Included in the price
- Private car with driver for the day
- Pickup and drop-off at your London address
- The Road Safari driven in your own vehicle
- Driver and car with you the whole day
- Fuel, road tolls and parking
- Child seats on request
Not included
- Safari park entry tickets — cheaper online than at the gate
- Food and drink during the day
- Woburn Abbey entry (optional stop)
- A licensed tour guide (available separately)
Know before you go
- Buy park tickets online before you go. Online tickets are cheaper than the gate price — book them on the park’s official website for your chosen date.
- The monkey section is optional. One enclosure on the Road Safari is home to monkeys that climb on cars; a bypass route exists and your driver will take it unless you ask otherwise.
- The Road Safari can be driven more than once. Entry allows repeat circuits on the same day — if the lions were sleeping the first time, go round again.
- Mornings are best for animal activity. The animals are most active in the cooler hours — an earlier departure rewards you at the enclosures.
Vehicle classes and trip prices
Every price below is for the whole car, return, including your driver waiting throughout the visit — free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
Mercedes E-Class
Smart executive comfort at a sensible price — the right choice for couples and small families.
Mercedes V-Class
Ideal for families and groups — plenty of room for children and bags on a long day.
Mercedes S-Class
The highest level of comfort and privacy, for a day to first-class standards.
Book the Woburn Safari Park day trip
Choose your date and a departure time between 8:00 and 11:00am, then the vehicle that suits your group. You will receive a confirmation as soon as the booking is complete.
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