Knowsley Safari Celebrates Mother’s Day with Free Entry for Mums this Weekend

Knowsley Safari is celebrating mums – and everything they do for us – by giving them free entry this Saturday 18th March and Mothering Sunday (19th March).

This weekend, visitors to the popular tourist attraction can treat their mum – and those who are like a mum – to a jam-packed day of fun at the UK’s longest Safari Drive and Foot Safari.

It’s here they’ll see a whole array of animals including Amur Tiger, giraffe, African lions, white rhino, and Iberian wolves.

To mark this special occasion, Knowsley Safari has compiled this nine-strong list of facts about the marvellous maternal instincts of some of the species that live there.

To mark this special occasion, Knowsley Safari has compiled this nine-strong list of facts about the marvellous maternal instincts of some of the species that live there.

• After being pregnant for 15 months, giraffe give birth standing up. This means that the new-born calf will fall from a height of around six feet – which is also their height at birth – and they can walk within their first hour.
• Baboons tend to give birth every other year and usually have one baby each time. They share a special bond, and the mother carries her infant until its able to ride on her back at around six weeks old.
• Rhino mothers – like Knowsley’s very own Meru, who recently gave birth to calf Amara – are very nurturing. After an incredibly long 16-month pregnancy, they raise their calves for around three years, until the young rhinos are old enough to head out on their own.
• Lionesses do all the hunting and raise the cubs. Usually, all the lionesses in the pride are related – mothers, daughters, grandmothers and sisters – and many give birth at around the same time. They can have as many as six litters during their lifetime.
• Yak tend to give birth to a single calf every other year – usually in June. Mums will find a secluded spot to do so and once born, the pair will re-join the herd.
• Rather than finding an isolated place like yak, wildebeest mums give birth to one calf in the centre of the herd, and around 80% percent of females within it give birth within the same two to three weeks, typically every other year.
• When baby camels are born – without their humps – mum and baby live apart from the herd for around two weeks. The mother nurses her young for up to 18 months.
• Wolf mums are very protective of their young and keep them inside their den, for around eight weeks, until the pups are able to survive outside.
• Meerkats give birth in underground burrows to help keep their new-borns safe from predators. They stay there for around a month before they emerge and learn to find food their own – usually under the guidance of an adult from the mob.

This ‘Very Important Mum’ offer is eligible only on Saturday 18^th March and Mothering Sunday (19^th March 2023).

Tickets must be booked in advance online and are only applicable with alongside full paying adult admission ticket.

For further information and to book tickets visit here.