Editing San Diego Zoo Safari Park (section)

=== Tours and rides ===
The park formerly operated a [[monorail]] line, the Wgasa Bush Line, which ran clockwise through the Wild Animal Park. The name of the monorail was originally chosen by chief designer Chuck Faust as a profane inside joke, with "WGASA" being an acronym for "who gives a shit anyway". Zoo officials later came up with a [[backronym]] for the name, saying that it stood for "World’s Greatest Animal Show Anywhere".<ref>Randy Dotinga, [https://voiceofsandiego.org/2010/07/21/fact-check-wild-animal-parks-naughty-line/ "Fact Check: Wild Animal Park’s Naughty Line"], Voice of San Diego, July 21, 2010.</ref>

The Monorail line has been retired, partially due to high maintenance costs, and in March 2007 the Journey into Africa attraction, now renamed Africa Tram, opened. The Africa Tram tour runs counterclockwise and brings visitors to the field exhibits to see wildlife from different parts of Africa. In addition, another route is planned to bring visitors through the Asian field exhibits and into eight new ones that will house a variety of African animals from [[rock hyrax]] to [[Hartmann's mountain zebra]]s. The tour uses a wheeled tram that runs on biofuel instead of a monorail.

As well as the tram, the park has also added a tethered balloon ride that allows visitors to see the plains exhibits from {{convert|400|ft|m}} (~21 giraffes) in the air.<ref name=park_activities>{{cite web |title=San Diego Zoo Safari Park: Activities |url=http://www.sandiegozoo.org/park/plan_your_trip/activities |work=sandiegozoo.org |publisher=San Diego Zoological Society |access-date=12 October 2011}}</ref> The balloon ride is not included in the entrance fee.