The safari park, located in a mountain area about an hour's drive from Taipei, is 13 times the area of the Taipei Yuanshan Zoo, and 11 times bigger than the Taipei New Park.
英籍顧問洛克當時就十分驚喜於這片丘陵地的自然原始，認為無論在氣候或自然景觀上，都極似非洲，是建立野生動物園的絕佳地點。