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Where can you go on a Barle Valley Safari

Most customers opt for the Standard three hour Land Rover Safari. These depart three times daily during the summer and twice daily during the winter from Dulverton and Dunster.

The Land Rover Safaris, which run throughout the year, are the ideal way to experience Exmoor whatever the weather. For families with young children, senior citizens, the less able and anyone who wants an exhilerating new experience, the Safaris really take you close to nature in one of England's most beautiful National Parks.

Over the millenia Exmoor has developed a diverse landscape which is not confined to windswept moorland but includes pastoral farmland, deep wooded valleys and picturesque villages nestling in sheltered combes. Amongst the scenery are the relics of times gone by; Bronze Age remains, Iron Age settlements, medieval field systems and mysterious monuments.

The Land Rover Safari routes incorporate as many of these features as possible while looking out for the red deer, Exmoor ponies, bird and other wildlife. Events during a safari include fording fast flowing rivers, passing through broadleaf and conifer forest, crossing over the dramatic moors and climbing steep rock slopes out of deep valleys.

Your driver has a choice of routes from each starting point. In general, Land Rover Safaris from Dunster cover routes in the north and Dulverton is the more practical starting point for the southern area. We try to show our many repeat customers something different every time and accommodate any other requests to find items of particular or individual interest.

Quite often we come across local character and wildlife enthusiast Johnny Kingdom the star of recent documentaries about Exmoor shown on BBC2. A chance to have a yarn and swap information about the deer herds and other wildlife.