Busch Gardens Africa (also known as Busch Gardens Tampa Bay) is a 335-acre 19th century African-themed park located in Tampa, Florida.
Back in the fifties, beer-brewer Anheuser - Busch started a beer garden and a bird show at the front of its new brewery in Tampa. It opened on March 31, 1959 as an admission-free hospitality facility for the Tampa Anheuser-Busch brewery on the grounds of the manufacturing plant. Visitors could watch bird shows and animal acts in a tropical setting and before leaving the grounds entered a beer garden offering free Busch beer to drink. Hundreds of exotic birds filled the fully interactive Bird Gardens.
Topiary tyrant tiger and legendary lion greet visitors at the main entrance
The park's main entrance is a Marrakesh, Moroccan motif and is home to the Mystic Sheiks of Morocco brass and percussion ensemble. Treats can be purchased at the Sultan's Sweets and the Zagora Cafe. The Moroccan Palace is located here as well as the outdoor Marrakesh Theater.
Marra Kesh greets visitors arriving from the parking lot tram.
More than Café can be had at the Zagora
Café.
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Where is
Zagora?
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