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{{Short description|Walkway at Disney's Animal Kingdom}}
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| name                = Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail
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| caption             = ''Formerly known as Pangani Forest Exploration Trail from August 1998-May 2016''
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| section             = [[Disney's Animal Kingdom#Africa|Africa]]
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The '''Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail''' (formerly known as '''Pangani Forest Exploration Trail''' from August 1998 to May 2016) is a walkway next to [[Kilimanjaro Safaris]] at the [[Disney's Animal Kingdom]] in the [[Walt Disney World Resort]], Florida, from which visitors can see [[Africa]]n animals. It is about three-eighths of a mile in length. There are "research students" positioned at most locations to give information about the animals and answer questions.

The attraction originally opened on April 22, 1998 as Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail, but the name was changed to Pangani Forest Exploration Trail in August 1998.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wdwhistory.com/wiki/Gorilla_Falls_Exploration_Trail | title = Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail | publisher = WDWHistory.com | accessdate=April 21, 2009}}</ref> The attraction reverted to its original name on May 27, 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/05/pangani-forest-exploration-trail-at-animal-kingdom-getting-a-new-name-527-more-announcements-tomorrow/ | title = Pangani Forest Exploration Trail at Animal Kingdom Getting a New Name 5/27, More Announcements Tomorrow | publisher = WDW News Today | date = May 19, 2016 | accessdate=October 19, 2017}}</ref>

==Animals==
*[[Angolan black-and-white colobus]]
*[[Okapi]]
*[[Arabian spiny mouse]]
*[[Naked mole-rat]]
*[[Pancake tortoise]]
*[[Kenyan sand boa]]
*[[Ball python]]
*[[African bullfrog]]
*[[Angolan python]]
*[[Hippopotamus]]
*[[Grevy's zebra]]
*[[Meerkat]]
*[[Western lowland gorilla]]

===Aviary===
*[[Red-and-yellow barbet]]
*[[Hammerkop]]
*[[Great blue turaco]]
*[[Amethyst starling]]
*[[Northern carmine bee-eater]]
*[[Racket-tailed roller]]
*[[Blue-bellied roller]]
*[[African olive pigeon]]
*[[White-headed buffalo weaver]]
*[[Tambourine dove]]
*[[Purple glossy starling]]
*[[Taveta golden weaver]]
*[[Green woodhoopoe]]
*[[Snowy-crowned robin-chat]]
*[[Marbled teal]]
*[[African pygmy goose]]
*[[Bruce's green pigeon]]
*[[African jacana]]
*[[Black-cheeked lovebird]]

===Fish===
*Lake Victoria [[cichlid]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/animal-kingdom/attractions/pangani-forest-exploration-trail/ Walt Disney World Resort - Pangani Forest Exploration Trail]

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[[Category:Walt Disney Parks and Resorts attractions]]
[[Category:Disney's Animal Kingdom]]
[[Category:Africa (Disney's Animal Kingdom)]]
[[Category:1998 establishments in Florida]]