Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the attraction returned to being a drive-through experience for private vehicles, with tickets that were bought separately from the main park, until the Safari Off Road Adventure reopened for the 2024 season.

The planned drive-thru was to have 10 miles of road with twelve sections, natural elements such as waterfalls, and featured large herds of animals.

[1] Six Flags Wild Safari was opened to the public on July 4, 1974, along with its theme park neighbor, Great Adventure.

[2] On August 20, 2012, Six Flags announced that the park would be closed to private vehicles from September 30, 2012, and that the animals would remain in the preserve.

[12] For the 2022 and 2023 season, the Safari Off Road Adventure was repurposed into the Giraffe Encounter Tour, an up-charge VIP experience which retained the ride station, vehicles, and queue.