Previously known as "Buitenzorg" (Sans souci or without worries) during the Dutch colonial era, Bogor actually lies closer to Jakarta (60 km) than it does to Bandung (120 kilometers). Appropriately named by the Dutch as a town "without worries"' they chose Bogor to be the site for constructing the first palace of the Dutch Governor General way back in 1745. Later restored in 1832, the palace still stands solid and elegant today with its stretched out gardens where deer roam freely on the green grass under majestically tall old trees. However, Bogor is famous because of its Botanical Garden which borders the Palace Grounds, Covering an area of 87 hectares with thousands of species of plant-life from all over the world, including towering age old trees and the rashest kinds of orchids.

It is located at Cibeureum, Cisarua Bogor, West Java, was constructed in 1980. This location was a non productive tea plantation of about 136.5's Ha. given by local Government Governor of West Java to the Oriental Circus to manage as Taman Safari Indonesia.
Taman Safari Indonesia, located in a Buffer Zone of Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park, stands at an elevation between 900-1,800 meters above sea level, with temperatures ranging between 16-27 degrees Celsius. Taman Safari was established as a National tourism Object by the Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunication, (Late) Mr.Soesilo Soedarman, and pronounced as Indonesian Centre for Reproduction of Endangered Wildlife (ICREW) and Ex-situ Conversation by the Minister of Forestry, Mr.Hasyrul Harahap at March, 16, 1990.