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According to the show's closing credits, it was "filmed in Africa and Africa U.S.A.", a 600-acre (2.4 km 2) wild-animal ranch created by animal trainers Ralph and Toni Helfer in Soledad Canyon 40 mi (64 km) north of Los Angeles. Ralph Helfer was the animal coordinator of the show.
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May 8, 2014 · However, during the production break between the First and Second Seasons, Marshall Thompson and a film crew visited the ‘real’ Africa and filmed background scenes of him with animals, in the bush and with natives in their villages. Marshall Thompson filmed on-location as Marsh Tracy in Africa.
Daktari: Created by Art Arthur, Ivan Tors. With Marshall Thompson, Cheryl Miller, Judy the Chimpanzee, Clarence. Game thieves, diamond smugglers and big game hunters endanger the animals in the African bush.
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Jan 11, 2017 · Adventures of vet Dr Marsh Tracy working in Africa. The title is actually Swahili for Doctor and the show was filmed in a Los Angeles Safari Park.
The setting was the Wameru Study Centre in Africa (although the series was filmed in a Los Angeles safari park called, naturally, ‘Africa USA’), an animal-welfare compound run by vet Dr Marsh Tracy, played by Marshall Thompson, who received frequent visits from District Officer Hedley (Hedley Mattingly).
Daktari is generally credited as having been filmed at "Africa USA" in Acton, California and at Greenwich Studios in Miami, Florida. This leads one to believe that there were no scenes shot in Africa itself.
Daktari: Created by Art Arthur, Ivan Tors. With Marshall Thompson, Cheryl Miller, Judy the Chimpanzee, Clarence. Game thieves, diamond smugglers and big game hunters endanger the animals in the African bush.
