Harambe Market: African-inspired Street Food at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Are you ready to go on an African adventure at Walt Disney World? If you are, you can try African-inspired food in an amazing open air plaza with four unique walk-up windows in Harambe Market.

This unique area of Animal Kingdom opened back in May of 2015 and has been one of the great additions to this incredible Disney theme park.

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What to Expect at Harambe Market in Animal Kingdom

If you take the path that’s nearest to Asia, by the African drums, you’ll enter into an old colonial area where you can see an old train depot left in time.

As if the citizens of this market are just going about their daily lives.

There’s the iconic water tower allowing you to see that it’s a place to make travelers from all over the world feel like they are in the heart of the Harambe life.

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There are four food stations:

• Kitamu Grill: where you will want to get your chicken bowl
• Famous Sausages: where you will want to get that delicious sausage treat that’s covered with sauteed onions
• Chef Mwanga’s: where you can get the famous rib bowl
• Wanjohi Refreshments: where you can get a delicious cocktail that’s special to Animal Kingdom

Besides the perk of enjoying a delicious adult beverage at Disney, you’ll get to enjoy it with your food under the covered shaded area of Harambe Market.

Harambe Market Menu

Dessert

• You Follow Old Rafiki Cheesecake: Passion Fruit-Mango Cheesecake with Coconut-Lime Crust, Vanilla Bean Chantilly, and a Chocolate Medallion

Entrees

• Chicken and Shrimp Rice Bowl: Chermoula-marinated Chicken and Peri Peri-marinated Shrimp on Jollof Rice with Kachumbari Tomato Salad and Tzatziki Sauce
• Shrimp Rice Bowl: Peri Peri-marinated Shrimp on Jollof Rice with Kachumbari Tomato Salad and Tzatziki Sauce
• Beef and Lamb Kofta Pita: House-made Beef and Lamb Kofta with a Tzatziki Sauce, Chermoula, and House-made Chips
• Chicken Rice Bowl: Chermoula-marinated Chicken on Jollof Rice with Kachumbari Tomato Salad and Tzatziki Sauce
• The Harambe Salad with Shrimp: Peri Peri-marinated Shrimp with Quinoa, Grilled Corn, Black-eyed Peas, Crispy Chickpeas, and a Chermoula-herbed Vinaigrette
• Harambe Salad with Chicken: Chermoula-marinated Chicken with Quinoa, Grilled Corn, Black-eyed Peas, Crispy Chickpeas, and a Chermoula-herbed Vinaigrette
• The Harambe Salad: Quinoa, Grilled Corn, Black-eyed Peas, Crispy Chickpeas, and a Chermoula-herbed Vinaigrette
• Impossible™ Kofta Pita: Impossible™Kofta with a Plant-based Aioli, Chermoula, and House-made Chips

Beverages

• Frozen Flamingo: non-alcoholic frozen concoction with flavors of Strawberry and Passion Fruit
• Watermelon Lemonade: non-alcoholic
• Leopard’s Eye: Snow Leopard Vodka blended with Kiwi-and-Mango Flavored Bibo
• Safari Amber Lager: Malty, slightly sweet taste balanced with European grown Noble Aroma Hops
• Tampa Bay Reef Donkey APA Draft: secret selection of Hops gives this Dry Beer a Lemon-Lime Aroma with a Citrus and slight Tropical Fruit flavor
• Casa Lager: Malty sweetness with just a hit of bitterness from the Hops
• Serengeti Sangria: with Van der Hum Tangerine Liqueur

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5 Easy Tips for Your Visit to Harambe Village

1. Use mobile ordering
2. Look up and down and around for all the unique things and decor that’s going on that tells a story
3. Experience the Savor the Savanna, which is the progressive dinner at Animal Kingdom that serves hors d’oeuvres, snacks, beverages, and dinner all over the incredible African acoustic music.
4. Decide what you want to get before you get there, because there are four different unique booths. If it’s a busy day, you’re going to want to make sure you go to the booth that has your must try snack item.
5. Remember there is little seating in this area, so you want to make sure you come before and after the lunch or dinner rush.

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My Final Thoughts and Review

Overall, Harambe Market at Animal Kingdom is a very incredible escape that I like to go to  relax and take a break from everything that’s going on in the park on my solo trips.

Not only because it’s a well themed area, but I actually love the food here. I know that there are some people who are critical of this area.

However, I’ve only had positive experiences in Harambe Market.

Plus, there are at times where you can see a special Cast Member walking around singing songs on the special acoustic instrument that they play while strolling through the African area of the park.

They’ll even interact with you which is something I love about this area.

Have you tried the food in the Harambe Market? Let me know what your experience was like in the comments section below.

Until next time, Happy Park Hopping Hipsters!

(Original Article Date: June 5, 2015/Updated On July 6, 2024)

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