Jumbo Safari

Jumbo Safari Review

With Jumbo Safari, developer Reel Kingdom deviates from their established course and takes a break from milking the Big Bass franchise. That alone is quite a shocker. But let’s just say the surprises don’t end there…

The action in the Jumbo Safari online slot unfolds on a classic 5x3 reel set with 20 fixed paylines. Wins are awarded for matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost, with payouts beginning at 3-of-a-kind. The game accommodates a wide range of players, offering bets from as low as €0.05 to €60 per spin, or up to €120 if you activate the Bonus Bet feature. Thus, both penny punters and high rollers should be satisfied.

Jumbo Safari comes with three RTP configurations, namely 96.52%, 95.52%, or 94.53%, depending on the operator’s settings, so it’s worth checking before you make a deposit. The game is highly volatile, rated 5 out of 5. Statistically, you'll hit a win roughly every 5.77 spins, while triggering the bonus takes 118.09 spins on average. As for the top prize, Jumbo Safari caps out at 3,000x your bet, with odds of 1 in 1,029,336 spins.

Jumbo Safari Slot - Base Game

Jumbo Safari Features

The base game in the Jumbo Safari slot machine is pretty much uneventful, offering no features at all. The game relies heavily on the free spins bonus round, which places a strong focus on landing five-of-a-kind winning combinations.

Free Spins

Landing 3, 4, or 5 Scatter symbols triggers the Free Spins feature with 15, 30, or 50 spins awarded, respectively. Before the bonus begins, you’ll pick one of eight chests to reveal a random animal symbol that becomes stacked throughout the round. In the free games, each animal is linked to a potential money prize, starting from 20x for the frog, parrot, snake, and sloth, up to 30x for the crocodile, 40x for the elephant, 100x for the tiger, and 1,000x for the gorilla.

Jumbo Safari Slot - Free Spins

On every spin where no five-of-a-kind win lands, the money values increase, from 0.2x to 10x depending on the animal. But if you do hit a five-of-a-kind with any of the active animals, the corresponding money award is paid out, and all animal values are reset to their original number. If no 5OAK combinations appear during the entire round, a random animal prize is awarded at the end. The feature can’t be retriggered. That’s it.

Bonus Buy & Bonus Bet

Players can boost their chances of entering the Jumbo Safari free spins feature via the Ante Bet option. When enabled, your stake is doubled in exchange for a higher frequency of landing Scatter symbols on the reels, meaning the chance to win the bonus becomes ‘naturally higher’.

Alternatively, you can skip the grind entirely through the Jumbo Safari bonus buy feature. For a fixed cost of 100x your base bet, you can activate the free games immediately. When purchased, a spin with 3 to 5 guaranteed Scatters is triggered.

Theme & Graphics

When most people hear the word safari, their minds go straight to the African plains and endless savannahs with lions, zebras, giraffes, and other famous inhabitants of the continent. But in truth, a safari simply means a journey, usually one or more overnight stops, to observe wild animals in their natural habitat. Jungle safaris are a thing too, and that’s exactly what the Jumbo Safari slot is about.

Visually, though, there’s not much here to make it stand out. The game relies on cartoonish animal symbols and a bright backdrop filled with generic jungle greenery. It’s colorful and polished, sure, but it practically feels like yet another jungle slot without its own identity.

Pros And Cons Of Jumbo Safari Slot

Final Thoughts

Honestly, I don’t see Jumbo Safari leaving any kind of mark. It feels like one of those filler slots that pop up between bigger releases, something to dilute the collection until the next Big Bass game inevitably drops. There’s just not enough here to hook anyone for more than a few spins.

The bonus round might look like it holds promise on paper, but in reality, it’s underwhelming. And there’s nothing in the base game to keep players interested. The cartoon animals and jungle setting don’t help much either, being as forgettable as the gameplay itself.

So yeah, I doubt anyone’s going to remember Jumbo Safari a week from now. And if someone does decide to give it a go out of curiosity, it’ll probably sink into oblivion the moment the next Big Bass release comes out.