Wild Animal Safari - Springfield/Strafford, Missouri

Abbey Kerr

2024-04

We had an amazing time. The staff are super friendly. The animals are as awesome as they can be. I decided to take the tour bus through the drive through instead of driving my own vehicle. Best decision ever. I could focus on enjoying the animals.

Laura VanBurkleo

2024-03

Such a cool experience! The workers were so kind and it’s honestly a good deal. We just had adults go, and it was scary but in the funniest way!! Don’t worry about your car, we only had one animal scratch our car but you could wipe it away with your finger. The animals were very very gentle (the ostrich & emu were scary but as gentle as they can be, I was never worried about any of them biting us) For 2 adults 3 bags of feed was plenty, 10/10 recommend!

Kathy King

2024-04

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Alexander Lewis

2024-05

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Eric Bailey

2024-05

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Cami Evans

2024-03

This was a good family experience. We got there around 2pm and a lot of the drive was empty or had sleeping animals, but then we got to feed some fun ones like zebras, bison, deer, and lots of hungry cows. It was hilarious how they would come up to the open window and just stick out their tongues for food. We also liked feeding the giraffes and baby goats in the walkabout zoo. If we go again, we'll try to get there earlier and try to catch more of the animals when they're hungry.

April Dobson

2024-03

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Marci Stock

2024-04

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Julie O'Rourke

2024-04

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Lisa Mccawley

2024-04

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Becky Henry

2024-04

One of the neatest experiences. We spent some time with Lemurs and loved being able to pet the animals, including the giraffes. Staff was super nice. Memories were made.

Addison E

2024-04

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Hari Gopal

2024-04

Kids would love this drive-through. it would take about 2hours to complete the whole safari including the walkthrough area. You may want to start with the walkthrough first as they have Lions, White tiger, Giraffe and plenty of other animals and reptilians. You may not get time to see these animals after the drive through since they close by 5. During the drive through, make sure to take couple of dry towels, buffalos will drool on you and the car, heck it can even get its head all the way to the passenger seat when you feed them...LOL apart from than, it is enjoyable drive. Must try during spring or summer.

Tajeria Ellis

2023-12

This was one of the coolest things we have ever done especially for our little one. The scenery was beautiful, the staff super friendly and very knowledgeable about everything. The animals were awesome and having an up close and personal experience was the best thing we have ever had our little one even thanked us for taking him here. I even got locked in the face by an ox!! Lol

Beth Weldon

2024-04

The Safari portion is an A+++. The property is breathtaking. The animals have plenty of room to roam. They are very friendly and come right up to your vehicle. We could not have been more happy. On the downside, the zoo part seemed like the pens were way too small for certain animals they didn’t appear to have things to keep them entertained, and it just seemed a little bit rundown.

Raymond Jessop

2023-12

The drive through Safari was fun. Kids really enjoyed getting to feed the animals as we went through. The bus driver was knowledgeable. Get information about the animals we were seeing their walkabout s entertaining. The drafts are fun. They come right up and say hi to you. We went as a school activity so I'm not sure what the regular missions are but for what we paid. This was a great experience.

Jamie Deller

2023-10

Great place to take the family. Would recommend buying plenty of food. The animals all love being fed, and they know when you have food. Would recommend that if you don't want any damage to your vehicle from horns, slobber, pay $20 to use one of their rental vehicles to drive through the park. The giraffes gave wonderful photo ops when being fed, too.

Karry Hill

2023-11

Where do I start? This is our 2nd visit. After the first visit, which was a little slice of heaven. We thought it could not get any better. We were driven through in a windowless school bus, by I think Santa in the off season!? Feeding and feeding the amazing animals. We left the happiest folks! Bring us to visit 2….we rented their SUV and drove ourselves 😳….BEST DECISION EVER! No worries about our vehicle allowed us to get up close and personal. We took tons of their food and drove real slow. The slober was big time, so bring a towel. But it was the best experience! Brought my 11yr and 15yr old.

Holly Peterson

2023-11

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Robert Heydenreich

2024-01

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Renee C

2023-11

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Jaye Minx

2023-05

I would rate 4.5 stars. The drive through was fun and lots of animals to feed and interact with. Our driver was good. I suggested 2 bags of food for the drive through tour, so you don't run out. The animals are excited to see new people and get treats. It's great to be able to get so close. They were all friendly. The grounds are huge and nice. Feeding the giraffes was amazing. They're so friendly.

Abraham Anderson

2024-03

I'm convinced many of these reviews are fake. We paid over $200 to drive through and we saw maybe 20 animals. To compare, other drive through zoos typically have 250-300.Huge disappointment and waste of money.

Jessica Chan

2023-07

This place is an amazing animal experience. All the staff were friendly and competent and seem to genuinely love the animals and the organization. Our tour bus driver, Dennis, was great at his job and seemed to really enjoy working there. The animals all have appropriate space and enrichment in their enclosures and seem well taken care of and happy. The shaved ice was really good and hit the spot on the hot day. The gift shop is spotlessly clean and well-stocked with a great variety. And there's a penny pressing machine which was a hit with the kids. My only suggestions for improvements are the prices in the gift shop were a little high for some items so I didn't buy as much as I normally would have, and it would be awesome if the tour guide tip jar had a venmo QR code for those who want to tip but don't have cash. Can't wait to go back!

Kris Johnson

2023-12

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Joanne Bateman

2023-07

It was so much fun!! I went with my sister in law and 23 year old daughter and we had a blast. I am planning on bringing my 6 and 7 year old niece and nephews. The animals were pretty well behaved, didn't damage the car or us lol and the staff was very helpful whenever we had a question.Price for entry: $22

Stacie Simpson

2023-11

It was a great small weekend getaway. It took is almost 2 hours to drive through the zoo. Make sure you have gas. The smartest thing we did was rent one of their vehicle's to drive through. The animals have so much slobber. My car would have been filthy when we left the zoo. The animals also my bump your car, some with horns my scratch your car. It was so much fun.

Gary Underwood

2023-09

Made an impromptu stop yesterday (8/10) on the way home from vacation with the family.Great, friendly staff that even gave us a new cup after a camel played pick pocket in our truck lol.Lots of animal options. Had a chance to interact with Buffalo which has always been on the bucket list. The kids loved feeding and encountering the animals.

Frog Lover

2023-11

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Bree

2023-05

Amazing experience I think I was more excited than the kids! Wish I could give more stars. This place is very unique and very big. I only bought 1 bag of food thinking that's all we would need that was not the case definitely could have used 2. Some of the animals just to name a few were pigs, deer, zebra, donkeys, alpacas, the list goes on. We will definitely be back! Cost us $20 once we got there and 6 dollars and some change per bag of feed. Afterwards I realized online was cheaper but the experience was absolutely worth it.