Fossil Rim Wildlife Center-Children's Animal Center

This was our first time to visit and it was wonderful. About a 2-2.5 hour track around the park. You get a free bag of animal feed to attract the animals. Don’t be stingy with the feed, we ended up having a lot of leftovers. Definitely plan for when the weather is nice. Can see it being less enjoyable on hot days.

We had the best time of our life! Well I did! The Giraffe was my favorite I was able to get face to face with it and feed it. We went around 1:30 and the animals were all out and the Zebras were all over. It was very nice out to have all the windows down and enjoy the wind and ride. It was about 2 hrs of driving in total. They have a halfway stop where you can use the restroom and visit the Gift shop also a Cafe. Food and Gift shop was very reasonable. We ordered our tickets online and when you get there they will scan it from your phone so no need to print it. You get one bag of food included with tickets per vehicle. We asked to buy more but they require only one bag per car. I recommend you go! And Have Fun! 🦒🦒🦒

We’ve been here three times and have had a great experience each time! So much information, so many animals and even hands on experiences! It wasn’t until this last visit in May 2022 that I learned you can access this area for free through a separate entrance. How cool is that?!!

Both times my kiddos enjoyed petting and brushing the goats! They are very friendly and safe around even small kids in our experiences there. You can also meet Hamlet the pig, a beautiful emu or two, turtles, birds and more! The area is absolutely beautiful!

The walls inside and out line lots of interesting facts about the animals you see there.

Tons of great photo opportunities!

There is a Dino track outside the entrance that you just check out and a nature trail to the side where we ran into a few wild lizards.

This area is right next to Fossil Rim’s gift shop which has an expansive array of items and very clean bathrooms.

Off even further is their cafe I haven’t had a chance to eat at yet but hope to do so in the future.

Beautiful, relaxing afternoon. Well worth the money. The animals were in abundance and we had a great time feeding them. We were there about two hours and also enjoyed taking a break at the half way point gift shop and petting area hanging out with the goats, emu and other animals as well.

Very neat experience of driving through and getting to feed wildlife. Ostriches and emus look so prehistoric up close and the giraffes are so friendly. Try to save that feed for the second half of the ride if you can! They only give one cup per car for up to six people :( The small café was a good snack stop. The children's area left a little to be desired with only goats to be brushed and a few animals to look at but that's not really what we came for anyway~ the animals throughout the park are fat and very happy to come up for food so we had a good time.