We visited today as a party of two cars (3 adults 4 kids) We were able to park a car and jump in one together. Every single staff member we encountered was so friendly and ready to explain every animal. They were very knowledgeable and engaged the kids. Bathroom by gift shop was very clean, as was gift shop. We enjoyed the variety of animals, we took our time and were there about 2 hours. The sloth experience was very cool getting to see such beautiful animals up close. We will def be telling family and friends about this gem about an hour from frisco. read more

North Texas Safari Park - Zoos Near Me - Bonham, Texas

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I can't even give this place 1 star!! This place is an absolute JOKE! Sure, the petting zoo area was nice, but do NOT go expecting a drive thru safari where you can feed the animals on the loose. There were only some deer. Everything else was caged and you can't even get close to them. The drive thru loop is smaller than my own 3 acres. We drove almost 2 hrs to see this. My husband voiced his disappointment to the owners because we had read on google that it was 1000 acres. They asked him to show them where he read it. When he did, they made the excuse that it was on Google and they didn't put that on there. The owner literally snatched my husband's phone out of his hand. When my husband got his phone back, the man told us to get the HELL off of his property. I have video if anyone would like to see!! read more

Great experience ! We took our 7, 8 and 12 yr olds and they loved it!! Animals were engaging and the staff were very informative and nice. Definitely recommend read more

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This was a wonderful experience for our family. The selection of animals were diverse and they appeared to be well taken care of. The park was well maintained and clean. The staff was friendly and knowledgeable. The kids loved seeing the kangaroos up close. We upgraded our experience by having an encounter with the lemurs. The kids were enthralled and still talk about it. I highly recommend this gem of an experience for families. read more

This safari park is AWESOME!! Part of the park you drive through, part of the park you walk through. It included SO many animals including a baby kangaroo that you could hold! Sloths you could hold and feed. Giraffes you can feed lettuce to! Red tailed lemur, tons of red kangaroos, ostrich and emus, macaws and toucans. It's really awesome!! We came through after camping and had our camper with us, but there was plenty room for us to drop the camper and drive through and hook back up afterwards. All ages are welcome! read more

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Clean facility. well cared for animals. Great experience and has the friendliest helpful staff!

While staying in McKinney, a group of us (7 adults and 2 children) packed into a car and drove 45 minutes to this park. I saw it was rated fairly well on facebook. The website wasn't working, but we decided to chance it and I am THRILLED that we did. What an amazing little gem of a place. We had a blast driving (and screaming) our way through the very small but fun little safari. We then got to walk through a kangaroo enclosure (even petting a 13 year old one), and fed some giraffes. In the gift shop, we all cuddled a baby joey and then we went to visit and feed (for no extra cost) all the rest of the animals (the camels were our favorites). This place was clean and fantastic and it felt great to give some extra money to a smaller business that obviously cares a great deal for the animals! I would DEFINITELY come back here again and again! What a GREAT experience. Thank you to all the staff for making our visit fantastic! read more

Really well done! This man and wife show is amazing! Can't imagine how much work it is to run your Safari Park, but thank you, our whole family enjoyed it! The staff is knowledgeable and friendly, and you get as much feed as you want. We enjoyed the giraffes the most and it was fun to feed them the lettuce. Yes, they let you feed them lettuce for $5 for three leaves (not three heads, three leaves - ouch!). It was interesting to see their long black tongue grab the leaf right out of your hand. The sloth was another great attraction and the perfect photo opportunity. We enjoyed the camels, kangaroos and ostrich too! Good family fun! read more

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We absolutely loved this park! It was our first time to go, and we're so glad we went. It has a small drive-through area and a somewhat bigger walk-through area. The walk-through area has plural things to do, including feeding some of the animals, and it was a great experience for our family. We will definitely go again and although it was a two hour drive for us one way. It was worth the happy adventure! read more

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Small and a little expensive.Great for little kids.The property is laid out nice and well kept.The staff are very friendly and you can tell they love the animals!The animals are well taken care of.This is a nice place for the animals to live.My favorite was feeding the giraffe and holding the baby Joey!!! read more

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Staff is super friendly. Animals appear to we very well taken care of. Every are is very clean. Doesn't take hours to see. They even have dinosaur replicas. read more

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Super cute Safari.. not too far outside of Dallas. The drive thru part is pretty short but there's still plenty of animals that will come to your cars (gazelle, water buffalo, ostriches, emu, reindeer(!), fawns, deer.... and the walk thru part is super cool and interactive. They have camels, kangaroos (moms and JOEYs), sloth (mom and baby), lemur (adult and baby), giraffe (you can purchase lettuce to feed), etc. staffs are super friendly and the owner is sooooo friendly and nice!!!! You can even hold a baby Joey inside the gift shop, and the restroom is sooooo clean. The only downside is the drive thru part is short and no food there (they do sell water and snack but make sure to pack lunch/food). But overall, we love our visit and highly recommend this place!!!! read more

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TL;DR if something goes wrong during your visit you are basically S.O.L. The purpose of this review is to share what can go wrong when you sign away all of your rights (via waiver) when entering an establishment like NTX Safari Park and the management decides they don't want to do what is right to protect the interests of its guests. As we entered the park, we were told that the gate (where you enter the drive through portion) closes in 20 seconds so to proceed through quickly with that in mind. As the gate opened and we started to proceed, our vehicle was immediately rushed by half a dozen of their animals and barricaded in. I knew that the gate closed quickly so I had 2 options: run over (and injure and/or kill) some of their animals or hope the gate had functioning sensors on it so that it wouldn't close on my vehicle. I tried honking the horn (numerous times) but the animals wouldn't move (my assumption is they are under-fed and were very hungry, it was the beginning of the day). Side note: there is a sign that says something to the effect of "don't feed the animals until you are past here" about 50 feet (on the left of the path) right after you enter the gate (we did abide by these instructions). The gate swung closed on the side of my vehicle and the commotion of this scared away the animals so we were able to proceed with this portion of the tour. After completing the drive through portion (before proceeding to the walk through portion, more on this later) I pulled over to assess the damage. I immediately went over the the entrance/ticket area (where we signed the waiver) and notified the owner (Terry). He assured me that someone would come speak with us and get our information. He also said "there are cameras everywhere so we will be able to review the footage to confirm your story". I welcomed that and said it would be very obvious what happened upon review of the video. We continued our visit and found the rest of the experience to be really enjoyable and pleasant (clean, friendly employees, etc.). When we were getting ready to leave, I went back up to the ticketing area to ask Terry what he wanted to do about this incident. He took down my information and assured me that someone would be in contact soon to "make things right". After not hearing from them for nearly a week, I called and spoke with Terry (the owner) and he said to send him an estimate for repairs and he would "get me taken care of". After sending him the estimate, he replied with a copy of the waiver I signed and the following: "Here is the waiver form you signed the day of your visit to the park. We did review the security footage of your visit and the gate happens to be in a blind spot. We  had 2 employees that saw the incident happen. They both said they didn't see any animals in front of your vehicle at the time the gate shut. You were told at the time of paying at the entrance, you would have 20 secs before the gate would shut automatically and not to stop and feed animals until you reached the sign that states feeding zone." I am sharing this for a couple reasons. #1 I think we all sign waivers but should think more about what could happen. In most cases even if we do sign a waiver like this, the owners/management will be honest, ethical, and do whats right as thats how most people are. #2. The owners of NTX Safari Park have made it clear they don't operate under these same principles/standards. Do you really want to risk something like this (or worse, you or your children are attacked by an animal) when the owners have proven that they will not act in good faith to remedy the situation? I guess that's up to you to decide. read more