A fun small-medium sized zoo than you can walk through in about two hours. The giraffe enclosure was nice that you could get so up close with them. We didn't do the drive thru area since they were busy with field trips. The gift shop is a lot cheaper than larger zoos. read more

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As I was passing through I stopped in to find out more about this place. You can see some of the animals from the road. The lady was very nice and it was quite busy. She explained to me that they had a walking tour as well as a drive through. They even give you buckets of food so you can feed the animals, apparently they come right up to you. I didn't take the tour but she invited me to continue to take a look around. Everyone looked like they were enjoying themselves and I didn't hear any wild animals on the loose. Maybe next time I'll take the drive through tour, if things go wrong I know I can't outrun an animal but I can certainly out drive one. read more

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Love animal drive thru safaris. Great experience. We went on a Monday which was less crowded and more animals come to the car. The only thing I didn't like was the buffalo kept chasing the zebras away from the car lol. The walk thru was very neat as well, sloths were very active and you can feed animals thru the fence. Right now they even have a baby black swan which is so cute. read more

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We had our company bbq picnic at the zoo. The management and associates were so helpful setting up tables and chairs and always checking in with us. Our employees and their families were given wristbands to ensure they are with our company and they got to walk through the zoo exhibits. All of the kids (me too) enjoyed the exhibits from the sloths, parrots and cockatoos, monkeys, Pygmy goats, mini horses, giraffe, etc. they do have a car or tour where you can take your car and see the buffalos out further on the property. Plenty of fun for the kids/adults with the slides, see saws, activities and more. Great fun and educational as well. read more

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We stumbled across this place and what an awesome surprise it was. Great family fun. Highly recommend checking it out and supporting them.

Two bus loads of field trip 2nd graders with teachers & many parent chaperones in our group. Another Academy came earlier & left at lunchtime. This staff was amazing. The animals love the people! Our guide, (the animals loved him), was very helpful letting the kids be kids. Only 1 bandaid needed. Brought my grand 3 years ago, be sure to get a bucket of food for the animals! read more

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Sheila and her staff were amazing! We had so much fun feeding the buffalo, Cherokee. His friends, the camel, mini ponies, and zebras were some highlights too. We will definitely be back!! read more

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A really fun way to experience animals, up close & personal from the comfort of your own vehicle. We'll definitely be back!

My Girlfriend and I rode out from Wisconsin and stopped at Tupelo Buffalo park and zoo. What an amazing place, everyone that works there genuinely loves all those animals and the hospitality shown to us was amazing. We will definitely be back. read more

Very clean and well-maintained. Playground eq was being power washed in the late morning. Animals well-cared for and very approachable. We brought a 2 year old and she enjoyed it as much as the 3 adults! read more

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It was okay. Very few animals to feed. Not sure if we came at a bad time or what but most of the animals were in pastures away from the road. It didn't feel like you got what you paid for. It was a clean facility though. read more

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Had so much fun and resly Clean place for young kids and the owner and employees are realy kind and helpful

Drive through feeding was awesome. This park exceeded our expectations. Kids loved feeding the large animals read more

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Loved it! The drive was a bit shorter than expected but the llama I named Lewis made up for it! Definitely recommend getting at least 2 buckets of food! read more

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This place is absolutely amazing. So many animlas to see and feed. They have a petting zoo and a safari park were you can feed the animals through your car. read more

Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo - Zoos Near Me - Tupelo, Mississippi

This place is awesome! The VIP tour is worth every penny and highly recommended. The driver was very knowledgeable and so friendly. We stopped in just to pass some time before we could check into our hotel and I am sooo glad we did. I think anyone of any age will love this. We will definitely be back. read more

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I first visited the Buffalo Park in the early 2000s. It was around the time they received the white buffalo they named Tukota. According to the National Bison Association, white buffalo are extremely rare and occur in about one in every 10 million births. Tukota died in 2011 from wounds obtained in a fight with other buffalo. Wth? Why, if something is so rare, would it be kept in general population with much larger, more dominant males? I know they are a herd animal, but why not keep him with females or smaller males? But I digress. There is a variety of animals in the petting zoo. You can get a bag of feed in the shop for $1.00 and contains enough to feed several animals. There are other animals that can be seen on your walk through the zoo, but cannot be touched. Bandit the Black Bear, Kiki the African Lion, Ozzie the Ball Python, Oliver the Capuchin Monkey, and Gypsy the Cougar and more popular animals for viewing. When you walk up the steps and onto the catwalk (on your way to the birds) is the best chance to see the giraffes. They like to walk up to you eye-to-eye and get a handout from your feed bag. On the bus tour you can see the buffalo, zebras, camel, yak, as well as many other animals. The tour includes a greeting from Joe the Camel, Tall Boy & Patches the Giraffes (they'll even eat out of your hand!) and possible appearances from Zeke & Zelda the Zebras. A giraffe has poked their head inside the door of the bus before. These are only a couple of the interesting things that you will encounter while on the Monster Bison Bus. They stop the bus and feed the buffalo so you can get up close and really appreciate the size of the animals. A trip to this zoo is much easier (for me anyway) than going to Memphis. The drive is easier, less crowded. Sure, you won't get to experience water animals and others as you do in Memphis, but I am happy with that. There are annual events such as their Pumpkin Patch and the Pow Wow dancers. Admission $11.00 Children Under 2 years Free Senior Citizens (65 years or older) $9.00 Bison Tour Bus/Open-air Trolley: Per Person $3.00 The last ride goes out 1 hour before closing. They both use the same route. The bus has monster truck tires and just looks cool and seats are more comfy than hard ones on the trolley. They offer trail rides and extras and the pricing is on their site http://www.tupelobuffalopark.com/rates.html read more

Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo - View from the catwalk. That is a really tall building but photos don't do justice on the height of the animal. - Zoos Near Me - Tupelo, Mississippi

A great place for the family to enjoy animals! It has two parts: you can do the safari-kind of experience from your vehicle and feed the animals (llamas, buffalos, zebras, cows, emus, many more) pretty cool. Animals come to you and they look very healthy, happy and well taken care of. The other part is a walkable zoo with all sorts of animals. Again, the animals look good, the place is clean and you can feed some of them too. A great experience. read more

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Not only the birthplace of Elvis, Tupelo, MS, also is home to some zebra. And giraffe. And a bunch of buffalo. Surprising to find these exotic animals in 'lil ole Tupelo - but at the Tupelo Buffalo Park, where they have buffalo for sale, they figured they may as well turn it into a park, too. On the tour you'll board a converted school bus, make a stop to get out and feed some of the furry creatures. The guide had a lovely Southern drawl that fit the park atmosphere and a ton of helpful info on the animals. There's also a 'walk thru' portion of the park, where you'll get to feed goats, but more excitingly, giraffes!! They had a small giraffe family (mom, dad and baby), and you must buy a bag of feed to get the experience of a slimy giraffe saliva as you feed 'em! As far as they know, Tall Boy, the male, is the tallest in the US at over 17 feet! For the 'lil guys (um, under 60 lbs.) there's the classic pony ride. In the summer, they also have horse trail rides for us folk that weigh in a bit above 60 lbs. According to our guide, the summer months bring crowds of people and fall/spring get the school field trip traffic. A pretty cool (and random) attraction for Tupelo! read more

Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo - Zoos Near Me - Tupelo, Mississippi

I saw the cutest zebra, however, I had entered the park illegally - truth be told. I just love playing tourist and when I saw the side gate open - I said what the heck? Maybe I can just drive through this area. Little did I know I would come eye to eye with a fun little Zebra. He stared me down and then started following my car up the road. Then as I decided to continue my adventure to find some giraffs, I came head-to-head with a tram. He kindly came out of the tram and told me to turn myself around and check in with the front office. That was the end of my self guided tour! :) read more

I wish things were a little better. This year's trip was a bit sadder than some of my past year's trips. Tall Boy passed away in January. They say natural causes but I know he and Patches had just recently lost another baby giraffe. Joe the camel has a ligament injury and is laying out in pasture on pain shots. Kiki the lion has cancer, complete with draining shoulder tumor leaving her laying comfortably in the corner of her cage. Tukota has been gone for some years now. Her stuffed head hangs in the gift shop. :-/ I'm glad the park can at least afford vet care for the animals, so that they are all comfortable, but this was not what I was expecting when I brought my two and five yr old today. read more

Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo - Zoos Near Me - Tupelo, Mississippi

An unexpected place to find so many exotic animals! Monkeys, a female lion, kangaroo, giraffes, fennec fox, eland, zebras, yak, water buffalo, camel, emperor crane, llamas, zedonk/zonkey, wallaby, and the list goes on. They also have more native-type animals like ground hogs, coyotes, alligators, porcupine, geese, chickens, etc. Quite a few of the animals seemed to be pregnant or just gave birth. A lot of zebras and a giraffe were expecting, and the peacock, some cows, and a pony had just given birth/hatched eggs. So, I guess there will be more to see the next time, lol. I'm curious about the peacock, because it seems like there was only one of them and I'm wondering if it bred with a goose or something, lol. They also had a bird/parrot house and a reptile exhibit that seemed newer. Cool snakes (HUGE) and iguanas. Note about the trolley and bus rides: You don't pick your ride if it's a 'slow' day. You don't have to buy feed for the animals on the trolley/bus ride, IT IS INCLUDED. They will drive through the open land, then make a stop at a 'feed station' where they park the vehicle inside some fences and you get to feed whatever animals come up to you. For us, it was some buffalo, a longhorn cow, a camel, and a wack. (Don't know what a wack is? Ask them what happened to get one of those, lol.) read more

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We stayed in our car the whole visit. We bought buckets of food to feed the animals from our car. It was really fun to feed the animals and see them up close. We saw Bison,Zebra,Camels,Emu and Ostrich to name a few. The animals were well behaved. This is a great outing for a couple or family. read more

This place was a great stop to stretch our legs and feed the animals. A good assortment of animals and really close viewing areas by foot. Inexpensive and so worth the stop. The $3 feed bucket fed ALL the animals and then some. We took a second walk around to finish our bucket off. They have nice shaded areas, lots of stops to sit along the walkways, and I was most impressed by all the climbing and playground equipment for little humans. read more

A bit of a drive from Memphis but totally worth it. Lots of animals to look out. A large playground area for children to run around in. My son particularly liked feeding the giraffe. Plus if you take the ride around the Buffalo area you get to feed them. Pack a lunch and make a full day of it. Great for kids and adults alike. read more

Great place! Take the tour, feed the giraffes and look at all of the animals. We came when they opened thinking they would be busy but the crowds we not bad at all. All of the employees were amazing friendly! I thought it would take us all day to look at everything and play but we spent about 3 hours here and got to experience it all. Very happy with everything here and my kids learned a lot about some animals they hadn't seen before and had so much fun they are still talking about it a week later! read more

We had the best time! We evacuated from Florida due to hurricane Irma to be with family in Mississippi and we spent the day here. Everyone there was sweet and very knowledgeable about all the animals! We are definitely going to come back...hopefully we can come back for the pumpkin patch and corn maze! Thank you all at Buffalo Park for blessing us with a great time! read more

It was interesting to see the wild animals up close but I found it rather disturbing to see the ribs of the Buffalo and how very skinny they were. read more

When we first went past it, we were beginning to get disappointed from the outside view but once you get inside, then it is really amazing.You can buy bags of feed for the animals which is a lovely thing to be able to do along with seeing them. They have names that you can actually see on their homes. The staff is wonderful. The experience you get from feeding the animal and petting them won't be forgotten. Snow was absolutely adorable for us with her handler. The Bison tour is a nice ride while you listen to the guide tell you lots of things you may not know or just let it slip. He does wonderfully letting you feed the animals. Their events sound great and well worth coming out to join in. I highly encourage anyone who has not been to make time to do so or if you have already been, then continue to visit them. A wonderful find and one you aren't likely to forget. read more

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Terrible. Most of it is what you would imagine a small broke zoo going out of business would look like. Concrete and metal cages oh my! Recently on a trip to their annual pumpkin patch all the pumpkins were rotten and the owners were surprisingly rude, "tough luck!" A young man who worked for them felt so bad he offered to refund us out of his own pocket on the sly. Please avoid this hokey trap. They can keep allowing the zebras and buffalo to range in the open and we can all admire them from Jackson extended or Coley Road, but do not waste money by stepping foot on their property. (PS - Notice how most of their glowing reviews come from people who have made many many reviews. AND notice how the negative ones come from people who are not paid to review but are just breaking down and refusing to let such a bad experience "slide".) read more

We had a great time loved seeing all the animals and being able to get up close to a lot of them.. my all time favorite was the Tigers my daughters was the little pigmy goat ....and my husbands was the giraffe the staff there was wonderful just loved the whole experience read more

This is a great place to take the entire family. I'm pretty sure that even the grandparents would enjoy this! I did as a parent! It was around $50 for my family of four (our two year old was free- children 2 & under are free) to tour the buffalo park, go on the bison tour, two bags of feed, and a pony ride for my two year old. It was a great way to spend a beautiful day! The bison tour guide was so great to listen to & very well informed on the animals and their history. The staff were friendly, and facilities were very clean. I can't wait to take the kids back! read more

Well we were really disappointed, we spent a lot of time building this place up to our grandchildren and well all the animals looked in poor condition, the white tiger was limping in a tiny cage, the buffalo looked thin and one looked like it was sick the zebras looked well, but it looks like they are on their last leg...The people who worked there were great and very knowledgeable, but after an hr we left and were really concerned about the health of these poor animals, anyway the park looks like they need help. Definitely not worth the money. I really wanted it to be great. read more

Best place to spend your day and to work. Awesome bosses and co workers who care , Sheila,Redah and Jesse are the best. Gift shop has something for everyone. Tupelo's littles secret. . read more

We visited the park and do not regret it! All the workers in the park were very nice and very helpful in the explanations. Being able to feed and touch some of the animals was a great experience. A great thanks to the buffalo tour driver who tried so hard to call the buffalo over that decided they weren't going to listen. Another worker was able to attract the other animals over and allowed for us to experience them as well. Joe the camel was a pleasant experience to feed. I'd highly recommend this place! read more