A Jewel of an Animal Park near Springfield, MO

Dates & Hours

• Wild Animal Safari in Strafford, MO is open everyday, year round, except for Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
• Park opens 10am and closes at 5pm. Last Drive Thru admission is at 4pm.
• We strongly recommend arriving at least 2 hours before close so that your party has the opportunity to see the entire park.

About

• Require a minimum purchase of 15 tickets
• For groups of 50+, please call our office to book tickets at 417-859-5310.
• Field Trips and Tax Exempt Groups email groups.mo@parksamerica.com for tickets starting at $10/student

What's Included

"Wild Animal Safari™, the Nation’s Best Drive-Thru Animal Parks, is your destination for family fun. The Wild Animal Safari - Strafford™ theme park, celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2021, allows family generations to get closer to nature and enjoy a unique animal safari adventure. The 350-acre animal safari park is the ideal place to meet incredible and unique animal species while spending quality time with family and friends …generating fond memories that will last a lifetime. The park is packed with scenic views, dozens of animal species, and fantastic, knowledgeable Zookeepers. Thrilling experiences are waiting for you at Wild Animal Safari – Strafford™, the largest wild animal safari park in Missouri.

There are two main attractions in experiencing the Wild Animal Safari -Strafford™ theme park. The Drive-Thru Safari and Walkabout Adventure Zoo™ attractions allow you to meet and feed many wild animals up close and personal. The animals are sociable, and you may be slobbered on if you are too close.

Drive-Thru Safari

Meet hundreds of animals from the comfort of your own vehicle. The Drive-Thru Safari adventure is a 5-mile ride that allows you to come face-to-face with more than 65 species of animals on a 350-acre nature park, including elk, water buffalo, and wildebeest running free. Tigers, hyenas, and zebras, and hundreds of other wild animals in their natural habitat are just a few of the animals that you’ll see on your wild animal safari! This is truly a fun family experience for visitors of all ages.

The Drive-Thru Safari lets you tour the park at your own pace. Being so close to the animals brings out the inner child in all of us, setting the stage for a memorable experience full of laughter and fun for all ages.

Walkabout Adventure Zoo

The Walkabout Adventure Zoo™ allows you to meet the animals in a zoo-like setting. Stretch your legs and make friends with our resident Bengal tigers, African lions, peacocks, exotic birds, lemurs, monkeys, and much more.

Animal Encounters

If you love all things exotic animals, animal encounters are the perfect place to experience and reconnect with the awe of the wild side first hand. Wild Animal Safari offers several unique experiences that educate, engage and create memorable moments between people and animals. Our encounters are up-close experiences that allow guests to enjoy the thrill of wild animals first hand.

Our close encounters inspire participants to take a lifelong interest in conservation and the natural world. But they’re also just plain fun! A perfect opportunity for animal lovers, nature enthusiasts and adventurers. Add an encounter to your cart along with your general admission ticket at checkout!