Reviews of Promised Land Safari Park (Zoo)

Rachel Morgan

We didn’t have a terrible time. It was fun, but not exactly what we were expecting. We’ve been to the Gentry Wild Wilderness Safari many times and had a blast so we thought we’d give this one a shot for something new. Welllllllll, we’ll definitely be sticking to our tried and true safari park in Gentry after visiting the one in Eagle Rock today. Maybe my opinion would be different if I had never visited another safari park that had so much more to offer. Also, it didn’t help that one of the staff members was very unfriendly and raised her voice at us and rushed us out of there. Like I said though, we didn’t have an awful time, but there’s absolutely no reason for us to return.

Amanda Goetzmann

The animals are very active. I loved the petting zoo. All of the animals are well taken care of and have big habitats.

Hailey L

Used a Groupon, showed barcode from phone without printing and had zero issues. So with the money! Went in the morning on a Saturday and we were the only family at the petting zoo. Was a fun time with the grandparents while vacationing in Eureka Springs.

Chelsea Betsworth

It wasn't worth 40 dollars first of all nor the drive out of Eureka Springs. The people running it were not friendly I asked the lady a question inside and she answered me in a rude manner like I am to know what the heck is sitting in a cage under a blanket. They ask you to wash your hands before touching the animals but have no sink outside. And literally it's false advertisement when you claim to have over 100 animals and all you see are Byson, deer, emu, and oh 15 or more different kind of elk. I was seriously dissappointed and I won't recommend it to anyone I know, save your money and go to the cat refuge instead totally worth it

Kustin Mcvarty

Amazing

P. C.

Nice place to take the kids

Billi Hoyle

Loads of fun and cool animals.

Sarah Hagedorn

I took my children to the Promised Land Zoo in Eagle Rock in March 2018. Almost immediately after arrival, my son (age 11) asked a male employee what the large snakes eat. He informed my son that they eat the rabbits and guinea pigs that are also on display in the building! My son was very upset with this news. We almost left at that point, but decided to stay to hopefully see some other animals to cheer him up. We enjoyed the drive through portion. My advice to the Promised Land Zoo: 1. Feed the snakes something else OR 2. Don't tell the children.

Julio Zapata

Fun place.. enjoyed feeding the goats

Glenn Adler

Great place

Alicia Heeszel

Our son had fun, but definitely a one time thing.

Adnan Zaidi

Worth the drive

Bill Ross

Great experience-fun and interesting!!!

Tim Fenton

Friendly and well cared for, the animals here are fun to visit! Stop by soon to see the baby lemur.

Craig Barnett

Awesome! Had a Emu try to get into our car! Fallow deer will put their heads in your vehicle. Just a great experience!

Nancy Castellon

The best Zoo I have ever been. Love the fact they have the Word of God all over their location. Great friendly staff , very clean, animals are well taking care off. Love that I was able to touch the animals , I felt I was in my own Zoo.

Leslie Purdy-Hoyt

Love this place!

Hal strasner

Staff was very friendly.

Nick Anderson

Friendly staff. Call ahead for discounts. Good petting zoo area, be sure to go during a feeding, kids can bottle feed youngins there was a camel, calf and goats when we went.

Darra Cunningham

The drive through park was fun lots of animals to see and many came right up to the car. The petting zoo was to really a petting zoo. You could look at the animals from a fence that was a foot or more from the animals fence so you not pet or feed the animals. There was a cage of birds you could feed. It was ok but not worth what I paid being able to pet animals at the petting zoo would have made it worth it.

Brian D

Their website and facebook says open seven days a week, 12-4. Drove up on a thursday to find them closed at 12:30.

Ashlee McCain

We absolutely loved this place, our kids were laughing and so excited to see all the animals up close, well worth the drive and money and we will be visiting again in the future.

John S

Friendly staff an amazing animals. The Emus are hilarious, at time I thought they were gonna get into the car with us.

Jennifer Brockway

The petting zoo was disappointing as there are very few animals you actually get to touch. The kangaroos did come up to us which was awesome. The drive through part was hilarious and the kids loved it. So many animals come up to your window looking for a snack and it's hard to not feed them! The Emu stalked us the whole time which gave my kids lots of laughs.

Lana Nichole

Promised Land Zoo at Eagle Rock is a very clean, not overly crowded place to interact with animals. You can tell the animals are well cared for. We especially loved the new areas to watch lynx and serval cats and the parakeet feeding area. I do wish they had animals besides herd and farm animals, like rhinos, giraffes, or lions and tigers. For that reason I feel their admission is a bit too high, especially considering how much they charge for a cup of food. Overall, excellent place to visit. Just a little too pricey for us so we only visit every once in a great while!

Darlene Hennington

Love it

Ricky Kanna

For the amount of animals the price was considerably to much. $10 a person would be a fair price.

Bill Ramsey

This was a most amazing place. Many animals to see and interact with in the petting zoo and the parakeet paradise. The drive park itself was just as amazing. I am a newer local and plan on going back a lot!!!

Dee Post

Although they claim 30 different species, it was pretty boring for both the adults and children. We have been to many zoos across the country, but this one did not have the variety or much information about what we were looking at. The petting zoo was also a disappointment. We will not be going back.

Ligia Christensen

Most visit! I personally enjoyed, and think is worth the money! The safari through the 100 acres was fun, and a learning experience. Love the biblical signs!

Whitney DePriest

Not worth 40 bucks. False advertising. It said feed the kangargos. There were no kangaroos or signs saying they were working on an exhibit for them. There wasn't a gator or a sign that said he was in for the season. There was literally deer, camels, wolves, pigs...everything you would see a a normal petting zoo really plus a few cats. But nothing that was on the brochure. I'm sure that brochure is mostly the one in branson. No bottle feeding of babies. No lions like is showed. No wall through zoo..nothing. don't waste your money. It's too pricey for what you get

Jeremy Adams

Great place to take ur family.

Tammy Newman

Awesome place to take the kids. The staff are very helpful and nice.

Abe White

A really nice small zoo. There is a large variety of animals. The live animal show is worth sticking around for, I learned a few new things. Really ideal for younger children (age 2-5), but school age kids would also enjoy it. Plenty of shade, so a good activity for a sunny day, allow about 1-2 hours to see and experience everything.

Tiffany Livingston

Feeding the deer was amazing. Gre as t family fun and loads of laughs

Carolyn Timbs

It was not how they explane it to be. And little on the high side

Kyndal S

I love the animals

Megan Irr

Kids loved it

Kelli Rupe

Excellent for kids!

Laura Wick

This “zoo” made me very sad. A lot of the small animals were in very small enclosures void of any sort of enrichment. The coatamundis’ were in cages, no grass or anything to climb; the caracals’ were pacing and again, no toys/enrichment. There was an alligator in a concrete pool the length of his body, and there was nothing else in the enclosure. The guinea pigs inside had no water! They were banging their empty water bottles on the sides of their cages when we came in - they were also terrified when you came near their pen, I’m sure they are mishandled by people/children all day long, so it’s understandable. The drive through portion was okay, but a little underwhelming. My husband and I left a little depressed after seeing so many sad animals.

Darrick

I liked this place there are several different species of animals here. I read post that read different and there wrong. If you aren't in a hurry and drive through slow it truly is amazing to see how wild life reacts. The lady we spoke to was nice wasn't rude. I didn't feed animals but my fiancé and her mom did and they liked it. The price isn't to outrageous honestly when you compare it to tickets to see a show for $12 and there $16 to see animals and $4 for a decent size cup to feed them. I will definitely be back.

Militia Lewis

Fun place

Heidi Blackerby

More farm animals than zoo animals. I felt sorry for the 3 calfs...their bones were showing and it looked like they was starving to death.

Sara Coffer

Great time

Kelli Manley

We love it here! Animals seem happy.

Ben Mullen

More fun than a zoo. Kids loved feeding the kangaroos

Melissa Cure

This place was amazing! Loved the animals. Laughed so hard at the emus following us around.

Mr Mark

Awesome

Carrie Wunderlich

So much fun to see so the animals

Jeff steeler

Roads are in terrible condition and need fixed badly. 50% of the animals were deer

charles YOUNG

Great place friendly staff bigger than you thank

fun foods

Tourist trap. Don’t waste your money here!!! This place is dirty with sickly animals do not support.

Audrey Meadows

We absolutely love this place!!

Shane Holt

Awesome staff! My 8 year old had a blast!

Kense Woodall

We had a great time there. The animals all look very well taken care of. Definitely worth going to!!

don gato

Beautiful place you get to have contact with a lots of animals

Amanda Turner

Had a fun experience bottle feeding a camel! Then the drive through the park was nice and serene. Many of the deer would come up to the car and eat out of our hands. Worth the money, would highly recommend.

Cody Hall - GrindStone

I loved it here. Price was a little steep I thought but overall it was definitely a great experience. My wife and I were driving through Eagle Rock and passed one of their signs. We thought it would be a great spur of the moment date so we pulled in. There were quite a few animals to see and feed. And we were able to get some wonderful pictures through it too. If you take your time you can spend easily an hour and a half or so here.

Kevin Robinson

Loved it here, animals came right to the truck and all animals very friendly as well as staff.

Chase Silzer

I enjoyed it, my cousin cried every time he saw a bird, but I didn't

Marcia Church

They had baby Ringtaled Lemurs so it could have just been that and I would have loved it, but they also had kangaroos and some pushy goats (lol) and we spent about an hr just doing the drive through part. Best part was they had a groupon! So that was nice!

Emma Gollehon

I went on the ultimate excursion and it is well worth it! The animals are all so cute and you can tell they love the zookeepers and everyone working with them. The 1 on 1 meet and greets were fantastic, the sloths are great and the lemurs are hilarious. I especially loved the drive through feeding experience. I am more than happy to give my money to a place that not only is family owned, but treats their animals right and actually rescues most of the ones that are there. I recommend this place to anyone who is thinking about visiting!

Lori Wilkins

Defintley not worth the money. I was very disappointed. The small "petting zoo" was terrible as all the animals were in cages and you couldnt even get to them. Its not a petting zoo. I seen one staff the whole time. The animals in the drive through were even incased so they couldnt come up to the car and I might add that really its just an overload of Deer, like 95% of the zoo is deer. Which wouldn't be a problem if they made that clear. I just feel like there brochures and advertisements are false

Morphine2U

Nice place. Decent price. Decent variety of animals on the safari as well as the letting area. Friendly staff. It is very obvious that the free roaming animals on the safari part are feed by the visitors passing through, even though there are several signs saying not to feed them. So be prepared for the animals to come directly to your car windows searching for food.

Miranda Bush

Feeding the birds was so cute! The petting zoo was pretty typical: rabbits, guinea pigs, goats, mini horses, and the less typical kangaroos. The drive around portion was iffy. You have to go around a whole grassy field of nothing before you even see an animal. There is an amusing herd animal, whose name I can't recall, that is VERY vocal!

Stephanie Howerton

Great day trip. So much to see.

justin motha f#cking mccarty

Great atmosphere

Robert

Great place to visit. Loved seeing all the animals. Would recommend this place to anyone.

Frank Emma

Great drive thru park

Mike Crawford

Great place to visit for the kids lots of animals to see and very friendly people my kids had a great time feeding the animals .

Nancy Crabtree

Several animals had no water , or food tooooo hot to not have water..

Frank Nellen

Great little zoo, friendly staff. Kids enjoyed the interaction with the animals. We didn't get to see the safari but kept them busy for 2 hours

Abby Ziemer Malone

Hmmm, lot of mixed things to say. Took my daughter here for a little vacation a few months after my husband died unexpectedly. As I was concluding my trip I went back to the door and stood there calling my daughter who was playing in the Kangaroo. The owners son bolted past me from behind out the door and knocked a $2500 lens out of my hand that landed face down on the concrete. The dad yelled at him to apologize. He did and then the dad went outside after him while I stood there trying to pry the cap off my lens that broke and got jammed in it. The kids mother I assume said "I didn't see anything" and I dont know where she ended up, but not 1 person came to ask me if my lens was ok or showed any concern. I took it over to the counter and proceeded to check on it a few more minutes and pry the cap off. Still no one said anything. I am not mad a the child. I know kids do stuff and accidents happen. But a parents responsibility as a business owner, which I am myself, is to take care of the customers not run off, especially when its obvious by size alone it's an expensive lens. I guess they're more concerned with having to pay for it than whether it's broken or anything else, b/c no one bothered to ask. The animals indoors have a bit to be desired. The cockatoo's beak Is way overgrown, but maybe it's a rescue and came like that. the rabbits dont have a way to see out or anything and one of the cockroaches had escaped, which didnt bother me other than maybe the enclosure isn't well sealed. When we went outside there was a black rabbit (obviously domesticated species) sitting with the turtle so it somehow got out as well. I tried to catch it to bring it back to the owner but it escaped. I'm sure it'll meet a poor fate outdoors. Maybe there is better care needed to protect the indoor animals from escaping outdoors. The parakeet center is very nice and that was a fun experience. The outdoor drive is nice. The animals have great space and have adequate room. They came up to the car and were all really really nice. My daughter had fun. I'll have to test the lens when I get back to make sure it works.

Ann Courtney

We've visited in the past, and we love it. We went on a weekday, and it was much less crowded. Although the facility is not new, the pastures are spacious, and the animals appear to be calm and well-fed, with healthy coats. It would be a good idea to bring binoculars, as the animals may be at the far end of a paddock. Also, the llamas and emus are very sneaky and will try to reach past you to eat directly out of the food cups! The petting zoo is delightful. Not all of the animals may be petted, such as the lemurs, porcupines, and prairie dogs, but being in close proximity to them is still wonderful. The lemurs had three babies, who were so tiny and lovely! There are commonplace creatures, such as goats, geese, burros, and guinea pigs, but there are also capybaras and kangaroos! I learned that the capybaras don't enjoy head scratches, preferring instead to receive soft pats on their very long, soft upper lips. The roos liked head scratches and neck pats. Finally, I went into the parakeet room. The little birds will congregate at one end of the room and wait until one brave one begins eating the peanut butter from your stick. Then they will begin gently scuffling for a turn at it. They'll nibble every speck of it away! We'll definitely go back.

Carla Fessler

We get to the zoo and find first of all, they have no food for visitors to feed the animals. We then go through the walking part to find that the conditions were awful. I get that it is incredibly hot but the grass was overgrown and the water bowls were brown and disgusting. We then went through the drive through part and there were animals that we felt looked sick and weak. We were here a few years ago and loved it. I’m worried about the conditions.

Jacinda Purtle

Loved it, animals were very well taken care of, emu were very friendly and so were the deer. Hope to visit again soon

Robin Gaines

Love, love love it!!!

tracey flaherty

Loved it!!! Clean, well taken care of, animals looked well taken care of. Employees were very friendly! Grandkids had a good time !! Thank you

Kevin Gauthier

Nice zoo! Kangaroos were awesome!

Julie S.

Such friendly staff, loved that we could really take our time and enjoy the animals. Kids and us loved our time here great family fun.

Charlene Reed

Very friemdly peeps

Justin Hall

Great price and good laughs!!

Steven Walker

This is a drive thru zoo that some animals can come right up to your car. Most animals are behind fencing but you can feed them the new bird exhibit is amazion tons of birds fly right up too you and you can feed them with a stick

Brian Walters

Really nice drive through park

Mev G

Fun place to be for any age group. Loved the interaction we had with knowledgeable staff esp. Diana. Will be back again!

Raphael Rajkumar

Great place to bring kids. There is a petting zoo and drive through.

Kevin Weathers

Fantastic! The staff was very professional and treated me like family! They truly love animals and want their guests to learn all about a wide variety of animals species. Both Zoos were amazing and I can't wait to visit again!

Brent Hill

Nice but $80 to drive thru was high to me.

Catherine Solf

We took the kids expecting them to be able to interact with the animals. By petting zoo, they mean through the fences. There was no bottle feeding, the cages looked in disrepair and desperately needed cleaned up. The drive thru portion was ok except a good portion of the animals seem to be sick or something as their hair was very patchy. There were no bison that we could see, not enough grass for the animals to graze on, way to many deer, and roads are in need of repair. The only animal that could come up close was the emu. The rest were fenced in away from road. This place was much better in 2009 when we took the kids, but now I would recommend saving your money. Before the owner says that I'm wrong or wasn't at their park, I can assure you we were. It takes a lot for me to leave a negative review, and this was enough.

Sharon Barnes

My husband and I got the senior's price for a little over $12 each. Staff were friendly and helpful. Animals clean and had a lot of space. We opted not to go to the petting zoo area and just did the drive through. While there were lots of animals I felt the variety was small. While we did see a few wolves, don't expect to see other predatory animals there. If you know that going in, it might be just your cup of tea.

Tim Nixon

5/6/18 56 dollars for a family of four. All that was it there was goats and emu. Horrible time and waste of money. No Buffalo's it was horrible.

Wes Viddaurri

Loved it!

Jürgen Eissner

Fira Children ok....

Michael D

Great place

Carrie Sutton

Great place! I guess most of the animals are rescues.

Jason Sutton

Definitely the highlight of our day. We wanted to drive thru again. We will be back and let our family and friends know about this place.