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So much fun and some great education for myself and the kids. Our guide, Luxe, was very nice and informative. We enjoyed the animal encounters as well.
This place is definitely worth the visit!
Our tour guides name was Alexander and he was fantastic, knew so many interesting facts about the animals, in particular the alligators and crocodiles.
You take a short walk around the the enclosures where you can go in and feed the tortoises it was an amazing experience you can even feed the alligators which was fantastic you can interact with almost everything at no extra cost…definitely remember your bug spray!
Our tour guides name was Alexander and he was fantastic, knew so many interesting facts about the animals, in particular the alligators and crocodiles.
You take a short walk around the the enclosures where you can go in and feed the tortoises it was an amazing experience you can even feed the alligators which was fantastic you can interact with almost everything at no extra cost…definitely remember your bug spray!
Alexander was our tour guide today, great knowledge of all the exhibits, can answer any question you throw at him with confidence. Great way to end our trip to florida with a really exciting tour would recommend to anyone who's in the area 😀
I had an amazing experience at Croc Encounters. I would like to personally thank Alexander (the expert tour guy) for answering all my questions, my family's, and everyone else in the group. Thank you for making our experience so much fun and educational. We learned so much about these animals!
During the tour we got to hold a snake and a small alligator.
We also fed a lot of medium size alligators and interacted with big turtles!
This place is a local GEM! I would encourage anyone to go visit!
During the tour we got to hold a snake and a small alligator.
We also fed a lot of medium size alligators and interacted with big turtles!
This place is a local GEM! I would encourage anyone to go visit!
Extremely informative. Was a lot of fun feeding the tortoises and alligators ( pellets) and the kids had a great time! Only thing I would add would be some fans along the boardwalks were they stand and talk once they're able to. Support your local wildlife rescue and help them get there!
They do 4 tours a day.
They do 4 tours a day.
Was an amazing time! I enjoyed it just as much as the kids did. Our tour guide was so informational and amazing. I’d recommend this to any reptile lover. Such a great place! Keep up the great work!!!!
It’s small but worth it if you like a personal touch! We were skeptical when we first arrived but it all worked out perfectly. After tickets were purchased over the phone,Alexander was an excellent guide. He was passionate, friendly and very patient while my 4 year old ran around exploring. It’s not what I expected but it felt so intimate everyone in our family enjoyed it. We feed the tortoises and held the snake and baby alligator 🐊. Total time there 90 minutes. Bring water and use the bathroom before and you’ll have no worries. 👍🏽
Croc Encounters is a great little tour facility with lots of varieties of reptiles to observe. Tour guide Alexander was a wonderful facilitator and was very knowledgeable about every animal we encountered, he even had answers to every question that we had so he really knows his stuff. We got to hold Crocs and snakes which he demonstrated for us very well so there's nothing to fear. The facility itself is in a bit of disrepair and could be renovated a bit, but after taking the tour it's definitely a great place to donate to in its cause to preserving the wildlife of Florida. Would recommend for a relatively cheap activity for families, it's $45 per person and $99 total for groups of 3 or 4, so we got in for a good price and all had a great time!
What an incredible tour! We were a party of six and spent to much time with the giraffes. They are so unique and graceful.
Zebras, giraffes, rhinos! So many animals roaming around. If you ride the train it will stroll through the middle of the grounds where the animals are not gated in but they tend to not get close to the train...except for the lovely emu/ ostrich (not sure what kind of bird it was) that came to say hello. 😊
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This Safari is worth the extra cost, especially if you have annual passes (because you get a discount).
The giraffes 🦒 are incredible and so gentle, and cute! My family truly loved this one of a kind experience. We have done safari’s before (in Animal Kingdom and in Maryland). This one is our new favorite!
The giraffes 🦒 are incredible and so gentle, and cute! My family truly loved this one of a kind experience. We have done safari’s before (in Animal Kingdom and in Maryland). This one is our new favorite!
You get on a beautiful train and ride through the beautiful area. You will see many animals freely walking around.
I absolutely love animals, especially the big cats! The cheetahs were out to see, but the lion was hiding behind bushes, and the tiger was sleeping in his cave, keeping cool. I was kinda disappointed I didn't get to see Tiger and Lion, but I understand cats. All they do is sleep all day, mainly and up at night. Take me anywhere to see animals, and I'm there other than snakes and spiders, not in love with them, but I will respect distancing myself from them just don't come in my house! 😊 As you can see, I have cousins of the big cats, much smaller as well. The ginger color is Ozzy, and the grey color is Jagger. I had to throw in my domesticated cats just for some humor as too much seriousness in this world as well as negativity 😄 I hope you all enjoy the photos, and if you visit Busch Gardens, enjoy your day as much as I did.
This is what I remember first when I think about our visit to Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay.
Wasn't bad,but also wasn't worth the price. The guides were nice and knowledgeable and did their best, but the heat was oppressive, the animals smart enough to stay in the shade, more or less immobile as we stood on a flatbed truck and drove through. I don't think our group was that big, but it felt tight especially at the giraffe feeding. Couldn't maneuver much, take a pic, feed the giraffes, stay out of other guest photos and avoid a stray tongue looking for more lettuce. Again, wasn't bad,but wasn't the highlight we were hoping it would be.
Amazing time today
Such a fun experience. We learned about Miso (this little African Penguin) from his sweet keeper Megan. He’s 3 and just molted! He was so dense and soft to pet and we learned ALOT. Definitely worth the price!
Oh my gosh, this was the best add on for your Busch gardens experience, our tour guide was animated, fun and knowledgeable. We actually got more up close than I was expecting and the experience was exactly what we were hoping for on our trip. 💯 Recommend!
My fiancé thought she was afraid of birds but she wanted to go in and we left having that be our best memory! She loves birds now!! It’s a truly magical experience you get you feed birds and I personally held 8 on me is quite special. Highly recommend!! Love Busch Gardens 🥰
Omg lovely and exciting experience, absolutely a must! I’m pretty sure they change the variety of birds every now and then, but for sure always a great time to check what’s new at lory landing. Great opportunity for memorable pictures and videos, funny to see the birds doing their thing, they look quite used to humans around them.
Always a great time here 💛
Always a great time here 💛
Love it. Use to work there when I was 14 still awesome after fifty years ago.
It was definitely worth the price. Got super close with a lot of the animals. Also, getting to feed the giraffes was pretty cool. Lisa was a great tour guide! My only complaint would be sometimes I wish we had stopped in one spot longer, but I also understand time restraints are thing.
Nice area for the orangutans. We only saw one though.
Great day out seeing all the animals and the kids absolutely loved it .
Nice if you like birds sometimes they come to you if they are hungry otherwise they stay high note they are animals so don't get mad if you spend the money on food and they aren't hungry but the guides usually tell you ahead of time
Really cool if you're into birds 👍