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Jungle Adventures A Real Florida Animal Park

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Jungle Adventures A Real Florida Animal Park
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390 reviews
#9 of 13 things to do in Christmas
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9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Monday
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sunday
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
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Jungle Adventures, A Real Florida Animal Park is the natural habitat jungle home of our rare Florida Panthers, Black Bears, Wolves, White-Tailed Deer, Tropical Birds, Reptiles, Mammals, and other critters. When you enter this timeless old Florida Hidden Treasure attraction on a journey into a lost world that time forgot. SEE, HEAR, SMELL AND FEEL OLD, REAL FLORIDA. Live Guided Tours include a Hands On Wildlife Presentation where you get to hold a juvenile American Alligator, a Native American/Old Florida Village Presentation learning how Florida's 1st Settlers survived in the area, a Gator Feeding - watch our guides hand feed the larger gators in the park,and our Jungle Swamp Cruise, a 15 minute, in park pontoon boat ride on our Green Gator River, home to over 50 large (9 to 14 foot) alligators. Once you complete your guided tour, you are able to walk at your leisure and see the animals that we have on exhibit that include lemurs, monkeys, crocodiles, caimans, Florida Panthers/Cougars and variety of other interesting animals including over 200 alligators in various areas.
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Collene V
3 contributions
Loved this place!
Mar 2022
This place is awesome! It is a small zoo with many cool animals and also has at least 150 alligators and they were everywhere! My husband and I got to hold a baby alligator, a parrot and a snake. The young lady who took us around the zoo was the best! She made us feel very comfortable holding the animals and she knew so much about all of the animals including their names! I highly recommend this place! Give yourself at least 3 hours here. We went at about 3:30 in the afternoon and it closes at 5;30. We got to see all of the animals but I could have stayed much longer.
Written March 7, 2022
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timothyv307
Santee, CA7 contributions
Worth a visit
Jun 2022 • Family
This is a hardscrabble 1960’s roadside attraction. The animals seem well cared for and content in more than adequate enclosures. It ain’t the San Diego Zoo after all. The “do it all” tour guide fed the gators, drove the boat and gave the show presentations. She was knowledgeable and a bit abrasive but that just fit the place perfectly. That is duckweed in the swamp not algae. It is a perfect medium for the gators to thrive in. I know more about gators and Native Americans than I did before. Beware of the sulphur water smell. It is strong in the front of the park but backs off as you move along. Be sure to check out the wolf hybrid mom and son!
Written June 26, 2022
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Rangila
Jacksonville, FL48 contributions
Well Informed Guides
Jun 2020
You can see the entire park in a couple of hours. It is larger than it appears from the road. We visited as a family (ages ranging from 84 to 26) and enjoyed feeding the animals with inexpensive food purchased in the gift shop. You slide the food down a tube to the animals. One of the macaques gets very excited to receive peanuts! Baby alligators are fed from a gadget resembling a fishing pole - lots of fun. It's a safe way to allow guests to interact with the animals and reduce risk of negative experiences for the animals. Guides often walked up while we visited different exhibits and spoke to us about the animals. It made the visit even more enjoyable to learn about the animals' personalities and origins. We attended the animal talk and alligator feeding. Our guide (maybe Lauren or Lori??) was friendly, helpful, and extremely knowledgeable. The animal talk also gives you a chance to get up close and personal to some of the smaller animals. The animals are obviously loved and appear to be well cared for by their keepers. Honestly, I grew up in Florida and have visited the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine and Gatorland numerous times - And I still learned a lot about alligators! I am giving four stars instead of five for one important reason: the wooden walkway is uneven and problematic for the elderly to navigate. Good value.
Written June 23, 2020
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Kim N
85 contributions
A fun adventure
Dec 2022
This was an excellent experience. The staff were all very helpful and were great with the animals. The alligator feeding show was really well done, and I learned that alligators know their names. They take great care of the animals, which was nice to see.
Written December 14, 2022
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R_Choiniere
Maine212 contributions
What a bundle of fun for such a cheap price.
Oct 2022
This was so funny and fun. The proprietors are humorous and informative. It was a history lesson relating to Native Americans of Florida and a local wildlife lesson .It came with a boat ride in a small part of the tributaries , a feeding show of the Alligators who are all named and answer to their names and a show of some rescue animals who appear happy and well cared for . It can fill the better part of 2 hours . We were trying to stay away from the costly parks and do something really Floridian and this was great. Some gators were so big I thought they were fake till I saw them leaping in the air to get a snack ...I never knew alligators could jump. It was exciting and a bit amazing.
Written October 30, 2022
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Karen C
Winter Haven, FL139 contributions
A Roadside Attraction Not to Be Missed
Aug 2021 • Couples
If you want to visit an attraction off the beaten path, then Jungle Adventures is for you. We arrived right when the place opened and were greeted warmly. Lori gave us a personal tour, because we were the only ones there early. Lori was informative, humorous and let us hold a baby alligator, snake and even a tarantula! We got to see a rare skunk that was not black and white, but cinnamon colored. We enjoyed seeing all the animals, especially the Florida panther. We also went on the jungle cruise and saw many alligators. As a special treat, a swamp rat jumped on the boat and ran towards me and then jumped off the boat again. It was awesome! We had a great time!
Written August 21, 2021
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Tammy L
3 contributions
A beautiful day in REAL florida !
May 2021 • Family
A wonderful place for your whole family!
If you love the beautiful natural scenery of florida, but don’t want to walk aimlessly through uncharted territory than this is the place to go!
It has all the real feel of old florida with the added beauty of education from handlers who dedicate their lives to the animals on the property.
You can see that they work hard and are salt of the earth people who take their time to teach, talk, and share their passion with you.
My favorite part of the whole experience is that you get that one on one time with the animal educators and ambassadors, unlike at large big name parks.
They really go out of their way to make it and immersive and beautiful experience. As for the animals, they all have a back story this isn’t your average “paid for the animals on the property zoo” they work hand in hand with local wildlife officers to give homes to the unwanted, abandoned, and illegal pets we see far too often in this state.
Your dollar actually matters here, you can see as they grow, the park grows. Being a smaller park they may not have all the new, the shiny, the big, but they have the heart. Each animal educator knows each animal in a way I know my dogs and cats at home. They see them everyday and love them everyday! Even those who may not be in enclosures and tend to the customers in the gift shop still have a love for the animals ALL throughout the park.
I left here wanting more and raving about the work that the staff does to keep everything and everyone happy, healthy, and in line.
Please take time to support this beautiful place and the people who run it!
You may say “wow that’s a small park” but the more times you walk around the board walk the more things you see, the more times you pass the animals in their habitats the more quirky personalities you see!
I must say, I feel hard and fast for the Coyotes and the wolves! And Boris the old man bear, bless his soul 🥺 to be able to live such a LONG life because of the care he’s received, it’s honestly such a beautiful thing to see!
If you’ve made it this far and haven’t bought a ticket to tour the park...well.. WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? 🐊🐾💚
Written May 31, 2021
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Tracy
Yorba Linda, CA9 contributions
Gator Fun
Jun 2020
Love this place! We nearly had the park to ourselves in June 2020 since we arrived at 2 pm and most of the tourists had already left. The baby gator feeding was lots of fun, you put a piece of hot dog on the end of a fishing line type thing and drop it over for them. Fun! Since we were the only ones there at the time, we got a private show with the guide who introduced some of the animals to us.
The place looks so cool with the swamps, moss and gators all over. Walking over the bridges felt like were right there with them!
Written July 2, 2020
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Katrina M
3 contributions
Amazing for gators, for sure
Aug 2022
Went here to see gators, and we saw gators! It's definitely the real deal, and felt like an authentic Florida experience. Saw lots of cool turtles and tortoises as well, and the animal show is the highlight. We got to hold Alan, the "baby" alligator (I can't believe I'm saying this, but yes, he's adorable), a really cool ball python, and pet a fluffy skunk! My kids (8 and 4) loved it, and the presenter, Laurian ("L") was hilarious.

One warning: there are a few mammals (a puma, a lynx, a raccoon...) that seemed like they were in tiny, sad enclosures. It felt like Tiger King... And there's a crazy strong smell of sulphur in the water, so just be ready for that!
Written August 14, 2022
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kimlovesfl
Orlando, FL100 contributions
Worth a visit
Sep 2020
This is old time Florida at it's best. The gators are in the wild, in a duckweed-filled, sulfur-water smelling, natural swamp, just like you would see them in the wild. There are other animals here as well, ranging from a Florida black bear, to a Florida panther, to more exotic animals like ring-tailed lemurs and a variety of snakes. My biggest complaint is that most of the animals could use larger enclosures. The animals do appear to be well tended, and the employees clearly love them and enjoy their jobs.

If you are lucky enough to be there shortly after opening on a weekday, you may have the park to yourself for an hour or so, as I did. Talk about personalized service!

The admission price is a bit steep, but they do need money to care for the animals. If you have a Florida HIA card, admission is free for you, and 50% discount for up to 4 guests.

It's worth a visit, and was a pleasant way to spend 3 hours.
Written September 11, 2020
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