Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo & Educational Park

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Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo & Educational Park

Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo and Educational Park is more than just your average petting zoo. Come experience the "Zoo made for you"!

Welcome to Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo & Educational Park page. Our family owned and operated zoo is home to well over 500 animals covering over 70 species of domestic and exotic animals. Our facility operates from spring and through the holiday season. You can pet and feed some of our animal residents while many are just for viewing! Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo & Educational offers b

irthday parties, educational field trips, Rent the Zoo, and more during most of our regular season. Join us in the fall for Big Joel's Spooky Safari where the the park is decorated for the fall & Halloween season. Don't forget to join us for The Holidays at Big Joel's Safari! This is our evening walk thru experience where the main attraction is the animals. You will see many animals especially our more winter ready species, Christmas lights, decorations, fire pits, snack shack, and more. For more information and more about us in great detail visit www.bigjoelsafari.com! Come visit the "zoo made for you" for some family fun for everyone you won't soon forget!

12/08/2025

A short video of our swinging prairie dog. Not sure how he figured out to jump on the watering station and wiggle his little hips, but he sure does like to swing!

08/08/2025

In search of 1-2 hardworking weekend team members. This would be weekends only. 85% of the position is customer service, you will have to talk to people, be present, and be friendly, but also assist customers with following guidelines. The rest of the position would be cleaning animal areas, checking on animals, and light housekeeping. Earbuds/cell phones not allowed while “on the clock”. Great for high school students. Must be 16 years old or older. Please apply online at:
https://www.bigjoelsafari.com under employment opportunities.

05/08/2025

Yak attack! Normally we have the moms care for their own babies. However sometimes we have to step in, like when you’re a yak born on the hottest day of the year in the blazing sun. Hope you all enjoy Elmer as much as we do!

28/07/2025

Stay cool out there folks! Enjoy the video and have a great day!

21/07/2025

Here’s a video of some of our cutie pies. 😊 Have a fabulous week! From your friends at Big Joel’s Safari.

14/07/2025

Big Joel’s Safari has officially been open 13 years! We could not have done this without our loyal customers! Thank you!

04/07/2025

Happy 4th of July!
Reminder: We are open today until 4pm. Last entry at 3:30pm.

29/06/2025

You may have guessed it! Sloth encounters will be available starting July 1st! Please go to this link for details.
https://www.bigjoelsafari.com/mobile-services

27/06/2025

Hello! We have some exciting news coming your way so stay tuned! Should be posted in the next couple of days.
We know we’ve been a little absent from social media and we plan on working on that. We are here, we’ve just been hard at work on exhibits.

15/06/2025

Happy Father’s Day to all you cool Dads out there!

26/05/2025

Happy Memorial Day
Today we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Come spend some time with your friends and family. We are open today until 4pm
Front gates close at 3:30 pm

22/05/2025

Now Open Every Day!
Sunday: 10am-5pm
Monday-Friday: 9am-4pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
(Front Gates close a half hour before closing.)
Open Memorial Day also!😊

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Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 16:00
Thursday	09:00 - 16:00
Friday	09:00 - 16:00
Saturday	09:00 - 17:00
Sunday	10:00 - 17:00

Telephone

(636) 745-3031

Website

http://www.bigjoelsafari.com/

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Welcome to Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo & Educational Park page. Our family owned and operated park is home to well over 500 animals covering over 60 species of domestic and exotic animals. You can get up close and personal with many of our animal residents here at our park. You can pet and feed many of our animal residents from little goats to our gigantic camels and some of our animal friends are just for up close viewing.

Our 2020 Season is from April 4th thru November 1st and will be our eighth season open to the public. We have big plans for this season throughout the year, so come on out to visit and keep posted for updates on this page. During our regular season we offer birthday parties, educational field trips for schools, camel rides (weekends Spring/Fall and everyday in the summer), pony rides, parakeet shack, and several events throughout our season such as our Spooky Safari. For more information and more about us in great detail visit www.bigjoelsafari.com! Come visit the "zoo made for you" for some family fun for everyone you won't soon forget!