Discovery Wildlife Park

Bonggaciously Yours

Super friendly staff, Bill and Shirley are very accommodating, they can always answer questions with their contagious smile. Washrooms are clean, they sanitized it every now and then. Cozy place to spend our weekends., nice cabins. Animal caretakers/trainors/educators are all amazing!!!!

Chris Toombes

Interesting place, well presented and laid out. Personally I have a bit of a problem with these sort of places; yes the animals look very well cared for, all look heathy etc. That said, metal heath is a different story, several of the bears and wolves seem to be just pacing backwards and forwards. The black bears and grizzlies in particular were showing the classic signs of pacing in small areas, leaving a clear path of worn grass. This is why I’ve down rated the overall score. If you have no issues with captive, large nomadic animals then I’d recommend visiting.

Robyn Scobey

We went May long weekend and stayed in one of the cabins, spent the day in the park, plus getting the extras. Amazing time, staff were supper friendly and helpful anytime we had a question. Love the animals and getting up close without walking on pavement or being elbow to elbow with others. Cabins are small but very comfortable and cool. The do not have water but does have power. Outhouse was crazily clean, never smelt and always stocked. We never did make it over to the shower house. Very cool to listen to the lions, tigers and other animals in the evening. If you listen to their instructions and read the safety signs you will have no issues with them getting upset - please don’t take pictures at certain times of the bear show, don’t poke the animals, don’t climb on the fences, stay back when we feed the lions, don’t drive the golf carts on the grass….

Lis Marie

A cute little zoo! There's a decent amount of animals and some nice trails that lead you around the park! It was so fun looking out for the animals! The staff are all really friendly and there's a huge parking lot and it's quite easy to find. A nice hidden gem!

W J

Update 2021: We went back after not visiting for 4 years to see if things are better. Some of the animals looked a bit healthier but still the park seems to be doing just bare minimum. Three skinny wolves pacing in a rather limited enclosure, for example, rather than a pack of them running carefree as they used to. The number of bears seem fewer than before, and most animals there didn't seem too happy. A lot of the charm that was once there is still missing. Even encountered a rude employee yelling at the customers. The employees in general didn't look too happy but rather tired. I got the impression they are there mainly to collect checks rather than because they had a mission to preserve and care for animals. The presentations were fewer, shorter and some rather dull. Review 4 years ago: We have been coming almost every year but a lot of the animals are not there anymore and the bears that did interesting tricks, starred in movies, etc also have left (apparently to Ontario with the trainer Ruth).... Most of the few animals that are still there just laid there doing nothing. Maybe it's the heat of the day but i don't remember feeling disappointed before. The tiger "show" consisted of a tiger eating. The bear presentation was still interesting it was still not like it used to be. I asked a staff what happened to all the animals that used to be there and I was told "you know, animals can't live forever". I don't think that many animals would have died of old ages in a year, and I wonder if they culled them. I liked the fact the place was started to give rescue animals a large space to have a good life, but for some reason the management (perhaps new owners) seem to have a different philosophy now. There are only bare bone number of animals left. It used to be so beautiful to see a pack of wolves running around, a herd of ostriches, countless deer, etc, as if seeing them in the nature, but this time, we only saw one skinny tired sad looking lone wolf, one monkey not even interested in picking up nuts we threw in, two ostriches, two squirrels, one deer, etc. There used to be so many.... I understand you can't save all the animals and it costs money to feed them but it lost a lot of its magic. It was embarrassing to bring out-of-town guests as I had highly spoken of this place.