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National Tiger Sanctuary: Exemplary Animal Care Tour
4.8
28 Ratings
Saddlebrooke
National Tiger Sanctuary is a charitable rescue group providing lifelong shelter to both exotic and domestic species. Our expansive learning facility is committed to environment conservation and top-tier animal treatment. Through distinctive educational schemes and encounters, we aim to instill a respect and admiration for nature amongst all our guests.
Duration:
45 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- National Tiger Sanctuary - See tigers and lions, hear about their personalities, and gain big cat knowledge. An average tour includes a 1/4 mile walk on a gravel path. There are benches along the tour route where you can stop and rest. Strollers, electric scooters, and wheelchairs are welcome on the tour. We have electric scooters available to rent, but reservations are recommended due to limited availability.
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What's Included
- Professional guide
Location
National Tiger Sanctuary
State Highway BB
We recommend you arrive 30 minutes prior to your tour in order to give you plenty of time to get checked in, use the restroom, or start looking around in our gift shop and backyard.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(28 Ratings)
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Traveler681652
Jul 1, 2024
National Tiger Sanctuary Riding Tour - I am 77 so we took the riding tour. Our Guide was Rachel. She is an intern at the facility, and she was a wonderful guide. She is young and exuberant and made the tour interesting and enjoyable. She told us about the animals and shared some humorous stories of the residents. We all agreed that it was a 5-star experience. Thank you tripadvisor for making us aware of this opportunity.
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214ct
Jun 21, 2024
LOVED IT!! - Great to see animals who previously had hard lives being loved and cared for here. So close too!! Shared stories were so interesting!!
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Brian
May 2, 2024
We had a really fun and informative visit. Staff was smart and interactive and really into the beautiful animals here. - We had an awesome tour, very interesting and saw many beautiful animals! Took our dogs with and they enjoyed it too. Would go again
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251joyd
Apr 27, 2024
From 3 to 69 yrs we all enjoyed the tour! - It was such a treat to see the animals so close! And our guide told us the history of why each animal arrived at the sanctuary as well as their unique personality traits. We saw tigers, lions, hybrid wolves and cougars. Riding the tram is the way to go!
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514stacyk
Dec 23, 2023
You will not be disappointed on this WONDERFUL tour - We had a wonderful time and got to see almost every lion, tiger, tiliger, and jaguar there and thanks to Emily our guide she made the day of all of our family but especially one of my daughters who is an animal lover and her FAVORITE animal ever is the white tigers. The care and knowledge of the sanctuary staff was amazing! Best unexpected part of our quick trip from Iowa to Branson!
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Eixor3608
May 14, 2023
Highly Recommend! - Thoroughly enjoyed tour & learned much! Tour guide (young man in college to be a vet) shared many details of the tigers at the sanctuary. It was interesting to hear the life story of each animal. We learned what they eat, how much they eat, where the food comes from, the food prep & feeding process, how they exercise, how they show dominance, what medical support is given, how they mate, etc. I learned there is such a thing as a “liger”. I also learned some of the big cats mark their territory (spray) just like house cats. It was fun to hear the alpha lion “caroling”. We laughed along with our guide as he shared his experiences. I’m impressed that this sanctuary is “hands off”, didn’t know that. We will visit again because it was so much fun!
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Renitae
Jan 25, 2023
Awesome with teenagers! - Emily was a great tour guide! Very cold and snowy morning and we were so glad they were open! It was great hearing the stories about the tigers and seeing them up close and watching them get snacks. 14 & 16 year old kids thought it was very cool too. Animals seem very well taken care of and loved.
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Terri_r
Oct 10, 2022
Big cats = big thumbs up!!!! - We upgraded to the feeding tour, which I recommend. Our guide was very knowledgeable…it was worth seeing and I would visit again.
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Vanesq12
Feb 2, 2023
This Will Make You Sad To See Animals Who Have To Live Like This - I am so torn about this place. On the one hand, I think they are providing a necessary service for animals who were bought illegally and disgarded. On the other hand, I feel like the animals quality of life is very low. Their cages were old, not ovetly clean or mentally stimulating. It felt like a prison. I hope that with the new legislation, facilities like this won't need to exist. When I heard about this place, I had something different in my mind. By the time we left, and the tour was over, my heart was breaking. I think the owners are doing the best that they can, but they need more resources to give these animals a better life.
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Marcuswq320ep
Aug 14, 2022
Big cats small package - You pay to see what you would think is all of the big cats, but you only get to see a handful! I thought this would be the highlight of my vacation but it was silverdollar city witch wasn't that great. We upgraded from the awareness tour to the feeding tour and pretty much was swindled out of $30 for the same tour and was ushered out of the tour as soon as the guide was finished telling us about approximately 8 cats, for the prices that are required they have to do better, or that Sanctuary will be extinct.
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