Location: 2719 North Service Rd. East, Stanton, MO 63080
Website: http://wildanimaladventurepark.com/
Wild Animal Adventure Park is a business that opened in December 2018. They are visible from westbound Highway 44 near the Meramec Caverns exit. I honestly thought I was visiting the Riverside Wildlife Center (opened in 1994), but I was not. It's confusing because they are both wild animal places near Meramec Caverns. However after we left here and I was driving to the caverns on Highway W, I passed this building and understood that I had gotten the two places confused. After comparing them online I found that they are very similar.
The current admission rates are $11 for adults, kids under 8 are $8, and kids under 3 are free. The website claims that you can handle almost all the animals but I didn't find that to be the case. We were there on a Friday morning and no one offered to let us hold any animals. Maybe it's more interactive on the weekends?
The inside of the building is filled with reptiles on one side and aquatic animals on the other.
Horseshoe crabs
Sting rays and bamboo sharks
Blue crab
Lionfish
Puffer fish
Reptile room
Scorpion
Tarantula
After exploring the inside we headed outside to see the rest of the animals.
Llama
Feeding the horse and cow. They asked us when we arrived if we wanted to purchase a little bowl of food so of course we said yes.
Arctic fox and another kind of fox. The artic fox was missing a front leg.
Wolf
Emus
Porcupines
Picnic area
Siberian tiger and white tiger
Small play structure that has a chain climber, slides, rock wall, and various bars and poles.
There is a free standing zip line and another climber.
Alligator
Dingo
Goat
African Serval
Wallaby
Bunnies
New baby lemur
Added in 2022 was a Jurassic-themed 9-hole mini golf course! The cost is $4 in addition to admission.
photos taken from their Facebook page
