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Keeper for the Day Experience, Wild Florida

Activity Schedule

  • When does it run?

    Daily except Sunday

  • Duration

    4 hours (approximately)

  • Start time

    Wild Florida opening timings: 9am to 6pm
    The tour starts at 9am.
    Timings are subject to change.

  • Meeting Point
    Wild Florida: 3301 Lake Cypress Rd, Kenansville, FL 34739, USA
    Directions from Orlando:
    • Go South on the Florida Turnpike to exit #244 (Kissimmee-St. Cloud) for St. Cloud and turn East on U.S. Highway 192 (Left). Exit #240 is a SunPass Only exit and does not accept cash or credit cards.
    • Stay on U.S. Highway 192 for 5 miles and go South (Right) on Vermont Avenue for 12 miles.
    • Vermont will become Canoe Creek Road after a few miles.
    • Turn Right on Lake Cypress Road heading West for 2 miles.
  • Ending Point

    Same as the start point

Key Highlights

  • Enjoy a delightful day at the Wild Florida Wildlife Park, away from fast-paced city life
  • Interact with a wide range of local animals and tropical birds and more
  • Slip into the shoes of a zoo keeper for a day and enjoy close interaction with the animals
  • Enjoy a thrilling hands-on alligator demonstration, handled by expert caretakers
  • Return from the visit with a souvenir photo of your thrilling experience with alligators
  • Glide through the grassy waters in an hour-long airboat ride, steered by an experienced captain
  • Enjoy a delightful barbeque meal at the wildlife park

Overview

Sign up for a unique adventure at Wild Florida, a pristine 13-acre wildlife park. Get a taste of the life of a zoo keeper and enjoy a hands-on experience of feeding and looking after animals in the wildlife park.

Brace yourself for a daring exercise in preparing food and feeding the alligators. Hold a live gator in your hands and get a souvenir picture of this thrilling experience! Enjoy an exhilarating airboat ride through the grassy waters, take in the marshes and swamps and experience raw nature at its most majestic! Top it up with a sumptuous barbeque meal and on the whole, enjoy a different side to Florida on this epic tour!

Itinerary

Reach Wild Florida at the scheduled time. The day begins with learning the basics of being a keeper. Help prepare and even feed the animals in the park. Enjoy your interaction with zebras, water buffaloes, deer, emus and zebus as well as Florida’s native land animals as you learn more about the habits and behaviour of the animals. You will be working with the animal keeper from 9am to 11am.

The highlight of your guided visit is a private alligator handling demonstration where you get hands on experience in how to deal with the fierce creatures. Feed the alligators from a special gator platform and hold a live alligator in your hands. You will even receive a souvenir photo to remind you of the day.

Another major highlight is a thrilling airboat ride at 11:30am, as you glide over one of America’s untamed and wild places: the Everglades. Take in the swamps and the beauty of raw nature as you enjoy an hour long ride through the alligator-filled waters. This experience will be followed by a sumptuous barbeque lunch at 12:45pm after which you can depart from the wildlife park.

Inclusions

  • Entrance to Wild Florida
  • Barbeque lunch (includes basket meals and bottled water)
  • 1-hour airboat ride
  • 2 hours working with animal keeper team
  • Private gator demo
  • Free 4X6 gator handling photo
  • A bag of gator food
  • Guide

Exclusions

  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Please note

The tour is suitable for the age of 12 and more.

Maximum 4 number of people allowed per tour.

Please check the exact timings of the attraction at their respective official website, before your visit.

Time of activities are subject to change.

Voucher Information: You must print and surrender a paper version of your booking voucher for this activity (showing your voucher on a smartphone is not accepted). No refund can be given for customers without a printed copy of their voucher.

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