Tanganyika Wildlife Park

Two years ago I came here and loved their Lemur feeding experience. Now it has been butchered to a no touching, expensive, walk up to a post and give two cranberries to Lemur experience. Then the lady lied and said it was a recent FEDERAL act that’s been passed. Either supid or not telling truth. Also can’t take pictures.

Loved it! I went for the first time last week. Man, I have been missing out. I was able to pet a freaking kangaroo!!! That is awesome. They have animals there I have never even heard of. This is like your own personal zoo. Very very cool place. Check it out.

This place is great! If your in a toss up between going to the Wichita Zoo and the Wildlife Park, definitely go with the wild life park! This place has so many unique experiences to offer and is very different from other animal related activities. While I was there I was able to feed a rhinoceros, pygmy hippo, giraffe, tortoise, birds, rabbits and lemurs. Also have the opportunity to pet kangaroos (sooo cool) and ride a camel! Moral of the story… definitely make a trip to tanganyika wildlife park if you get the chance!

Until you’ve visited Tanganyika Wildlife Park you have not seen/​experienced a wildlife park that offers the most amazing experiences and memories as this park does. Extremely highly recommend visiting this park if you can!

The Tanganyika Wildlife Park offers experiences unlike and well beyond those of ordinary zoos. At this wild animal park, visitors are permitted the opportunity to interact with the animals closely, even getting to feed and pet many of the animals.
I highly recommend purchasing the wristband value pass (as opposed to purchasing individual tokens) for $ 10 per band. We purchased two for our twin girls, and they had a wonderful time with them! The cost of the bands or tokens goes to feeding the animals during the off season (the park is closed during the winter months), and the wrist band quickly pays for itself as it includes: 2 giraffe feedings, 2 lorikeet feedings, 4 children’s zoo feedings (bunnies, guinea pigs, African tortoises), 2 lemur feedings, and 1 animal ride (camel ride or llama train) or rhino feeding. (To put this in perspective, each token costs $ 1; a rhino feeding, lemur feeding or animal ride each cost 5 tokens or $ 5, so if you do two of these activities with the wristband, you have gotten value)
In addition to the afore mentioned activities, you can also pet kangaroos. (I now know that their fur is surprisingly soft!) Also, the children’s playground is awesome (it is safety rated for ages 5 to 12 but we let our 3.5 year olds play on it with careful supervision, and we adults had a blast playing on it too! No judgements).
I would definitely recommend visiting Tanganyika Wildlife Park if you are in the Wichita area. It is certainly worth the cost and the time of travel!
Caution: You may be disappointed in other zoos after spending a couple of hours at this park. You have been warned.

We stumbled across the website for Tanganyika prior to our trip to Wichita and thought it looked fun. We were going to have some time to kill so it seemed like a good way to spend a couple hours. We were not at all let down! The price seemed a LITTLE steep when I first saw it but I had a vision of something entirely different in my mind than what it turned out to be. This place is a ZOO and not some cut-​rate animal refuge or tourist trap. We got every penny worth of what we paid.
We opted for 1 feeding pass that we split between two people (the staff had no issue with that). As a result, we both got to feed a number of animals. First up, was the giraffe. He was so cute! He walked right over to us at the feeding station and took the lettuce we were offering. You just want to reach out and hug the guy! We found it to be pretty cool and we are two 35 year old dudes. Your kids will LOVE it.
From there, we hit all the different displays and eating areas. The layout is a little convoluted but you can find your way around with the map without too much trouble. The paths are all nice and smooth, the park is clean and well kept.
There are animals of all types. Honeybadgers to lorikeets to giraffes to kangaroos to a pygmy hippo. You can feed the lorikeets (and they just might find your beard is in need of a grooming as they did with me), giraffes, tortoises, guinea pigs, rabbits, lemurs, rhino… maybe a couple others. You can walk right up to the kangaroos and pet them (who knew they were so soft?). Basically, this is a kid’s dream come true. Just the display of the animals would be cool, but getting to pet them, feed them, etc takes it up a notch.
This is a great place to kill a few hours on a nice day with the family. Kids young and old will get a kick out of it.

So cool! Good on non-​busy day, we were there Labor Day weekend and it was perfect. Tanganyika gives you lots of chances to get up close and personal with many animals. Right after you come in, there is the «nursery» with baby animals. Many baby cats when we were there — adorable! We watched someone feed the rhinoceros, which was crazy… they have huge mouths. Got to see a honey badger being walked outside on a leash; she didn’t care. Wrapped up the day with a visit to Lemur Island! Not as many animals as a typical zoo, but you get a different (and I think definitely worthwhile) experience.

Every now and then a place comes along that takes you by surprise. A place that earns the coveted 5-​Star rating. Tanganyika Wildlife Park is one of those places.
Why Tanganyika you ask? Probably more like what is Tanganyika? This is a family owned zoo in Goddard, KS. It receives no federal money so we’re talking 100% funded by the public. That alone would make a lot of people expecting some back yard zoo, with animals in small cages, deplorable conditions, etc.
Well, not at Tanganyika. This place is nice, I mean VERY nice. But it’s not seeing animals in cages and habitats that make it so special. You see along with all of the standard exhibits, which are nice, there are a large handful of interactive ones.
Yes that’s right, interactive. Things like getting to feed a giraffe or feed a black rhino. Perhaps you’ve always wanted to pet a kangaroo? Well at Tanganyika you get to do just that. It isn’t just one kangaroo either. No you walk into a habitat with well over a dozen kangaroos.
Now the star of the interactive exhibits is the Lemur exhibit. The line can get long but the wait is worth it. You get escorted onto an island where you are told to sit down on the various rocks. Once you do so the Lemurs will come running up and proceed to climb on your shoulders and laps. It’s incredible. Even at 37 I honestly felt like a young kid again at the excitement.
I highly recommend making the drive to this place, even if it’s several hours. You won’t regret it and your family will have the best of times.

I got to cuddle lemurs. ‘Nuff said.

My family which consists of myself, my husband and 2 kids, went here on June 28^th which was advertised as a «wild Wednesday». Instead of closing at their regular time of 5pm, the park stayed open till 8:30pm. Due to this, we did not go till later in the day. Admission is a little steep but we felt if the kids had a great time, it would be worth it. We found the animals to be adorable and charming. My issue is that if the park is staying open till later, why not have some more of the animals out and about till they close. The camel ride was closed. The pony ride was closed. The zebras were in an area not accessible to the public. We could see them back a ways but not able to interact with them. It was 103 degrees on this day. The kangaroos just laid around looking like they were melting. There was some shade, but have they ever thought about putting some misting stations in the animals areas to keep them cooler? One concession stand was open and we were able to get a $ 2.50 bottle of water for us (total cost of water was $ 11 for the four bottles). The lemurs were adorable as was the giraffes. The employees never spoke to us except to tell us not to touch the animals. The «only» employee who was friendly and informative was stationed at the giraffes. She told us quite a bit and even chatted with the kids a bit. That’s more than I can say for any of the employees we came into contact with at the park. The other employees looked annoyed they had to be there. I do imagine some of it had to do with the excessive heat but once again… misting stations located throughout the zoo would help in those circumstances. We probably will go back in the fall for the kids. I now not to expect friendly chatter or info from the employees and will go with the full expectations of paying alot of money for admission and any food/​water.

I had a really great time visiting Tanganyika. There were a couple animals that were not out on display but the park was generally pretty active. I especially enjoyed the kangaroos (you can pet them!) and the «tortoise and hare» exhibit that featured bunnies and sulcata tortoises that you could touch and feed (for $ 1).
If you’d like to feed the lemurs, it will cost you $ 2 for *one* Craisin. I find that to be a pretty big rip off but if you do pay it, tear it up into more than one piece so you can have a little more involvement.
The $ 13 cost of admission seems a little steep given the size of the park, but I also understand that it has to be expensive for them to be open at all. If you happen to already hold a Sedgwick County Zoo membership then you can receive 10% off your ticket. However, if you go once and enjoy yourself, you might consider a membership — it becomes a better deal after just 3 visits!
All in all, I recommend you give it a chance, especially if you’re looking for a little more in the way of animal interaction :) Just be prepared to empty your pockets if you want to take advantage of all the experiences they offer!

Went there yesterday with the grandchildren, daughter and wife and had a wounderful time. The kids loved feeding & petting the animals alot. The employees there were very informative and helpful and each animal exibit had them. The park is private owned and has only been open as a public park for about a year, and is growing larger with more animals exibits all th times.
Here is a list of animals that we saw today but not all that they have.
Africa Spur-​thighed Tortoises (Hand Feed)
Bactrian Camels
Black & White Ruffed Lemurs
Black-​Footed Penguins
Blue Mountain Lories (Hand Feed)
Black Capped Lories (Hand Feed)
Blue Tongued Skink
Bunnies (Hand Feed)
Colobus Monkeys
Cuvier’s Gazelle
Clouded Leopards
Dromedary Camels
Fossa
Grevy’s Zebra
Indian Rhinoceros
Kookaburras
Purple Capped Lories (Hand Feed)
Pygmy Goats (Hand Feed)
Rainbow Lories (Hand Feed)
Ratel
Red Kangaroos (Hand Patted)
Red Pandas
Red Ruffed Lemurs
Reticulated Giraffe (Hand Feed)
Ring-​tailed lemurs (Hand Feed)
Snow Leopards
Springbok
White Bengal Tigers
White-​handed Gibbons