Hesperia Zoo

Omg! Where do I start? This was an amazing experience for my family! My kids enjoyed every single bit of the tour. My husband and I were like big kids in a candy store (we exotic animals).The tour guide was amazing she was super friendly, knowledgeable about the animals. (You can tell that she enjoy doing her job). I love all the cool names of all the animals. It was just so amazing to see these beautiful majestic exotic animals up close and personal. All the animals had so much funny personalities. We will def. Go back and do the feeding tour. So we can interact with the bigger animals! Pls go & support this zoo. So they can continue to keep up this amazing place! .Way better than La Zoo!!!
Seriously where can you see a Camel? White Tiger? Tigers? Wolves? Ostrich? A mean Lama? A sign language Baboon? Blue Eye Spider Monkey?
Black bear? Where? All these Beautiful animals in our own back yard. Just was an amazing experience… I am just in Aww…
Don’t wanna bore you with my words go see for yourself!!!
It’s every Cheap! It’s even Cheaper on groupon!!! Go!!! see, interact, learn and Tip!!!

Cooo lil Zoo out in the High Desert, cold day most of animals were keeping warm in the homemade shacks.
The Main attraction We wanted to see was the bear hibernation time. The tour guide she was extremly nice friendly and knowledgeable on all the animals. I m not Peta nor a tree hugger animal ativist and I know very lil to none on keeping up with the Zoo animals but there habitat cages seem a bit small to me and even my 8 yr old daughter noticed. Im sure it is expensive to maintain this place but over all cages and all animal habitats were very cleaned and maintained. Fun place I recommend to come visit and help support the animals by your price of admission… We will be back summer time and see Mr Bear… Oh yea I forgot to mention some of the Animals appeared in movies and commercials coo lil fun fact.

Wonderful memories here of taking our children. Kids loved seeing the animals. Was crazy having them right here in our desert. Ironic for us as we used to have our first house a block from there and would walk our dogs down willow. So the neighborhood is familiar. Not sure how I’d feel living near big animals now lol. Great time though. Got to visit this place.

Cute little place! Not a place to go to when it’s hot though… But a nice cool day it’s perfect for the animal lover. And the tour feels very personal. They have a cute little gift shop. The tour takes no more than an hour. I would recommend for those passing through and need to stretch there legs…

Animals + High Desert + Twilight Zone = Hesperia Zoo. This place is super fun, but it’s not the kind of place you’d go on a regular basis because of the guided tour. I will say, the tour guides mix it up and always have different things to share and tell the guests. I have always wanted them to sell some sort of annual pass that would allow us to roam as desired, and see the animals more regularly. But the fairly rehearsed tour, makes it somewhat repetitive, so we usually only go about once a year. Fun nonetheless, and I’ll always enjoy ignoring and then giving that darn baboon one last look that will keep him from flipping out. I will say, this is not the kind of place you’d let your little ones run loose in. The fences and enclosures don’t look quite zoo worthy, but are effective. I usually hold the kids hands and keep them close.
This is a neat location, with a fun story, and every animal has serious character. I’m sure the behind the scenes tour is gritty and exciting. Always a treat. If you live in the desert, you must go! Might not be worth anything longer than a 30 minute drive though.

This is a very small zoo that has many animals from movies and things like that. The cool thing that I like is that we can see the animals from the street in the way to my kids school. How many kids get to see lions before they go to school? Not very many I am going to assume.
The zoo has some trees around it but it doesn’t block the view of the animals. The zoo has stingy hours and they are only open during the weekend. I recommend everyone should check this place out because kids love it. They even do birthday parties and special events.
It is pretty cheap to get in and they have tshirts for sale and feeding packages available. I just really wish they were open during the week or during school vacation. It would be a fun thing to do with the kids and it’s close to home.

Wow. How can you run a business without answering phones or email questions potential guests may have? All I wanted to do was come for the feeding frenzy tour and I tried for 2 days to get a hold of these people just to see if there were even any reservations available but it seems they don’t give a damn about being a proper business and answering in a timely manner. Lost my business before they even got it. What a shame. Moral of the story: don’t be an idiot, answer your phone or reply to messages. Rude. Ruined my weekend.

My girlfriend and I were trying to figure out something to do on a saturday. We were about to head down the hill when we found out that there was a zoo right in Hesperia! We drove right to it, you can’t miss it, it has a big sign that says «HESPERIA ZOO»
Its 7 dollars per adult and totally worth it! At first you think its just a few animals, but then you start going around and find tigers and a lion and monkeys. Its great! the employees are really nice and the tour takes about 30 and after its done you can chill and hang out with the animals in the front.
After you arrive, wait outside if no one is inside the gate. There is probably a tour in progress.
A hidden gem in Hesperia, the kids that were in my tour loved it!

Our family recently visited the heperia zoo and everyone had fun especially my son who loves animals. We were lucky we got a private tour because we were the only ones there at the time. The lady who did our tour was funny and very knowledgeable. She did a really god job talking about each animal and answering questions. Over all a nice place to visit and very affordable as well.

We had a great time today at this little zoo. We recently moved to Hesperia and we are trying to experience everything we can with our little one. We truly enjoyed our visit and since we were the only ones there at 11am we had a private tour. Our tour guide was very informative and entertaining. They had a lion, tigers, and a bear oh my. My one year old enjoyed feeding some of the animals. The only thing that bothered my Hubby was their «greeter» Doe-​Nut. The little doe kept trying to eat our clothes and kept bothering our daughter. Overall we are looking forward to coming back again.

What a cool hidden little place in the dessert. We loved near by for years and didn’t even know they were there. They have some pretty cool animals… little ones will have fun visiting here and the cost is very minimal. They use the funds to go towards caring for the animals. Last I remember you can find baboons, a lion, bear, lots of wolves, lamas, pigs, and a handful of other large animals here. Defiantly worth a trip at least once.

The address is 19 038 Willow Street, not the one shown above. This zoo is an adjunct to a business of domestic movie animals so is educational as well as helping to keep the exotic animals. We’ve been there for a couple of special events, (Birthday Party, Wedding) and several tours over the past 5 years. Each time they have worked to upgrade everything for the animals. This trip among the construction projects are larger facilities for the bear and the lion. Two of the animals we saw today were rescues from people who had taken wild animals out of the environment illegally (bobcat & a skunk) and found out that isn’t the best idea for people without training. Animal training done here is all operant conditioning /​reward based learning which is very progressive. This is not a breeding facility but a family based business where everything is done first for the individual animals care. I was impressed by the triple enclosures to insure the safety of the animals and keepers as well.
This size facility is perfect for younger children who just don’t have the attention span or energy for a full size animal zoo or park. It is also small enough for elderly to not have so far to ambulate.
They are hosting a summer camp for 6 – 10 year old children that will teach about each continent as well as the wildlife.
We are huge fans of wildlife and enjoy them getting the attention and care they deserve by trained caring people. Here you can get very close to the individual animals to appreciate their beauty.

Small «zoo» run by a private family next to their home. Amazingly, the zoo contains many wonderful animals including a bear, 2 tigers, 2 white tiger cubs, a giant camel, a lion, tortoise, miniature donkeys, wallabies, a porcupine, ostriches, a baboon, and lemurs. Next to the zoo is a kennel operated by the same family. The zoo only offers guided tours. You cannot wander around the zoo on your own. Some of the pens are extremely small for the animals in them. For example, the bear kept pacing back and forth in its very small cage. Although the zoo is very clean, the animals seem to need larger habitats. The tour guide informed us that the family uses the animals sometimes in movie or tv productions, so I wasn’t sure if this was a really a zoo (educational, non-​profit) or more of a money-​making venture for the owners. But in any event, seeing these exotic animals in the High Desert was an unexpected treat.