The North Georgia Wildlife and Safari Park, also known as the North Georgia Zoo, is full of animal fun. With a drive-through safari, hands-on experiences with animals, a wildlife park, and a petting zoo — you’ll never run out of things to do here.
Located in Cleveland, Georgia, the North Georgia Wildlife and Safari Park features a large variety of animals — with everything from rare breeds to farm animals.
Ready to learn more about this special place? Here are 5+ of the absolute best reasons to visit this North Georgia zoo.

1. GET UP CLOSE ACCESS TO ANIMALS AT THE PARK
The North Georgia Wildlife and Safari Park focuses on personal interactions and close animal experiences. You’ll get some of those up-close experiences with your park admission, and there are plenty of animal interactions you can add-on to your day as well.
Park admission to the North Georgia Zoo includes Wildife AND Safari Park Admission, A Guided Tour (Wildlife Walk), and a visit to the Petting Farm Area. At the Petting Farm, you’ll be able to visit and interact with farm animals and exotic animals, like tortoises, parakeets and more. You can feed them (pet feed is available at the ticket booth) and pet them too!
You’ll also love the 45 minute guided tour that will let you see and learn more about the wild animals here — like wolves, kangaroos, lemurs, fox and more.
The Safari Drive-Through lets you view animals, like camels, zebras, warthog, and bison, from the comfort of your car! (More below about the Drive-Through experience.)
If you want to visit the Petting Farm only, that’s an option too. There is also a Safari Park admission only choice.
2. DRIVE-THROUGH THE NORTH GEORGIA ZOO SAFARI
If you want to feel like you’ve left the United States completely, you’ve got to explore the North Georgia Safari. During the North Georgia Safari, you can see animals from the comfort of your car. You’ll see camels, zebras, warthog, penguins, otters, ostrich, and more.
NEW! You can also enjoy a Bush Drive, which allows you to drive right into the animal habitat. Curious antelope, cows, and emus will be looking for treats and greeting you right at your car window.
The North Georgia Safari Park is open Tuesdays from 11am to 3pm, and Wednesday-Sunday from 10am – 5pm. Children under 2 are FREE.
There are six ticket package options to choose from — everything from the $19.99 Safari Drive-Through admission, which includes the Safari Drive-Thru, Petting Farm, Llama Lane, & Bush Drive, to the Safari Package 5 for $61.99/person that includes the Safari Drive-Thru, Petting Farm, Llama Lane, Bush Drive and 5 of the following: Piggy Meet and Greet, Capybara Feeding, Camel Meet and Greet, Small Animal Meet and Greet, Deer Meet and Greet, AND Reptile Meet and Greet. (And, of course, everything in between!)
You can find out more about their ticket options and prices HERE.
ADD-ON ANIMAL EXPERIENCES
The North Georgia Wildlife & Animal Safari Park not only offers the chance to see the animals, but they offer add-on experiences that let you interact with their animals too.
Some of the Add-On Animal Experiences you can participate in include…
- Piggy Meet and Greet: Spend 15 minutes interacting and holding the cutest little piggys around!
- Capybara Feeding: Feed the world’s largest rodents!
- Small Animal Meet and Greet: During this 15 minute experience, you can meet some of the Zoo’s smallest ambassadors. You may meet hedgehogs, chinchillas, armadillo, and more.
- Deer Meet and Greet: You can walk into the deer habitat and feed them!
- Camel Meet and Greet: Meet the camels and give them a treat too.
For ages 8+, the Zoo also offers two really special Meet and Greet opportunities.
- Spider Monkey Meet and Greet: Meet and hold Peaches the Spider Monkey!
- Penguin Experience: You will get to meet one of their young penguins, before being joined by the whole waddle of penguins!
A lot of the animal experiences listed above can be purchased along with your Wildlife Park or Safari Park ticket. They offer many different package options that include animal add-on experiences.
Additionally, you can find even more animal experience offerings HERE. They have everything from meeting a baby kangaroo to hanging out in a pool with otters!
3. HAVE A FUN OVERNIGHT ADVENTURE AT NORTH GEORGIA ZOO
The North Georgia Zoo offers overnight accommodations for families and groups!
Staying overnight at the North Georgia Wildlife & Safari Park is a totally unique experience. Behind-the-scenes visits, animal experiences, animal theme activities, games and a flashlight tours are all part of your overnight adventure here.
The North Georgia Zoo offers a few different overnight accommodation choices.
- An Open-Air Pavilion sleeps 20
- A Camper that sleeps 12
- An Oasis Building that sleeps 24
- And a Private Family Camper that sleeps 6
Most of their sleeping options require you to either sleep on the ground with a sleeping bag, or bring or rent a cot. Their Camper option includes camper beds.
Add-on options include a Bonfire with S’mores, a Continental Breakfast, or Chick-fil-A Breakfast.
4. THEIR UNIQUE FAMILY NIGHTS
A great way to spend more time at the park with the animals is to visit during one of their Family Nights. Offered on most first Saturdays of the month, Family Nights are held from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. and allow you to walk through the park at your own pace.
You can spend more time with your favorite animals, meet animal ambassadors along the way, and see all the new babies in the Petting Farm, too.
5. PARTICIPATE IN THEIR VIP WILDLIFE PARK TOURS
Held on select days throughout the year, VIP Wildlife Park Tours are a great way to get up close and personal with all sorts of animals…including the babies!
During a VIP Wildlife Park Tour, you’ll see and learn about animals that are not seen on regular park visits. You can also visit with babies from the nursery, such as the bottle-fed kangaroos, and experience and take part in the training and enrichment of animals.
The VIP Tours are for those who want to spend ore time learning and interacting with the animals, and it allows you more time for pictures. The VIP Tours are for ages 8 and up, and anyone under age 12 must be accompanied by a paid adult.
6. THEY CAN BRING THE ZOO TO YOU
If you can’t come to the North Georgia Zoo, let them bring the Zoo to You with their mobile petting zoo. The animals here have traveled throughout Georgia, and have made appearances on Dirty Jobs, Animal Planet, Rachael Ray, Jeff Corwin, and more.
These are fun and educational programs that kids and adults will love.
7. FIND EVEN MORE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES
In addition to everything we’ve already mentioned, there are so many other great experiences and opportunities for visitors at the North Georgia Wildlife & Safari Park, such as…
- Shadow a Zookeeper for the day
- Visit during Family Discount Day (Tuesdays)
- Host a unique Birthday Party here
- Participate in their Safari Runs 5K
- Send the kids to their awesome summer Zoo Camps, with options for both kids and teens
- Get engaged at the Zoo with their Proposal Package
MORE INFORMATION FOR YOUR GEORGIA VACATION
- YOUR NORTH GEORGIA VACATION
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- GEORGIA SAFARI CONSERVATION PARK: We Went To Georgia Safari Conservation Park & Here’s What We Thought Of It
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