Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo & Educational Park

Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo & Educational Park Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo and Educational Park is more than just your average petting zoo. Come experience the "Zoo made for you"!

Welcome to Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo & Educational Park page. Our family owned and operated zoo is home to well over 500 animals covering over 70 species of domestic and exotic animals. Our facility operates from spring and through the holiday season. You can pet and feed some of our animal residents while many are just for viewing! Big Joel's Safari Petting Zoo & Educational offers birthday parties, educational field trips, Rent the Zoo, and more during most of our regular season. Join us in the fall for Big Joel's Spooky Safari where the the park is decorated for the fall & Halloween season. Don't forget to join us for The Holidays at Big Joel's Safari! This is our evening walk thru experience where the main attraction is the animals. You will see many animals especially our more winter ready species, Christmas lights, decorations, fire pits, snack shack, and more. For more information and more about us in great detail visit www.bigjoelsafari.com! Come visit the "zoo made for you" for some family fun for everyone you won't soon forget!

09/28/2026

The piglets are out and about now! 🐷
Stop on by Big Joel’s Safari to see their cuteness in person.

It’s finally fall ya’ll! Grab your friends and come on out to Big Joel’s Spooky Safari! Open daily! Monday-Friday 9am-4...
09/24/2026

It’s finally fall ya’ll! Grab your friends and come on out to Big Joel’s Spooky Safari! Open daily!
Monday-Friday 9am-4pm
Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday 10am-5pm
(Front gates close a 1/2 hour before closing)

It’s finally here! 🎃Spooky Safari has begun! 👻Open daily thru October 31st!Monday-Friday 9am-4pmSaturday 9am-5pmSunday 1...
09/17/2026

It’s finally here! 🎃
Spooky Safari has begun! 👻
Open daily thru October 31st!
Monday-Friday 9am-4pm
Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday 10am-5pm

Reminder: We are open all Labor Day weekend and Labor Day on Monday!Friday- 9 am to 4 pmSaturday- 9 am to 5 pmSunday- 1...
09/04/2026

Reminder: We are open all Labor Day weekend and Labor Day on Monday!
Friday- 9 am to 4 pm
Saturday- 9 am to 5 pm
Sunday- 10 am to 5 pm
Monday- 9 am to 4 pm
Have a safe and fantastic weekend!

For those of you that enjoy the mining sluice, we have some new options that contain crystals. Oooh Ahhh! So pretty! Ju...
08/21/2026

For those of you that enjoy the mining sluice, we have some new options that contain crystals. Oooh Ahhh! So pretty!
Just another fun option to do at Big Joel’s Safari!

Our “kids” would like to remind you and your kiddos that we are now closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We will reopen d...
08/17/2026

Our “kids” would like to remind you and your kiddos that we are now closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We will reopen daily for Spooky Safari starting September 17th 2026.
Thank you for an awesome summer!

Tuffy would like to announce we have been officially open 14 years! Thank you all for your continued support! We couldn...
07/14/2026

Tuffy would like to announce we have been officially open 14 years!
Thank you all for your continued support!
We couldn’t do it without you!

We missed reminding everyone to vote for us for “2026 Top 20 Places to Take Kids in St. Louis”, but we did not want to ...
07/07/2026

We missed reminding everyone to vote for us for “2026 Top 20 Places to Take Kids in St. Louis”, but we did not want to forget to
THANK ALL OF YOU THAT VOTED FOR US!
This was really a surprise and we greatly appreciate it!
Thank you again!
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Happy 4th of July! 250 years!Stay cool and stay safe out there!
07/04/2026

Happy 4th of July! 250 years!
Stay cool and stay safe out there!

06/13/2026

Short wool is cool!
Here is a high speed video of one of our sheep getting sheared here at Big Joel’s Safari! He had quite a crowd watching today! We think he did a great job!
(Just in case anyone is concerned about the sheep, they are fine. This is normal farm stuff.)

Address

13187 State Highway M
Wright City, MO
63390

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

(636) 745-3031

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