A bit taken back with how filthy the entrance is. You walk into the building and the women are just sitting there WAITING for the next customer. Not an really busy place , they could be dusting the tops of the snake cages, cleaning the multi layers of dirt off the displays. fact: UNLESS YOUR IN A DUMP TRUCK OR GARDENING-DIRT DOES NOT SELL!
P.P.S Animals not only had food and water, but in the short time we were there, we saw about 20 people with 5lb bags of feed generously keeping the animals well fed!
Lots of goats and peacocks. So cute! Very quaint private zoo. Will definitely come back.
P.S I'm not a friend or family to the owners and had a great trip, staff was polite and courteous and we will definitely return.
Pros: Lots of diverse animals, including babies, so much fun to hand feed them, inexpensive, natural setting. Animals seemed healthy.
It seems to me if the zoo fee was raised to 15 a person, it could cover the cost of 2 to 4 employees to keep the grounds trimmed and clean. Beatification goes a long way to increase business.
Overall, had a great half day there and would go back. It's all about feeding the critters!
It was a fun day! My wife and I brought our 3 girls and had a great time! We live locally and our 2 oldest visit for field trips during the school year! The "farm" atmosphere makes this place. Way more up close and personal! All the animals were fed and watered, and there was plenty of staff around the entire farm! Well worth the price and experience.
Cons: An old fashioned zoo with lots of cages, making it hard to see and take pictures of some animals. Main building is a bit smelly. Staff not too friendly. Some animals in small cages seemed wrong.
The grounds are OK - pretty clean and shady. Be careful walking - many roots are exposed on the walking path. Some of the zoo was OK. It's nice to get close to the the large birds, goats and chickens and feed them. It's also odd to have animals (lemurs) in a dusty barn next to antique cars. Once you get to the large animals is when it becomes depressing. The poor black bear is in a tiny little cage. So are big cats. The cougar was pacing and looked miserable. The beautiful tiger needs to be rescued by the local tiger sanctuary. Many of the cages had dirty water for the animals to drink. These large animals don't need to be here forced to exist in these tiny, cramped concrete and wire cages. Send them to a real zoo where they can have space to move around. This place should remain as local petting type zoo. Families will still come with their children to feed the goats or chickens. I left two hours ago and I'm still depressed thinking about those beautiful animals stick in those tiny cages. This is not the worst zoo I've ever seen (that is Space Farms in NJ) but this one comes in second.
Regarding the animals. They did look healthy enough but it bothered me how most did not have any water. It was 84 today.
Waccatee Zoological Farm is a US Zoo based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Waccatee Zoological Farm is located at 8500 Enterprise Rd, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588, USA.
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