Great zoo, great atmosphere. The animals all seem happy and very well taken cared of. I love how youre immediately greeted by an emu and a llama!! One of my favorite places to visit!

Best zoo ever!! The owners are such nice people, and the animals there are happy to live there! Feeding Levi at 12pm everyday is truly amazing! There are so many encounters with the animals. And the Fat Sloth is a place near the middle of the zoo where you can get ice cream for you or Gibby (one of the animals, Say Whoop whoop near him), water or (soda or pop) and popcorn! Love this place so much!!

This place is truly a hidden Gem! So much fun and its only 10$ to get in. We rode a Camel that was only 10$ also and got to interact with the monkeys. This place is awesome! So much to do and see and everyone is so polite and full of information to any questions you have. I cant brag on this place enough!

Wonderful place. Feel like it is a safe place to take family during Covid19. Very clean and very easy to appy six foot social distance.

You get VERY personal with the animals. I really like this place. One of the zoo keepers (steve) was tons of help and was really knowledgeable. Ask about the animal encounters. They set this place apart from a typical zoo. You also get to nonstop feed animals. Ill be back plenty

I live in Fort Walton Beach, FL and this place is better than all the zoos near me including the one Gulf breeze. The staff is very friendly and so are the animals. I come here at least 3x a month. It never gets old. They are always getting new animals and the cost is just right.

A quaint little zoo that has a variety of animals for a cheap price. However, if you choose to get the full experience like ride a camel, participate in the encounters or feed the animals the price increases with each add on. You can easily visit the entire zoo in less than a couple hours. They even had an animal or two that I have not seen in person elsewhere. It seems they are constantly working to improve and expand. A little off the beaten path, it is a nice little journey to visit these sweet animals. The signs to feed or not feed the animals could be a little more clear to help people abide by the rules. Medium size birds run freely throughout the park. If you happen to be in the area, stop in for a look and visit the small giftshop.

This zoo is AWESOME! I love that there are many free roaming animals and you can feed almost all of them. The turkeys were a little much we got there a little late so only had about an hour but will definitely be back!

Great little zoo. All the animals were well taken care of

Wednesday 7/1/20 1pmThis is a must see. $10 per person. Extra $6 gets you a small bag of feed, a stick of bird seed and a token to redeem for a leaf to feed the giraffe. Goats and chickens run free. There are zebras, emus, donkeys, a giraffe, lemurs, parrots, a bird atrium, a lion, tiger (no bears) and much more. There is a camel and for an extra fee you can ride him. This is a scaled down version of a larger major city zoo. Take the kids and spend a couple hours here. You wont be disappointed. Please check out their web site for more and current info.

I took my four-year-old granddaughter and we had a wonderful time. Friendly and helpful staff and owners were willing to answer any questions. The only thing I think they should offer is hot dogs maybe nachos something more to eat than popcorn.

Wonderful smaller zoo!!! They have animal experiences that you can purchase with the lions & tigers, kangaroos and sloths. We chose the lions & tigers, so we got to feed them and touch their backs through the fence. It was great to get up close and personal. You can also buy food for goats, parakeets and giraffes. The zoo workers are super knowledge and friendly. Will definitely visit again!

Hello from Massachusetts. Our first time at Emerald Zoo, we enjoyed being there. It was pretty different than any other zoo we been to. We love how the chickens and peacocks roam around freely. We fed llamas, goats, sloths, birds, and a giraffe. We even rode a camel! It was pretty cool to see the animals we would never see in Franklin Zoo. The staffs were very friendly and helpful. Some of them would walk around with snakes and monkeys that we can touch and hold! It’s also affordable and I would definitely come here again!!!

Love love love this place!! It’s perfect for a morning or afternoon, easy to see everything, clean and well kept. Highly recommend!

Awesome time and for the price it was the funnest time ive had in a while. Great place

Had a great time with my nieces and nephew. Would have given 5 stars if I could seen the sloths better. Overall great zoo

We were at Miramar Beach last week and visited the zoo on Tuesday, July 7. We had 9 in our party that ranged from 2 1/2 to 65 and all loved this zoo. If you can do an animal encounter I would recommend it. Two in our party fed the tigers and lion and are very happy they did that encounter. My 21 year old granddaughter and 7 year old grandson fed and petted the sloths and are still talking about it. The pictures I took show their enthusiasm for the encounters. The zoo is clean, maintained well and has great knowledgeable staff. You can tell the staff loves their jobs and the animals they tend. I highly recommend a visit to this zoo.

I cant say enough good things about this park! It is small but admission is just right. The best part of this zoo is how hands on it is! You can feed about half the animals and there are all kinds of additional animal experiences you can buy separately. I have an almost 3 year old and we go up almost every weekend! The staff is also extremely nice and helpful!

Great little zoo for a family outing. They offer neat little events throughout the year to take your family too. Would definitely recommend getting a membership and visiting regularly.

Absolutely amazing and the encounters are worth the extra money,especially the monkey encounter

My family had a absolutely amazing time at Emerald Coast Zoo! The staff were super friendly and answered all the questions we had about the animals. My daughter absolutely LOVES giraffes and she had the opportunity to feed one! We would definitely come back and definitely recommend anyone stopping by. Our highlight was hanging out with the cute little monkey, feeding the birds & feeding the giraffe! So glad we stopped by.

What a gem. This is a great little zoo. Perfect for the family.Great experience and value

Small but, dont let that fool you. Its super fun, and youre not 20 yards away from the animals like the big zoos. You can get a real good look at some of your favorite animals, or jog back and forth with the wolves alongside their enclosure. Youre practically running with the pack.

I liked the selection of animals. It offers b-day parties & you can interact with some animals. We enjoyed the time we spent here.

Great Small Family Zoo, is a great place to visit and get close to the wildlife.

Great for toddlers to elementary age with lots of ability to pet/feed animals up close at a reasonable price. Educational sessions offered. Friendly staff. Clean bathrooms.

Love this zoo!!! It was rescued by a family a few years ago; they are upgrading the facilities and are working to improve the lives of the animals they care for. They just purchased an additional 10 acres and plan to expand the living areas for the animals and create more areas for rescue and education. They offer camping, guided tours, a small gift shop, camel rides, and monthly morning yoga next to the petting area. I cant wait to see how Emerald Coast Zoo grows over the coming years.

Really awesome outdoor (dirt floor) Zoo. Lots of roaming birds and animals. Fun experiences, riding camels and holding monkeys and so much more. Not your average zoo. About 2 hours of good family fun and not too expensive. Worth the drive.

$10 to get in lots of cool animal s and wife and grandkid played with sloth and had a blast

Words can’t express how impressed I was with this zoo. I’ve never been to a facility where the animals were so relaxed, content, and thriving in their habitat! The staff was incredible and the zoo was maintained so well. I’ve traveled a lot in my time and this zoo is THE BEST ZOO I’ve ever been to. Kudos to the owners!!

Great small zoo and a great price at only $10! You can get a lot closer to the animals than you can at a larger zoo. Staff was great also

Would give it 10 stars if I could! Fun and friendly, family owned zoo that’s very interactive and worth every experience! Cute little gift shop too. Staff were very sweet to us and animals were all awesome. Wanted to feed the pigs though!!

Amazing experience for our 5 yr old (and 4 adults)...well worth the ride from the PCB area! The staff were welcoming, the plentiful animals were energetic and grounds were spacious and well manicured...and you cant beat the price!A couple of highlights were feeding the giraffes, watching the feeding of the lion and bengal around 12:30 (one of the staff drove around on the golf cart to tell us) and riding a camel!We were planning to visit Timber Creek Distillery (10 mins north) afterwards but ending up going for a late lunch at Hub City BBQ (10 mins west) based on a zoo staff recommendation...Highly recommended!

Great zoo for the price and considering its in Crestview. My kids love feeding the animals

Really nice zoo. Small but the kids had a lot of fun. I wish the big cats had more space and some of the animals had friends to be with (like the Gibbon). Staff and volunteers are super friendly, we enjoyed feeding the animals. I especially love the little horned sheep. It is the sweetest thing and I love visiting it whenever we come!

The staff was excellent. Very easy to navigate through the zoo, the animals were awesome and not shy. Admission was cheap and the zoo was not disappointing.

Clean well maintained local zoo!! Was overly impressed by how well taken care of the animals are and surprised with how many exotic animals they had being a small town zoo. Will definitely be back to see the monkeys and birds again !

This place is amazing I tack my kids there they love it. You can do a lot of things the animal are so cool

Great little hidden zoo . Love what they are doing and cant wait to see them grow . They dont charge an arm and a leg either .

Great little zoo! Animals are well cared for. Kids can feed some of the animals.

This was an excellent zoo attraction. I loved the variety if animals and the staff was friendly and helpful. My favorite exhibit was the bird house where all the tiny birds would land on you and flock to your feet

Loved going here. We go to so many zoos and this one was wonderful. Small, enjoyable, and closer observance of the tiger and lion unlike other zoos.

Friendly small family owned zoo with lots of fun activities for kids of all ages.

We always have a great time when we visit! This zoo is so fun for kids of all ages. Camel rides and hands on experience for all!

Pretty neat place, the animals are well taken care of and the staff is friendly. Decent gueat facilities but overall a great experience with them at a recent birthday for one of the kids

This is a great place to bring the whole family. The staff is very friendly, the prices are reasonable, and the zoo as a whole is very interactive and keeps the kids excited and having fun! You can ride the camels, feed the animals, and if youre there at noon you get to watch their Lion eat lunch!

We had a great time! Its a great place for kids of all ages. Animal feed was really cheap. I love the variety of animals. The animals were up and moving about. We got there just in time to see the lion and tigers eat. The lion really put on a show! The staff are knowledgeable and friendly.

A very nice, smaller zoo. We enjoyed the parakeet house, the camel ride and Levi the lion was awesome. They dont have anything too exotic and most of the animal exhibits are typical for a small zoo, but it was clean and appeared well run. The staff were very friendly and took extra time talking to the kids. It was fun.

Such a great price! Great staff and super patient with kiddos!

Great family fun. Cant wait to take my grandson there. The people working there seemed to love what they were doing and are very passionate about it. Dont expect a big city zoo, but expect a good time for your kids.

We had such a good time. Loved how up close and personal all of the exhibits and animals were! Was also very affordable for a family. Will definitely be back.

A beautiful place to visit. Some of the animals are pet-able and so sweet. I especially loved the camels and giraffe!

I went here today, was an okay zoo it could’ve been a lot better. You have about 6 pigs, with no mud. It was 95 today. It protects their skin from sunburn. You had the smallest thing for them to drink waters out of. I had to use a ponytail to keep it running so it made mud for them your welcome. You also have two water buffaloes with nooo water for them to get into. They are endangered and they use water to keep their body temp down and not to over heat. Do what you want with this information but you could have a good zoo. Please don’t have animals if you can’t prove everything

Went here with the nieces and other family members. We all had a really good time and enjoyed petting the animals. As others have mentioned about prices it’s true. The groundskeepers here are really friendly and the ladies at the cash register are friendly. I hope to make my way back here someday.

Went there last summer while vacations in Fort Walton beach. Very friendly and clean. Loved the wolf enclosure! They also fed the lion while we were there, WOW! Make sure to hit the military bomb/air museum on the way back to the beach!

This place was so awesome. The employees were so helpful. My family and I loved visiting. Thank you. Gibby was our favorite!

We love it! The staff is so knowledgable and friendly. Its clean and affordable, and you never know what animals youll encounter walking out and about with some of the staff!

Today was our first visit to the Emerald Coast Zoo. My entire family absolutely loved the experience. We had so much fun feeding the animals and learning about them. We kind of fell in love with Luna and Licorice . The only thing I would say that could be improved upon is having info about all of the animals in the enclosures. Most of them had info but there were a few we were unsure of. Absolutely loved it though. Keep up the great work!! We will surely be back!!

BEST ZOO I HAVE EVER BEEN TO. Animals were so well kept and such a great family run place. The lemur experience was so fun!!

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Porcupines, sheep, donkeys and monkeys are just a few of the animals at this zoo. Each day, except Monday they feed a lion and tiger for spectators to see. You can feed some of the animals, too. Its fun for the whole family!

Love going to this zoo. Always a great afternoon.

Its good for a smaller zoo.I would re-visit.$10 for adults, free for babies under 2.

This place is great..the staff are all very friendly...great place to take the kids.

I cant recommend them enough! my husband and I did the behind the scenes tour with Rick and we had an awesome time.The tour started at 1pm and lasted one hour. We got to see all of the Zoo, ask questions and interact with some animals. We also got some feed at the end of the tour so we could go feed some pets.We also did the camel encounter and had an even better time! The staff was patient, happy to see us and answer any questions we might have.I was also impressed by the family who runs this zoo. You can tell it is truly in their heart to care for these animals. I wholeheartedly recommend this zoo for many reasons

Today my husband and I visited Emerald Coast Zoo and had the most amazing afternoon. This place is just wonderful. Rick the owner could not have been more kind and you can see how all the animals love him so much. What he and his family have done over the past year since they bought the zoo is just heart warming. The animals look happy and well taken care of and you are able to interact with a lot of them too, which made our experience all the better. It is so inexpensive for admission and well worth every penny. I highly recommend you pay the extra and experience one on one interaction with some of the certain species. Rick was so informative and you and your kids will learn so much. Thank you for an amazing afternoon!! Looking forward to our next visit!

My children had a wonderful time! Was worth the price to enter. Also, very handsy with alot of the animals, which kids love. You can also purchase a small bag of food pellets. (3 / $5)

Entrance fee of $10 is super reasonable. $1.00 off for military. You are allowed to bring in snacks/lunch and drinks. All of the staff we talked to were very knowledgeable about the animals. This isnt a large zoo but well worth the $10.

We love this zoo! You are able to interact with a lot of the animals, the path is shaded, and the zoo is very affordable! The staff is so friendly and the gift shop is super cute. I visit with my baby at least once a week!

What a beautiful zoo! The owners were so kind, personable and answered all the many questions my kids (and me) had. It is well maintained, the animals look happy and well taken care of. There are so many opportunities to interact with the animals and feed some of them. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and will be back to see the new animals they are hoping to get!

Such an awesome place! Took the kiddos! They had fun! Even rode a Camel!

Very casual and where can you ride a camel for $10? Love this place

Very fun and interactive experience and the prices are great too !

Such a great little zoo. Its not huge, and its more personable and hands on than other zoos Ive been to. I bring my kids here as often as I can, and definitely recommend it.

Awesome exhibits with a really nice crew. You can see all the work that has been done since the Zoo changed hands. This is a must see

Nice place to take the family, Animals are very well taken care of, the Lion show was great, one of the Best looking lions I have seen on a Zoo ,good people ,nice place, good environment, good family place

Family friendly! The zoo is well kept and the keepers are very friendly. Clean restrooms.

Family run, animals are well taken care of for the space/funding available to the zoo.

Had a great time. The staff was wonderful, the animals were friendly and active.

Very nice , small , family run zoo. The best part was feeding the farm animals the baby goats fit run freely between the enclosures and they are so adorable!!!! The have a free range tortoise and peacocks among other animals. Bring some insect repellant you will needed.

Great little zoo, ideal for small children. Or even a few hours for an adult.

This zoo is great! Great price for the family. The kids LOVED seeing and feeding animals. The staff are 5 stars for sure. They speak to you and interact with kids. Ask them questions and talk about the animals. Worth it. Go if you havent been!

Love this place. Friendly, too. Good prices. Everyone should try this place.

Lots of animals there. Nice grounds.

It was small enough to see all the animals but has a nice variety. Also lots of feeding opportunities for the kids.

Great little zoo. A lot of it is like a petting zoo/farm so buy food for the animals. We went in the afternoon so the birds werent interested in eating the seed anymore. If you want to feed them, go early. We had the pleasure of seeing brand new baby goats and piglets. Great price for a fun way to spend part of your day.

We have come to this delightful small zoo several times. My grandson loves feeding the animals in the large area in the front, with sheep, llamas, goats, donkeys big and small...He was enchanted with the chickens and pretended to stalk a peacock. We were happy to see the baby zebra and the piglet who was trying so hard to play with the tortoises. Our little boy was excited to see many animals he remembers from previous visits, like lion and tigers and bear, oh,my! The lemurs are always entertaining. I will bring my family back again soon.

This is an amazing place. This was one of the first attractions that my family and I visited when we first moved to Florida in 2001. Im not going into the entire history/story here, but the current owners have taken this place to a whole new level. If you want your kids to see, touch, and feed well cared for animals, take them here. Heck their gift shop souvenirs are even not unreasonably marked up.Debbie (previous owner) should be proud of what theyve done with the place.Old photo. Grandson is 9 now.

Nice little zoo. Most areas well shaded, and you can tell the staff cares about the animals. However, a little concerned with the size of some enclosures. They have crowdsourced to build the lion a bigger enclosure, but original enclosure will be for the tigers and it seems awfully small for a couple of tigers. Also the wolves and monkey enclosures seemed small.I also wish the zoo had something healthier, like carrots, that kids can feed the goats and other animals instead of the pellets. Was very happy to see the giraffes do not get pellets though (like some zoos), but you can pay to feed them some leaves. Also noticed the geese and ducks had some produce too, which was nice to see. However the water ponds needed to be cleaned out in the capybara enclosure. Might be dirty from the recent storms though. They do have animal encounters for additional fees. Overall, was pleasantly surprised but hope the zoo will continue to improve. Kids had fun.

Great place but more like a petting zoo.. very small but the kids loved it they had lost of fun with the birds.. my kids and nephews just keeped on saying that it seem like the animals seem very thirsty and it did look like it most of them with the tungs out breathing hard, us coming from Arizona we havent seen animals acting like that.. I was also expecting Giraffe,elephants and more animals..

Great local zoo! Definitely an improvement, new owners are doing fantastic job. Fun way to spend a few hours and great pricing. Definitely will be getting the annual pass-will become a regular stop for us. They also offer some fun encounters and although we are waiting for next time, the guests experiencing each one had a great time! Bird sticks and petting food is a must and bring money to ride a camel-unique fun experience!

Love the family feel there. Love Nippy too! He was my sons bird, my son donated him to the zoo. We are able to visit him any time. The huge positive changes we have witnessed with the other animals at the zoo shows the love and care given by this family owned zoo.

Most friendly and informative staff Ive ever seen or been around at a zoo. Wonderful area to roam very open and enjoyable our 2 year old loved it. We will be back soon with more people to get the word out. This place is fantastic. Sloth experience was great. All around fantastic atmosphere.

Absolutely, positively loved it! Great place, wonderful and caring staff! Lovely animals that are well taken care of and a really fun family place! Clean restrooms and also a hand sanitizer station along with very reasonable gift shop! Cannot wait to go back!!!

Had a wonderful time!So close to Fort Walton Beach.Staff friendly and knowledgeable.Recommend highly!

Our first time here and all I can say is wow! Great local zoo, the staff is friendly, the prices are very fair, and there is a lot to do. It was a hot day when we visited so we really only spent an hour or so walking around but we could have easily spent more time if the weather was a little cooler. I definitely recommend visiting, you can tell the owners are investing into the zoo. We drove up from Destin, just for the zoo, and it was worth it!

It was great. Its a smaller zoo but the animals were very friendly and nice. My son got to let baby goats! And we watched them fees the Levi the loin. I would definitely be going again!

Great price for all the different animals that you see.

A quaint natural environment zoo. Be aware there are free ranging fowl, tree roots to watch for, but it is awesome!

Great place to spend the day with your family. My daughter loves it because she can feed the animals. Weve been 3x this year so far.

I love that you can pet a lot of the animals! It’s intimate and very well taken care of. Highly recommend!