destination • experience • outdoors

Bearizona Wildlife Park

This has got to be one of the best wild-life parks in the country. There is a large drive-through section where the black bears 🐻, grey and white wolves 🐺 and buffalos steel the show. We couldn’t believe how many there were and how active they were. Some came right up to the car (keep your windows rolled up)! At the end there’s a great walking section with great exhibits featuring many native North American species like otters, raccoons, bobcats, orphaned black bears, porcupines, jaguars, foxes, owl / raptor shows, etc. The kids were beside themselves with how cool this place was and I liked how well maintained the enclosures were and how well treated the animals appeared to be (most are rescues). Not to be missed....