Everything about this place is fantastic. The prices are more than reasonable, the staff is available and friendly, and they let you interact with some of the most dangerous reptiles in Florida! I strongly suggest holding Bats the giant python because he is so much fun to interact with!
Never mind the dangerous reptiles ! The owner can bite pretty good herself , i wont take whats left of my butt in their again
Slow hands NO hands! Great place! An original Florida roadside attraction. Stop by and say hello to old Salty.
I had an amazing time. I loved catching the little gators and I loved watching the show. Thank you so much for showing what each one is!
The venue and staff were very good. But the snack bar was highly disorganized, food took a very long time, the lemonade even longer (and that was at 2pm, with only one family in line before us). We purchased 2 orders of gator bites, at $8 each. The pieces were tiny and, in total, the portions were equal to about 2 McDonald's chicken nuggets. Very disappointing, since we planned to have lunch there, and there isn't much else around. Our out of country guests treated us to lunch, for taking them to the farm. They were very embarrassed for the lunch they purchased for us.
The gator hatching event every year is one of my daughter's favorite things. One of the most amazing things to hatch the eggs right in there hands. We go every year and she even brings a friend. A great feeding show and a really fun chance to pick up smaller ones out of a pool and pose for pictures. Great job!!!
Thank god this still exists! I remember when these live gator shows we're off every exit of Florida highways. I have fond memories of these when I was a child. Naturally, I was super disappointed when I bring my kids and now they're all but gone! This is a shining gem in the state of Florida and the state should really be pumping into this place for the sales taxes it could be raking in. You don't find these things ANYWHERE else! That's a valuable commodity right there! I can see a gator themed small amusement/water park being here, along with a gator resort and spa. There's tons of land for developing and looks like it would be cheap. Some smart investor is going to snap this up and make it a world tourist attraction! Definitely support these unique pieces of americana before their all gone, turned into another Starbucks
To start off, we're visiting from NH! We looked at website and the kids were excited. To sit on a big gator would've been awesome pictures to show their friends back home. The girl at the front counter had an attitude, didn't explain much at all except that half of why we drove an hour and 22 minutes was not available to do but hey, WHY UPDATE YOUR WEBSITE! Once you get past the pond, it's filthy, smelly, buggy. We missed the chance to go into hold the little gators because we weren't informed that there is only certain times and we had just missed it. They told us We would have to wait for the next time 2 hours away. A 1 yr old, 5 yr old, and 2 14 yr olds bored with nothing to do but smell filthy cages while getting eating alive by ants and mosquitoes wait for 2 hours? When we wanted a refund they let us go into hold the little gators about 5 minutes, what a waste of a day and money! I don't recommend this place, too expensive for what is offered!
it maybe off the beaten path but we'll worth the journey! staff was great and the park was filled with delightful exhibits and surprises!
This place is so neat. Our family had a great time. Great staff too!
This is an old fashioned tourist spot. It would be nice to see some of the animals is larger enclosures. It's not uncommon for there to be just a handful of people visiting at a time allowing you to nearly have the place to yourself. After purchasing alligator meat there off and on over the years I was disappointed with my last purchase so I'm not sure that I will be purchasing alligator meat from here again considering the prices. I've visited other alligator farms in Florida but no where can you get as close to such large alligators.
My family loved our visit. We had such a great time seeing all the gators and learning more about them. Make sure you buy some "gator crunch", it's a blast feeding the gators!
We have been at Gatorama 4 times now. 2 times last and 2 times this year. On our first visit we didn't know what to expect and really enjoyed our experience. Each time we brought guests with us. On our first visit we saw the keeper feed the alligators by the lake and then we went to the crocodile enclosure and he did a show there. Very informative and exciting. The next 3 times we only saw the feeding by the lake. This last time there was a young lady who did the feeding out by the lake then went back to the area to let people hold the small alligator. A few people held it then off she went, no opportunity for questions or interaction. The male keeper was at the front office but claimed it was too cold to do the show in the crocodile enclosure. He just didn't want to do it because it was warm the last time we were here and he didn't do it then. If you have it on your website you have to do it.
The employees just seemed like they didn't want to be there. We we're so impressed last year on our first visit when we felt we got our money's worth but I don't think we will be back again. We and our guests were very disappointed. I have no problem paying the admission price but the last few times we weren't treated to the full potential of your park!