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Visitor tip
Plan your giraffe feeding experience early in your visit - giraffes are the most mentioned attraction (338 mentions) and likely draw the biggest crowds throughout the day
Best time
Visit on a weekday if possible - the park operates weekend hours only through April (Saturdays and Sundays), so weekday visits may have fewer crowds once extended hours begin in May
Visitor tip
Bring sunscreen and plan for the heat - reviews highlight mist fans as essential on hot days, indicating the park has limited shade in certain areas despite 'plenty of rest areas'
About Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
Private zoo with interactive exhibits. Set on 80 acres, this private zoo hosts a range of exotic animals, many that can be touched.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Zoo
- Location
- 20 minutes east of Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Size
- Nearly 100 acres with over 1,300 animals
- Highlights
- Hand feed giraffes, view rhinos, watch penguins, rare and endangered species
What visitors say
This place was lots of fun! They had a wide variety of animals to check out and feed. We were traveling in from Texas and had to check it out while in Michigan. Our kiddo is a wild animal lover and we were pleasantly surprised at the…
Amazing place to see a wide variety of animals in a nice clean setting with interaction. Plenty of restrooms and clean. The animals seem to have nice environments to be in. The giraffes were amazing to interact with. We also got to see…
Great zoo, that provides plenty of rest areas from the sun, restrooms within a reasonable distance & plenty of animals to see. We fed the giraffes, the camel, alpacas & plenty of goats😁. The mist fans were the perfect item for a…
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Did You Know?
- Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park features hand-feeding experiences with giraffes, which generated 338 mentions in visitor reviews—the most discussed aspect of the attraction
- The zoo is set on 80 acres and hosts a range of exotic animals including rare and endangered species such as pygmy hippos and Indian rhinos
- Boulder Ridge offers a Grand Opening event on May 1, suggesting this is a relatively new or recently renovated facility
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