My husband and I took our two daughters, ages 5 and 6. As we emerged from the store and started around the park, we could hear roaring, We snooped a little at the bickering porcupines and then followed the sound to the tiger exhibit. A beautiful orange tiger was making the sounds while his white companion slept in the corner. We got to see the baby lion cubs resting in the shade and pet a baby kangaroo. When choosing what food to buy for feeding the animals, carrots did seem like the food of choice for most of the animals. We most enjoyed feeding the bear, he waited so patiently and seemed so appreciative. The ornery little goats are especially entertaining. We enjoyed our visit very much.
A wonderful and clean facility with so many animals. We stayed at the log cabin motel so had to check this out. We arrived as soon as it opened so we were able to see many of the animals eating and starting their day. Great for young children to not only experience animals close up but it was easy for them to walk around. I was pleasedto see how well the animalswere cared for. The gift shop is huge with a nice selection and great prices!
This is a fantastic treasure in our area. We love going here at least 3 to 4 times a year. We recommend going here if you are in the Donegal area.
We had 5 adults and 1 two year old and all of us had a great time. At first just the two year old fed the friendly animals. Make sure to buy the big bags of dry food and carrots while buying the tix because the adults will soon want to feed the animals some food. Be ready to explain to the young children why they cannot feed the lions and tigers. The staff was great and very helpful. Admission charges are very reasonable as were prices in the gift shop.. Be sure to print the discount coupon found on line before going. More restrooms are needed as the lines got a bit long at certain times. We will go back every year for a fun day.
Really backwoods atmosphere. Very enjoyable. Lots of friendly animals you can hand feed. Some animals that not even the Cincinnati Zoo (near my home) does not have. We always go to this place when we visit family in the area. We will continue to go.
We took our son here once last year, and he had so much fun, we bought season passes for this year! He's 4 now and just loves getting to feed and pet the animals. Living treasures is almost always changing things or adding animals, so it's a different experience each time, even when we've gone twice in the same month. It takes us about an hour or so to walk thru feeding with the dry food, when we buy the carrots too it takes a little longer as we feed more animals. It's nice to be able to just take half a day or less for something fun and still have time for other things. Weekday mornings seem to be the best as its not busy yet, and the animals are hungry! If you're looking for relaxed, fun, family time, this is a nice place!!
I run a summer camp and we took the kids there for a field trip. Loved that fact that you can buy cups or bags of food and feed the animals as you walk around, the kids loved that. It's a pretty small zoo, takes only about 30 min max to walk through it. But they have zoo workers who are available to talk to the kids and answer questions about certain animals. Horse rides are available for an extra fee. The gift shop was surprisingly very large. No large pavilions to eat lunch if you have a large group, just a few smaller picnic tables.
We really enjoyed our visit to Living Treasures! The animals were close and looked forward to receiving the treats we bought. The baby kangaroo, tigers, and lemurs were the highlight for us but we also enjoyed the cleanliness of the park and friendly staff
We always spend part of a day at Living Treasures when we stay at Seven Springs. We are all adults now but we still enjoy feeding those animals!
How in the world could you write a bad review about this place. Ok, it's not the Pittsburgh Zoo. But for a little town this is a very nice, clean zoo. I go to alot of zoos. They have a very nice selection of animals and a nice selection of things you can buy.