Lazy L Safari Park, Cape Girardeau MO

My boyfriend and I went, and had so much fun! It would be a great place to take kids if you have them, but even for adults, it was an enjoyable activity!

What a wonderful place to visit! We loved it and appreciate the love and hardwork owners provide all the animals- there living area looked well kept and the animals looked very well taken care of and happy. Thank you for taking such good care of these beautiful, sweet animals!

For all the people saying it's overpriced - IT'S EXPENSIVE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE ANIMALS. I would much rather pay what they need than have them discount prices and cause the care for the animals suffer. By paying admission, etc, you're paying to help support the animals, not only to provide yourself entertainment.

I feel this place is overpriced. They didn’t have the petting zoo open. When we went to feed the parakeets, they had a dead bird just laying there. When I told a worker about it, I was told they would have to drag a ladder out and the person who would deal with this kind of problem wasn’t there. Who knows how long the dead bird is gonna lay there. Not the experience I intended on having at all.

Animals are aggressive with food! I’ve been to many petting zoos and these animals fight over the food. They will hurt each other over it. Definitely seems like they are breeding the animals as well which is sad bc places like this should be all about helping the animals. The deer there I mean deer are a normal animals around here and they are aggressive for the food and they had at least 15 inside the barn that were babies. The kangaroo looked sick.one of the llamas didn’t even want the feed would sniff it but wanted nothing to do with it and you could tell it was hungry. The goats they bite which to me is odd bc you can go to the st. Louis zoo and feed those goats and they don’t bite. Personally won’t go back but I feel bad for the animals. Critter Lane would be a better place to go. Staff was friendly here It’s $40 a person to pet the sloth but you can see it without paying.

I used maps/Directions to get back into it. Once there you drive past the residence up to the Barn where you'll see the Store. In addition to purchasing Tickets you have the pleasure of buying a sack of feed to feed the animals behind the red fencing. Follow the instructions on each fence. There are some animals on a specific diet. Flat hand feeding. Remember that line. The Hogs and large Bird's, feed them on the ground. Some of the Kid's are loose and they look very lovable. Don't let your guard down! No matter how sweet the little things appear, I assure you they will chow on your favorite item of clothing or anything else you may have that catches their eye. Nothing to fear as they were gentle as their natural instinct was acting itself out.

The large Bird's are the only "caution" I'd send out. If you've seen a chicken peck think x 100 with the large birds.

Even though feeding the Deer, the Kangaroo, the Goats was fun as they came to meet us, going into and walking through the Parakeet Sanctuary was the most unique for me. You can get sticks for them but you are in their domain once you enter the second door.

Great Place for Family Fun. We had a blast and at a reasonable price. Most of the animals were friendly and could be petted and feed.

The staff were nice. We loved the kangaroo and the tiny baby goat that was in with the zebras. We were sad that we couldn't hold any animals but still had a great time feeding the animals.

The admissions were cheap, the bag of food was worth the price the only thing is I feel as the woman was trying to overcharge me for seeing the sloth. They tried charging $45 PER PERSON to just see the sloth alone, you don’t even get to hold it. I think she was making up pricing just to try and rip people off who look as they have money. Other than that good place

I think they do a good job with what they have. Love being able to feed a kangaroo. Its expensive, though. $10 camel ride gets you 3 small circles. Not so great especially when the guy is on the phone and he could be sharing info with the kids.

Exotic animals trapped in cages. I honestly felt bad for them. I thought this would be more safari and less sad animal show.

We've been to many places like this safari park and this one just did not compare. First, we maybe spent an hour here, if that, which just doesn't justify the $40+ ($11 for adults, $9 for children plus tax) to enter with our family of four. Second, it was a very hot day with minimal shade to get away from the blistering sun. Third, be very careful when entering the goat petting zoo area. These guys were VERY hungry and swarmed us as soon as we entered. They ended up getting stuck in the little gate area before you enter the actual petting zoo area. I had to lift my 5 year old out of the area because they were just too much for her to handle. We then went into the barn area where there were more animals to feed and see. There was a big fan blowing in there but it was still pretty hot. There was a good number of different animals to see in there which was nice. Our favorite part of the safari park was petting and feeding the kangaroo. We then walked out over to the large area of animals out in front but most of them were too far out in the field to see. All in all it wasn't a terrible place to go I just think the price of admission is a bit high for what you get.

I agree with several of the reviews in that this place is SUPER overpriced on the entry fees. The feed price was ok.we liked all the animals. Some had little if no information on what they were. We didn't go into the petting zoo for obvious reasons. I wasn't going to pay an extra 10$ to ride a camel. That should have been in on the entry fee. There was another fee to hold animals and mining. They advertised an alligator but there wasn't one.
We liked the birds and the Kangaroos. The lemurs we're fun to watch and feeding the animals was fun. Not a horrible place but definitely not worth the price.

This place is awesome they have a bit of everything here my kids had a blast have exotic birds also even have birthday party's and a nice pavilion for the party's definitely a must for the kids

Decent prices but I’ve never understood for places like that, more of a kid thing why adults are more than kids. The prices were not bad just should be other way around. Kids loved it here, feeding the animals, doing the mining. Staff was friendly but boyyyyyy was it warm! Highly suggest checking it out when passing!

Some pros and cons with this park. Pros would be the staff is kind, there was a play ground for the kids, the animals were fun and personable to watch, and there is a variety of activities you can do. Which brings me to the cons: in my opinion it is too expensive for what you get. $20 is the cost for one adult and a toddler to just see the animals. If you want to do the activities it gets more expensive. I do think feeding the animals should just be included, maybe a free souvenirs to make it more worth it. My kid and I only spent an hour here, and we saw all the animals several times. Even had an ice cream break.so my biggest criticism is the pricing. But I do need to add that the animals shelters were small in my opinion.so if it is that expensive I think they need to put the animals in bigger living spaces. There was a lot of land here so I think it has better potential for the future. I think it's honestly worth $5 per person.

Alligators enclosure was cramped and not clean, same goes for some of the exotic animal enclosures. Some animals looked sad.

Majority of the parakeets looked lethargic and some escaped their enclosure and were desperately trying to get back in and some flew off.

I love anything budgie / parakeet related. Spent money to just become sad and see they don't take care of their animals like they should.

I took a star first since they are not handicap accessible. Parking lot was gravel not good for wheelchairs or scooters, trails similar. Lip of concrete at the barn made entrance hard and it turned to gravel after several feet.

Some of the cages seemed very small for the animals it was holding. But a decent variety for the price. The encounters are expensive and I'd feel for the price those animals would have better habitats. Staff are super friendly. Kids really enjoyed cracking geodes, just for note they are small geodes.

It's amazing for what it is little farm of all walks of life deer sheep parakeet enclosure alligators peacocks pigs cow emus lol the kangaroo was awsome staff was friendly overall I recommend it was a great time