We are closed for the season...

but do offer one-hour animal cuddling sessions during the weekends & we are booking spring field trips

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We are now booking spring field trips

...for schools and organizations. Let us help you plan a wonderful visit.

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We can bring a petting zoo to you!

...and/or our educational programs too

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10 acres of hands-on animal interactions

Both farm animals and exotic animals!

Interested in our Jr. Zookeeper Summer Camp?

Camps are one week long and we'll be offering three camps.

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for updates, photos, info about cuddle sessions and registering for our other programs

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Welcome To Our Zoo

Safari Junction, Home of Valley Exotic Zoo, is a family owned and operated attraction that offers fun, hands-on animal experiences to children and adults. During a visit, you will interact with both farm animals and exotic animals of all kinds. At our zoo, located on a beautiful 10 acres just south of Eaton, Ohio, you will get an experience unlike any other animal park.

FAMILY FRIENDLY

We want you to be as comfortable with our animals as we are.

EXPERIENCED

We have 20+ years of experience working with and teaching about animals.

WE BRING ZOO TO YOU

We can bring a petting zoo and/or our great hands-on educational programs to your event.

100+ ANIMALS

Plan a visit to learn about and interact with animals of all kinds. Fun Guaranteed!

We are more than a zoo...

You can visit us at Safari Junction and we look forward to having you. (And so do the animals!) We also offer much more. We can bring the zoo to you via our hands-on petting zoo and educational programs. We schedule large group field trips and birthday parties here at the zoo. We offer summer camps for kids, intern opportunities and much more.

Internship Opportunities

We offer internship opportunities for degree-seeking college students in the following areas: Animal Care, Marketing and Education. Our interns gain experience in various aspects of our business and animal care. We'd love to talk to you about serving as our intern and becoming part of the Safari Junction Team!

Educational Programs

We also offer our animal educational programs (Table Top Safari) for schools from preschool to college and for hands-on demonstrations at events and organizations. We can do a general presentations or we are happy to work with you to tailor a presentation just for your group...including cuddle sessions in special circumstances

Petting Zoo

We would be happy to set our our traveling petting zoo at your event, birthday party or fundraiser...and these are always a big hit! Our petting zoo animals are all contained, and guests and visitors can pet and feed them. We also are happy to answer questions about each species and general animal care.

On-Site Visit

A bobcat, kangaroo and reptiles...Oh My! During your visit, you will interact with 100+ farm and exotic animals on 10 acres of zoo. As you wind along gravel walkways you'll encounter free-roaming and contained animals of all kinds, and have the opportunity to pet and feed some of our favorites. Some will become your favorites too.