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Aruba Wildlife Tour: Ostrich Farm and Animal Sanctuaries
4.8
174 Ratings
Oranjestad
Experience a half-day animal sanctuary tour in Aruba and get up close with wildlife. Visit the Aruba Ostrich Farm, Donkey Sanctuary, and Phillip’s Animal Garden. Proceeds support these sanctuaries.
Experience a half-day animal sanctuary tour in Aruba and get up close with wildlife. Visit the Aruba Ostrich Farm, Donkey Sanctuary, and Phillip’s Animal Garden. Proceeds support these sanctuaries.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Aruba Ostrich Farm - The Aruba Ostrich Farm welcomes you to one of the largest living species in the world. Visitors are encouraged to partake in a guided tour of the farm, inhabited by both ostriches and their flightless Australian relatives, emus. The tour provides the opportunity to learn about the natural behavior and survival instincts of…
- Aruba Ostrich Farm - The Aruba Ostrich Farm welcomes you to one of the largest living species in the world. Visitors are encouraged to partake in a guided tour of the farm, inhabited by both ostriches and their flightless Australian relatives, emus. The tour provides the opportunity to learn about the natural behavior and survival instincts of these amazing creatures through detailed information as well as personal encounters with the birds.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Local taxes
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Attractions admission included
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Local taxes
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Attractions admission included
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Join us for a well-planned, engaging journey where you’ll gain insights into Aruba’s native wildlife. Begin your excursion at the Aruba Ostrich Farm, home to a colony of 80 of the globe’s largest living species. Upon leaving the Ostrich Farm, we’ll head to the Donkey Sanctuary and Phillip’s Animal Garden. The tour ends with a ride back to your hotel. A…
Join us for a well-planned, engaging journey where you’ll gain insights into Aruba’s native wildlife. Begin your excursion at the Aruba Ostrich Farm, home to a colony of 80 of the globe’s largest living species. Upon leaving the Ostrich Farm, we’ll head to the Donkey Sanctuary and Phillip’s Animal Garden. The tour ends with a ride back to your hotel. A portion of the revenue generated from this tour benefits these animal rescues.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Location
Aruba Ostrich Farm
Matividiri 57
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(174 Ratings)
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David_c
Mar 15, 2025
Loved seeing all of the animals! - We had a great time and the guide/driver, Danny, was very nice and informative. All of the sites visited offered opportunities to feed and interact with the animals. We especially liked the two monkeys at the last stop that wanted back scratches.
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594triciar
Mar 9, 2025
AN ANIMAL EXPERIENCE - Super cheap to see all the animals at this sanctuary. You can see ostrich, monkeys, donkey, goats, and more at this sanctuary. They gave us some food at the front so we can feed any animals that were not birds. The monkeys were the best part of this experience because they interacted with your hands. BECAREFUL of the Ostrich. They are cool to look at from a distance, but they will try to take your food out of your cup. They got really close to my boyfriend face to get the cup while he was trying to feed to goats.
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Lynette_c
Feb 16, 2025
Exceptional experience... - Exceptional experience for animal lovers! Truly enjoyed the information provided by the guide and perfect length of time for tour
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Maps797414
Feb 9, 2025
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - Second time we have done this trip . Again we were not disappointed. If you are an animal lover you we really enjoy it , seeing and getting close to the donkeys and ostriches and feeding them was amazing. A much larger selection of animals you could see at Phillips Animal Rescue and again feeding the goats was very special. Excellent value for money and Dan our tour guide ( same guy as last year) was very accommodating and informative. Highly recommended.
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Sasa2998
Feb 9, 2025
Animal adventure - This was such a fun excursion! All three stops were amazing and you get to feed the animals and see so many up close that you'd probably never see.
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Kimberlywn7489ve
Jan 15, 2025
Super fun! - I thought this tour was fantastic. Yes, as mentioned by several other travelers, the bus is an open air school bus, but that allowed for a better view of the island as we travelled from one place to another. Given that it is an outdoor animal experience, I expected to be somewhat dirty and tired from the day, so that was not a problem. The bus was late for pickup, but I was on vacation and wasn't going to let that ruin my day. Things happen.
I thought the driver was engaging and informative enough and enjoyed being dropped off to wander the sites. I prefer a less guided experience, so that worked for me, but the guided tour of the Ostrich Farm was also really cool. The guide there was funny and entertaining and definitely knew her birds.
It was also really enjoyable to be able to pet many of the animals and feeding the donkeys and goats was great. The highlight of my day was the monkeys at Phillips Animal Sanctuary.
All in all I felt like for $57 the tour was more than reasonable and was never expecting a luxury experience. I paid for fun and it definitely was.
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Travel4tw0
Jan 4, 2025
INTERACTIVE ANIMAL TOUR IN ARUBA - Used this tour group for airport transfers (smoothly done) and also for a
Fauna tour. Totally happy with both.
Airport transfers were on time and friendly; driving good. (Note: remember to read the info you receive after booking on line and follow the steps.)
Our driver for the Fauna Tour was actually the same person who ended up taking us to the airport at the end of the week. He let us know where we were headed and for how long. The tour transport was an old school bus with windows removed – the fresh air was good but you definitely need that breeze on Aruba. We felt his driving was totally fine. This was not exceptionally island informative – but then again, it was a Fauna Tour not an Island Tour.
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66dawna
Mar 2, 2025
Really Great Day! - This tour was fabulous. We started at the donkey sanctuary where we were able to purchase kibble to feed the donkeys. The ostrich farm was fabulous, made even better by a very knowledgeable young woman who was our guide. We ended at the Phillips Animal Garden where we were given carrots and kibble to feed the goats and other animals. My only complaint is that we stayed here for an hour when 1/2 an hour would have been better.
Our guide and driver, Danny, was terrific. An overall great experience!
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706jimf
Jan 12, 2025
You may not get what you were expecting from their advertisement. - The three animal venues were worth the visit. Our guide was pleasant but provided minimum information outside of delivering us to the three sites.
As we anticipated lengthy legs between venues, part of the decision to take this tour was that it advertised air conditioned vehicles. Lengthy time on the road was the case, but our vehicle was an old school bus, painted white, with no windows. We were offered a lame excuse about being very busy but 'take it or leave it'. Noisy, loud, rough riding and windy - hardly the trip we expected.
The Ostrich Farm offered an interesting guided tour, but the donkey shelter and animal rescue site were just drop off and 'be back at the bus in an hour.' It was nice to be among the animals and clearly caring staff. The long return involved stops at many hotels before we got back to our ship dusty, windblown and exhausted.
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Austina862
Jan 12, 2025
Disappointing Overall - While we loved seeing the donkeys and ostriches, the tour was disappointing overall. We waited over 30 minutes at our hotel to be picked up at our hotel and were not expecting that our transportation would be an open air school bus. We then sat on that bus about another hour while others were picked up throughout Aruba. The donkey preserve and general animal preserve provided no guide, and the latter seemed disorganized, very dirty and depressing. What was advertised as a half-day tour actually lasted almost 6 hours from pickup to dropoff.
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