Wildest Places for Kids to See Animals in San Diego

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🐇 ALL THE PLACES WHERE KIDS CAN SEE WILD ANIMALS IN SAN DIEGO

From farms & ranches to aquariums, museums and even private hotels...your animal-loving kiddos will squeal with delight at these places!

Contents:

Guides

Alpacas

Birds

Butterflies

Dinosaurs

Farms & Ranches

Fish & Sealife

Hotels

Horses

Zoos & Animal Centers

I'll be adding to these OFTEN, so keep checking back for updates.

And let me know if you have anything else to add.

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📖 GUIDES

9 Secret Spots to See Animals for Free

🦙 ALPACAS

• The Alpaca Hacienda, Temecula

• A Simpler Time Alpaca Farm, El Cajon

🦜 BIRDS

• Anstine Audubon Nature Preserve, Vista @famdiego

• Buena Vista Audubon Society, Oceanside

• Emerald Forest Bird Gardens, Fallbrook

• Free Flight (parrots), Del Mar

• Living Coast Discovery Center (owls, hawks, eagles), South Bay

🦋 BUTTERFLIES

• Butterfly Farms, Encinitas

• Safari Park Butterfly Jungle (May-May only), Escondido

• San Dieguito County Park butterfly garden, Del Mar

• Water Conservation Garden, El Cajon
  

🦕 DINOSAURS

• Jurassic Quest (only Dec/Jan), Del Mar Fairgrounds

• San Diego Natural History Museum

🐐 FARMS & RANCHES

• 123 Farm, Beaumont

• Bate's Nut Farm (goats, pigs, chickens, more), Valley Center

• Diane's Egg Farm (chickens & horses), Bonita

• Farmakis Farms, San Juan Capistrano

• Farmstand 67, Ramona

• Key Creek Lavender Farm (permanently closed)

• Leo Carrillo Ranch House, Carlsbad (peacocks) @famdiego

• Little Creek Acres Farm, Valley Center

• Mellano Farm Stand, Oceanside

• Olivenhain Farm, Encinitas

• Rancho Penasquitos Adobe, (goats)

• Sand N Straw Community Farm (goats), Vista

• Sandy Creek Ranch, Temecula

• Stein Family Farm, National City

• Sugar Plum Zoo + Chocolates, Temecula

• Sugar Sweet Farm (& goat yoga), Encinitas

• Sunshine Gardens, Encinitas (permanently closed)

• Wild Willow Farm School, Chula Vista
  

🐠 FISH & SEALIFE

• Birch Aquarium, La Jolla

• Living Coast Discovery Center, South Bay

• PetSmart, various

• SeaWorld San Diego, Mission Bay

• Westfield Plaza Bonita Mall, National City
  

🏤 HOTELS

• Birds at the Catamaran, Mission Bay

• Flamingos at Coronado Marriott

• Paradise Point Resort & Spa, Mission Bay

• Seals at Bahia Resort, Mission Bay

🐎 HORSES

Guide: 7 Places for Horse & Pony Rides in San Diego

• Adventures On Horseback, Ramona

• Bibby Ranch, Escondido

• Pony Land, Imperial Beach

• Rawhide Ranch, Bonsall

• The Ranch at Bandy Canyon, Escondido

• Surfside Ranch, Imperial Beach

• Susie Q Ranch, Murrieta

• Temecula Carriage Co.
  

🦁 ZOOS & ANIMAL CENTERS

• Children's Nature Retreat Center, Alpine

• Eco Vivarium, Escondido

• Helen Woodward Animal Center, Rancho Santa Fe

• Living Coast Discovery Center, Chula Vista

• Lions, Tigers & Bears, Alpine

• Oasis Camel Dairy, Ramona

• Safari Park, Escondido

• San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park

• SoCal Mini Pigs, Valley Center

• Wild Wonders, Bonsall

• Zoomar's Petting Zoo, San Juan Capistrano

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