Seacrest Wolf Preserve

This place is AMAZING. My boyfriend and I did the VIP tour since it was highly recommended (I agree 100%). At first I was worried since they do not answer their phone (they lock up the giftshop while they are doing tours, which is nice so you can keep your belongings in there and not worry). But when we got there they showed up at the gate right on time, we had Annette and Sarah as our guides and they were wonderful, very informative, and just all around fantastic people! The wolves were the BIGGEST babies, they love their butt scratches, armpit rubs, ear scratches and give lots of kisses. Annette and Sarah made sure we got as much interaction as we could/wanted before moving onto the next enclosure. We also did the small animal tour and loved on the foxes and got to feed a raccoon. It is worth the drive and money to do this if you are a true animal lover, truly a once in a lifetime experience!

I went to this place a little under two years ago, and at the time chose not to leave a review because I wanted to pretend the trip was special, but honestly, it was a huge disappointment and I’m embarrassed I took my husband here. I had purchased a gift certificate in the amount needed for two entries as a Christmas gift to my husband. Four months later, we decided to go for his birthday.nnBecause the cost of tax wasn’t factored into our gift certificate (not my problem- as many years as this facility has been operating even before I ever visited, they should have figured out this process by now), the owner tried to pressure one of her staff into charging us extra to cover the tax, which wouldn’t have been an issue except the employee stated if he did that, we’d be charged more than if we had never bought the gift certificate and had just paid when we got to the facility instead. This is when I should have asked for a refund and gone to the beach. But I stayed because my husband loves wolves, and we stood awkwardly at the counter for almost ten minutes while the employee was working out a way to charge us the exact amount for the taxes without making us overpay. That entire time, the woman who owns it berated him for not overcharging us and then had a rude comment to me about waiting four months to use the gift certificate. I *really* wish I had demanded a refund from this narcissistic woman and just gone to the beach instead.nnThe employee was successful in charging us the correct price, so we stayed, and things only got more disappointing. The owner was verbally abusive to her employees the entire time she was present. Additionally, after making us wait an hour to get into the preserve and another hour to get an enclosure set up for pictures with the wolves, the owner then began to sass visitors for not immediately running into the enclosure so she could get the photo portion of the tour over and done with. I’m physically disabled and I’m also not going to run in an enclosure where there is an animal who is, by the staff’s own admission, likely traumatized after being forced to stay at this place with no kind of protection during a nearly category 5 hurricane prior to our visit.nnThe wolves themselves were terrified of visitors and seemed downtrodden in general, and the small animals enclosure was more a prison than anything else.nnWhile there was definitely at least one staff member who seemed to care about the animals there and put her heart into educating about wolves, this preserve felt more like a dog show hosted by a narcissist than a facility meant to care for animals. Save your money and go to the beach instead.

We had the Best time. The Wolves are GREAT to mingle with and the Tour Guides were AWESOME. WOULD DO IT AGAIN AND HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

Amazing experience! We can't wait to visit again! One of the most special experiences of my life!

The staff (Dr Alex & Annette) made us feel comfortable and confident despite handling wolves, and we had an AMAZING time. Once in a lifetime. Would recommend this to anyone! Highly recommend a Private Tour, definitely worth the money for a once in a lifetime experience that can't be put into words!!!