Olympic Game Farm

My family and I had a great time here! We bought bread at the store beforehand (make sure you get whole wheat), but bread can also be purchase for $ 2 per loaf at the game farm. My toddler was able to sit on my lap during the drive, which was nice. It was a little scary (really, I’m just a wuss) having huge animals crowd the car, and there was a buffalo that kept following us no matter how far we drove, but it really was a blast. It was worth the drive and we will definitely be back. Just make sure to wash your car when you leave– there are lots and lots of birds at the park and your car won’t escape the poo.

Really didnt want to go here once I learned this place was in fact NOT an animal sanctuary, but a «farm» where animals are confined to the area of which this company owns and the organization collects money to have cars drive through the roads and feed whole wheat bread to 80% of the animals here.
As much as I wanted to opt out, I was on this vacation with little kids in another family who were INSISTING to go view it, so we did…
First impression, all the animals seemed so. sad and desperate for food. Bread? Day in and day out? From strangers who find humor and entertainment from this?
The bears were laying around in very small (imo) gated areas who didnt seem to give a care in the world.
Fair warning: TONS AND TONS of birds are waiting around and WILL sit on your vehicle once they realize you are throwing free food out of the windows and will attack at each other once the availability of a morsel is made available.
The COYOTES and TIGERS… The most depressing sight I have seen. Their kennels are rectangular and SMALL. You arent allowed to feed them, and you can just see them pace pace and PACE back and forth all about in a line with their heads and tails to the ground.
There was a new looking more «spacious» if you must say it, confinement area that had a sign saying «future homes for the tigers» or something along those lines.
My question is… why arent they there now? And what will happen to the coyotes? Will their homes be remodeled too?
I just left this place feeling absolutely depressed about these animals literally CHASING your vehicle down for bread
May be cute and fun for kids and unaware people, but we should really start bringing more awareness to the corruptness that there is to animals in this world.
Please dont support this farm. Please educate yourselves and your families about why this sort of organization is wrong.

Olympic Game Farm was so much fun! Never seen this kind of animals being so friendly! Make sure you bring wheat bread to feed the animals. Great place to take the family for a great adventure. The tour takes about an hour to an hour and a half.

Super fun place to bring the family but make sure you bring or buy lots of loaves of bread. The Llama’s will bombard your vehicles and eat lots of bread. It’s best to go FIRST thing when they open so the animals are hungry and interact more with you. We’ve been twice already this year! It’s so much fun and the kids will love it. And yes the Bears actually wave!

I wasn’t super excited to come here. Feeding animals from our van? How exciting could that really be? It was AWESOME! The bears were my favorite! One waves at you and catches bread in his mouth. We were chased by bison and reindeer, sneezed on by llamas, and had birds riding on top of our van. We drove through several times so each kid could get a chance in the front seat. Take quite a few loaves of whole wheat bread. They sell it for $ 2/​loaf if you run out. Oh, and make sure you ask for the coupon for a discount at the local car wash! :)

If you don’t mind seeing animals being caged or feeding them whole wheat bread, this is the place for you. Go in an SUV/​minivan or truck since the elks can damage your car with their antlers. Make sure to buy at least three loaves of whole wheat bread! Otherwise you will end up spending $ 2 a loaf at the site. Frans outlet is nearby where you can get 5 loaves for $ 6. Here you can feed llamas, bison, bears (if you can aim correctly, elk and deer.
Make sure you bring windex and towels with you because the animals will lick your car. Also remember don’t stop when going through the elk because they will use their antlers to move your car as well as possibly damaging it.
I got to pet all the different animals except for the bear, who were trying to sleep. Apparently in the summer, they wave back at people since these animals were trained. I also didn’t get to pet the zebras. They were more distracted by the hay than trying to get bread from humans.
Loved the interaction though even though I could see that the animals were bored/​sad! Worth every moment and it was only $ 12 per person for the adults.

I had never been here, and my boyfriend had been as a kid — so basically this was both of our first times.
My experience was really bi-​polar honestly. I wasn’t happy about the bread that I was feeding the animals, but I chose not to get upset about that. I understand that my obsession with organic, quality foods isn’t universal (never mind it’s not their diet). Either way, of course I was ecstatic about feeding peacocks, elk, bison, etc. I squealed like a child when a bison stuck it’s head in my car & demanded bread.
However, for me personally — I really struggled with the predatory animals. The tears started at the bears & escalated at the wolves, tigers, etc. These are highly intelligent creatures & if you pay attention and consider yourself in their position — it’s easy to understand why the animals seem, quite frankly, depressed. That entire area was awful for me & I genuinely believe those animals deserve better — they should be in sanctuaries living out their lives as naturally as possible. Not waving their hands for bread, which is clearly a trained response.
That entire section added no value to the park for me, it greatly retracted from it in fact. I understand how «crazy, hippy, tree hunger» that is — but until they’re retired I will not be returning to this business, nor will I recommend it to anyone I know.

Pretty cool. Dont worry if you forgot bread, they have some at a very reasonable price. Animals actually chase your car and stick their heads in looking for food!
Id recommend this for any animal lover big or small!

Only going to say a MUST do activity if you’re visiting the area and live here :) Such fun!

+ a ton of fun. I recommend coming in the morning before the crowd and when the animals are hungry. We came at 9:30am and loved feeding the bears, yaks, bison, llamas and elk. The bears were huge. The bison have long tongues. The llamas were gentle. By 11am, there was a huge crowd and the animals already stopped caring.
+ can buy $ 2 loaves
— the wild cats looked sad in their small cages. I think that these animals should be given to a larger zoo where they can have more space.

We went last weekend. It was great fun! I was the only passenger sitting in the back seat of our vehicle. When I had both side windows open all the way I had two giant elks sticking their entire heads into the back seat with me! I only had the windows open a few inches for the bison, though, because I was a little scared to think about their enormous heads coming into the car! Even the bison were good-​natured, however, and happy to eat the whole wheat bread I gave them through the window.
To start the drive-​thru tour, bring your vehicle up to pay at the entrance booth and then drive up the hill to the right. They will give you a map that shows which animals you will encounter in each area.
Some of the other reviewers said they did not see that the animals were getting any food other than the whole wheat bread that we fed them. We got there in the morning so we were able to see all the alfalfa bales that were placed out there for them to eat. As we drove through, we noticed that some of the animals preferred to keep eating their alfalfa rather than our whole wheat bread, which shows they appreciate eating more natural food. There is also some grass growing in their environment, and they eat that as well.
They take the bread out of your hands with their lips or tongue and are careful not to bite you. None of them put their feet on the sides of our vehicle, either. The animals were also very careful with their horns when leaning towards us. I reached out and briefly petted the llamas and yaks, even the big bull yak with his pointy horns. They were all gentle. I even scratched the neck of the bison that came up to the car. It was wonderful to be able to interact with them.
Inside the barn we watched a video that described how the founder of this farm started the tradition of always treating the animals with love, and it’s obvious that his family have continued this tradition based on how calm and trusting the animals are.
The only problem we had in driving around was trying to get through the first cattle-​guard where a small pack of llamas were standing. They moved away very slowly, although they did gradually walk away from the front of our vehicle as we inched forward. I had my windows all the way down for them as we gave them a little whole wheat bread. They were all well-​behaved and I didn’t see any of them spitting, as llamas have been known to do.
All of the animals that we saw were healthy-​looking, although I agree with the other reviewers who were concerned about the wolves, tigers and other predators that were in relatively small enclosures. That part bothered me, although I’ve seen many other zoos who keep these animals in even smaller cages with cement floors. At least these predators at the Olympic Game Farm had a natural area in their enclosures with grass, logs, and so forth.
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The walk-​through part of this farm was also exciting. There is an aquarium with giant sturgeon and salmon. One sweet burro was standing up close to her fence and when I scratched the top of her neck she got closer so I could scratch her back. There were incredibly beautiful pheasants as well, and lots of friendly goats that children can run around with.
The prices are very reasonable too. You drive up to the pay window and there’s one admission price to see everything:
Adults 15+ — $ 14.00
Children 6 – 14 — $ 12.00
Seniors ages 55+ — $ 12.00
Ages 5 and under– FREE

I’m shocked at all the people bitching and complaining about the way the animals are treated. These animals are in great care. I live in CA and make this something we do every time we visit our family up here. I’m going to school to be an animal trainer and think this place is awesome. There is no where like this and I love it so much. Stop complaining and being such butts and go enjoy yourselves! Can’t wait to come back here!

Olympic Game Farm was such a fun experience. We drove 4 hours from Seattle 4^th of July weekend, one of the business weekends traffic-​wise in Washington. Imo, the drive for the experience was well worth it. You encounter some pretty dangerous and dangerous looking animals here; it’s amazing how this family owned zoo keeps up with feeding and taking care of all these animals. Like the other Unilocalers mention, it’s questionable with some of the predatory animals (tigers, lions, and bobcats) cooped up in small enclosures. Some look like they are wasting away. If it’s a choice for Olympic Game Farm, they should not even have these animals as the other areas of the park are enjoyable enough.
The zoo is becoming saturated with visitors, that it’s a bit sad sometimes to see so many people feeding these animals endless amounts of bread all day, some seeming almost sick of eating bread. I’m not sure how these animals arrive here; I know some are from Disney movies; hopefully the others are rescues and living better lives than where they came from. All fun aside, the place needs a little help and I wish Disney would hop in and help these guys out with their operation. It’s amusing to see various animals co-​habitating peacefully. In one area you have yaks, llamas, cows, zebras, deer, and peacocks. In another you have horses, bison, elk and deer.
My favorite part is at the end, driving through the field of Bison, deer, and elk. The animals in this area are free range and have plenty of space to roam around… the mammoth Bison surround your car licking at your windows, while the baby dear and gigantic elk stick their heads in your car window and can’t get enough to eat. It’s a surreal experience.

Olympic Game Farm is definitely a fun place and is something that I’d recommend if someone asks me about a place to visit while they are in the Olympic Peninsula area. The Game Farm itself is separated into 4 sections (2 sections of the docile animals like llama, peacock, deer, buffalo/​reindeer, yaks etc), the waving bear section and the caged/​confined area for the more forestry wildlife animals like bobcats, tigers, etc.
I’m really half-​hearted writing a review about this place and have to admit that I visited this place twice because the people I went with really had a good, enjoyable time getting so upclose and feeding the animals. It was definitely entertaining feeding wheat bread to the animals and seeing them chewing/​enjoying our bread… but I was also sort of torn seeing how hungry they were when we went to feed them (I’m actually not quite sure if they were fed anything else other than the bread that the visitors gave that was proper to their body type. For example, I’d feel sad to know if the deer and buffalos only had their share of bread and nothing else like fruits/​grass that they’d have received/​eaten if they were to live in their natural habitats). The waving bears were definitely cute (the bears waved at you when you stop by to see them and wave good bye when you are about to leave them).but I wondered if these animals were trained to wave to visitors in order for them to get food. The part that I hated the most was through the caged areas of the tigers/​bobcats/​foxes, etc. Those animals definitely looked distressed as many of them kept pacing around and around in the box. I actually went to Olympic Game Farm 2 times for the past year and I was glad to see though that they are now building up new (and looked like more rooms) homes for those tigers/​foxes.
Overall, this is a place to visit if you are looking for something to do in the area. I’m almost positive children will enjoy this place… but personally I’m not able to give 5 stars because I’m not certain whether these animals were getting the food or treatments they deserved. I’d be great to have this place periodically update visitors on how these animals are treated or any updates/​plans the place has for these animals to help improve the living conditions of these animals. Until that’s the case, I wouldn’t be able to wholeheartedly recommend this place with 5 stars.

I sort of wish I could give Olympic Game Farm 3.5 stars, but we’ll go with 4 since I’d definitely bring friends here again.
It’s tons of fun to feed these large animals and have them interact with you and your group. The Bison especially make for a really wild experience — expect to need a car wash after you finish :-)
The reason why I can’t give this place 5 stars is because they really shouldn’t be allowed to house the predators that they have. I’m not sure if maybe these animals are from unique situations or something, but they are in very small enclosures and look pretty unhappy.
I’d be thrilled if the game farm could release those animals to an accredited zoo or animal sanctuary and focus more on the non-​predatory animals that you can interact with as those seemed happy and well cared for.

What a fun experience! Watch out for the bisons! The elks, donkey, horse, llama, cows, deers are super docile. Great place for the family and a fun adventure for all!

Had a really good time here. They have a lot of friendly and tame animals that like to interact, especially when you feed them. The llamas, yaks, and deer are quite friendly and energetic. I felt a little sad to see some of the animals that clearly don’t belong in the environment they are in. Apparently the place takes «in need» animals which is how they end up with lions, tigers, and beers (oh my!) and many other non native to Washington animals. I felt really nervous in the bison and elk enclosure. They warn you that this is a high risk area and give out a chance to exit before going in. The bison seemed very calm, but there just so big that I didn’t feel too comfortable moving through slowly with windows down. It’s just damage to the car that is the risk. There are these little deer or elk with them that will chase your car and desperately want bread. It’s a confusing area. You roll your window down to feed these little guys and suddenly a bison is strolling into the front of your car and you don’t know how to get away from it.
Prepare yourself with a roll of paper towels and hand sanitizer and maybe even some windex for your windows after. You will definitely get snot/​spit/​dirt on you and your car as well as bread crumbs.
The tour is $ 12 per person and $ 2 per loaf of wheat bread. One loaf is quite enough if there are just two of you. The tour takes about 1 hour.

4 stars for the $ 2 wheat bread. We were expecting it to be crusty old bread, but it turned out to be really nice fresh bread. For $ 2, I should have bought more for my lunch :)
3 stars for the farm. It’s pretty entertaining to feed the llamas, yaks, elk, deer etc. but watch out for the bison, they really will bite your mirrors!
0 star for the big cats. They really shouldn’t have them. The cages are tiny and you can tell the animals are depressed because they are either passed out or pacing (specifically the tigers, lions, bobcat, lynx, foxes etc.). Very sad. I’m not sure why it is they are allowed to have them, but I certainly don’t agree with it.
Overall, it was a mostly positive experience, but a bit pricey for admission.

Went to the Olympic Game Farm last week, and while we made the best of it, I would not recommend it to anyone who actually has a conscious (did not research it properly before going). It was quite shocking and really just sad how these animals are housed and the fact you are supposed to hand out BREAD to animals who are not meant to eat bread. But the most heartbreaking part is the intelligent predators they have caged in 10×15′ muddy kennels, driven to madness from boredom and small quarters.
The larger animals are in bigger fields and are conditioned to demand copious amounts of low quality «wheat bread» (which is not whole grain or anything even remotely close to a healthy quality bread, this is the type of $ 1 a loaf bread people buy trying to convince themselves they are eating healthy, but nice attempt) but they have dirty nasty straw piles everywhere that is covered in mold from being rained on and the animals stand in it and defecate all over it. The majority of animals are covered in feces. It’s absolutely heartbreaking.
The Bears. Don’t even get me started. They are left in small muddy enclosures surrounded by electric fences. you can see the life has left their eyes. It would be more humane to euthanize these animals instead of letting them live this way.
I wish at this point I took pictures of the poor predatory animals living conditions to be able to show them to people, but I was too upset at the time to do that. The grounds has a domestic rabbit breeding problem and these rabbits congregate around the predator cages, some of them actually leaning against tiger and wolf pens– which has to be torture for these poor predators.
The lions and tigers all live in the same types of kennels the other northwest animals live in, which their sleeping area consists of an open plywood shelter with straw in it. No real cover from wind and rain. No heating devices nearby– so animals that are used to African climates are exposed to 20 degree northwest weather…
If you have children, teach them better than this. Don’t bring them here. This isn’t entertainment, it’s practically genocide. This is exactly one of the many examples of why our planet is dying and why we as a civilization are doomed. We cannot respect nature or those that live in it.
Its painfully obvious this place cares little about the general welfare of any other species than human beings. It is disgusting this is legal.

After leaving the game farm I was really excited and thought «that was really fun!» We got to drive through the game farm feeding the animals, sometimes yelling at the husband for rolling down my window and having a large head right next to my face, but all in all a good time.
After returning home I logged onto Unilocal to start my review and read some of the other reviews, mostly the one-​star reviews talking about the living conditions of these animals. Then I started thinking about it more. There were some animals that had a lot of space to roam around. But the carnivore section — heartbreaking. Even during this part of the farm I was like come on, let’s keep moving. Most of the animals were sleeping in a small cage. One tiger in particular was pacing back and forth in the small cage and I kept saying, I think he’s having anxiety, let’s go :(They all looked really depressed — I mean, who wouldn’t. This part was hard to see.
As for the rest of the game farm, the llamas, the elk, the bison, deer — they had more space to run around and chase the cars tossing bread at them. The bison were a little scary as they charged your car and out bump up against it. I think it was also the guys I liked most. It was cool to see these animals up close and personal.
So once I stopped to think about it, I had mixed emotions. Felt the guilt others said I would have. I had fun feeding the animals. I think if they can’t provide larger environments for the carnivores, they should send them somewhere (obviously not in the wild anymore, but another place similar to this?) where there is more space for them.
If you do decide to go buy (or bring) at least two to three loaves of WHEAT bread (no white bread, only wheat). Be aware that the animals will slobber all over your car, and on your face if you let them. Some of them have antlers and can potentially damage your car, so don’t roll up in a nice car and get upset about it. Avoid the carnivore section.