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January 2024 by Dawn Sollenberger
We and the best time ever! They were very accommodating to our group. The animals are very friendly and the tour was phenomenal. I will be forever grateful for my first capybara experience. It was the best birthday gift from a great group of friends !!!
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January 2024 by William Lang
We had such a nice time feeding the Capybaras! A wonderful rescue farm with dozens of exotic animals.
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January 2024 by Susan Hale
This is an amazing adventure for all ages. Two years ago we came with our grandchildren and we all loved it. And this trip we brought our other, visiting daughter, and we as adults all loved it as much as the families with young kids.
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December 2023 by Sam Gottesman
I wish I could give more than 5 stars! Drive from Philly for a capybara encounter and it was amazing! The staff were so great and you could tell that this place is truly a family run labor of love. The animals were all super friendly and well cared for. We didn't do the full tour on this trip but will definitely be back. Such a wholesome experience for the entire family. Go! You won't regret it!
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December 2023 by Paige Gottesman
we had the best time ever. an amazing, magical place. kindest people and family, with myriad of animals. you can feel the love they have of their crew of creatures. put this on your list, and go asap.
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December 2023 by amy bahen
Very cool place and worth the trip! The kids loved it!!
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December 2023 by Brenda Maillard
Great experience. Loved seeing all the animals especially the zebra foal & water buffalo calf.
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December 2023 by Sheila Schmidt
This place is awesome. You are right there with all the animals!
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December 2023 by Dannitta Paster
Absolutely loved the farm. The animals are so precious and approachable. My son loved it and the capybaras are his fave!!!
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December 2023 by Henry
I had a great time, lots of fun being able to pet everything. The capybaras are very chill, especially Clyde. It was cool being able to pet a zebra and a Camel.
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December 2023 by Blair Catlin Brown
We paid $200 for the 30 minute capybara encounter. We definitely did not have an experience worthy of that amount. Yes, spending time with the animals, which are expensive to maintain, constitutes a high cost, but one expects a certain level of professionalism, as well.I’m going to mention the smell and mud so it should be noted that I am an animal girl, through and through (raised horses, kennel attendant, worked at the Zoo, and pet owner). I know how smell/mud can be controlled and, since this is a business, they most certainly should be remedied.As soon as we parked, we had concerns. Horses and camels had free range in the car park area. Every thing feels like you’ve entered into someone’s unkempt backyard setup, jimmy-rigged out of free items and parts.We were greeted at our car by a nice, young lady. She led us through a smelly shed, containing the tamandua, and into a fenced-in enclosure. There were kangaroos, emus, ducks, and capybaras. This area also contained discarded patio furniture, a child’s disc swing, and a baby doll. The young woman handed us a bucket of fruits and veggies to feed the animals. These capybaras were not the least bit interested in our son’s attempts to pet or feed them. The young lady quickly told us that we could go spend time with friendlier capybaras, but it would have been nice to have been given a rundown of the plans prior to going in. Overall, we received little-to-no guidance or information. There was also a young man who just kind of hung around, hocked up spit, and chatted.We were led through a slick and urine-soaked mud patch to a heated shed containing two capybaras and three tortoises. The floor of the shed was covered in shavings (I only mention this because the website makes mention of encounters being moved indoors for comfort so one would expect that the setting would be arranged/maintained for visitors). The young woman and young man stood nearby chatting without giving us any guidance or information beyond telling our son to watch his fingers when feeding the treats. A woman and a toddler joined shortly there after, I believe they live on the property. The toddler stayed and fed the animals and the adults chatted.Our son genuinely enjoyed the time with the capybaras and tortoises, but we could tell that he was confused by the lack of organized experience (we all expected it to be led or facilitated in some way). After a while, we weren’t quite sure what we should be doing. Finally, the male capy left the shed, we followed, and the staff/residents came out too. Again, no guidance was given.We all went back through the mud and to the first enclosure. Our son pet the kangaroos and emu while the staff and the toddler talked and played on the disc swing. If we had been there just to ‘hang out’ at someone’s farm then the behaviors of the staff would’ve been fine, but we were paying customers so it was all so strange.Our son wandered around without any input from staff. We seemed to be the only ones watching to make sure he was being safe and kind with the animals. At some point an older woman came out and was giving hay to the kangaroos. She spoke to us a bit and actually interacted with our son about the animals, which was the only animal expertise that was shared. No one seemed to be keeping any eye on the time, so I told our son that we should probably wrap up since our time was nearly up. We stood around for several minutes waiting to be led out of the enclosure. Finally, we were led out of a gate and the woman introduced us to a pony that my son wanted to pet.We saw trash in the grass and discarded items along the edge of the property. As I noted, the owners appear to live in the trailer on the property. I am sorry if anything I said is offensive to their living situation, but this is a place of business, a business that charges enough that one would expect some level of professionalism (the grounds could be improved in the matter of a day and with very little cost, just some time on clearing trash/debris and organization would go a long way).
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December 2023 by Jarrett Johnson
An awesome place to get up close and pet some animals that you normally wouldn't be able to. The staff was friendly and knowledgeable about the animals.
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December 2023 by Danica Hinson
My son(s) and I have visited WorkHorse Farm multiple times and every time it's always a great experience! The staff is so incredibly welcoming and tentative to every visitor, but most importantly the animals are truly happy and well taken care of They're all so gentle and friendly, and it's evident that the staff works hard at introducing each individual animal to the public on their timeline of readiness and level of comfort. They truly run WorkHorse Farm for the right reasons and it shows. I will be back again soon, and highly recommend visiting. It's a hidden gem and such a fun family experience!
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December 2023 by Psalms 118:17
We went as a group and owner was friendly but it would have been nice to hear more about the animals and fun facts of each.Lots of feces scattered around everywhere so bring appropriate foot wear.Occasional marijuana odor coming from the property.Some of the exotics included the zebra, water buffalo, African porcupine, capybara, kangaroos, sloth, ostrich, camels, prairie dog, anteater. Animals were well fed and looked healthy. Baby zebra was adorable and the ostrich was very lively and wanted to put on a show for usOverall, visit was interesting but we wouldn't make a second visit.
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November 2023 by Tara F.
This place was a lot of fun! When you get to the entrance there is a closed gate stating you must have a reservation and a QR code to tickets. You then have to open the metal gate, pull through, and close it behind you. There are loose animals in the parking area so it is pretty important to close it behind you! There wasn't any signage for parking, but when you drive down to the dumpster and port-a-potty, that is where you should park. We got to see the horses, rams, camels and donkeys that were loose in the parking area before going to the sloth enclosure. We also went into the kangaroo enclosure, which also had two capybaras and some porcupines in separate enclosures that you could pet. After that there's a hay rack, that is hooked up to a truck, that will drive you out to the big pasture. We got to feed the big buffalo, camels, zebra, and cows. We loved how hands on this place was, it could use some updating and better signage for parking, but we will definitely go back to this place!
