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National Tiger Sanctuary

Located approximately 15 miles outside of Branson, the National Tiger Sanctuary in Saddlebrooke, MO, is home to tigers and a variety of other exotic and domestic animals. There are multiple pet-friendly tour options available, including one where visitors can feed the tigers. Leashed dogs are welcome throughout the sanctuary. Visit Website

Or call (417) 587-3633 or email stripes@nationaltigersanctuary.org for more information.

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National Tiger Sanctuary has received a rating of 4.3 out of 5 bones by 6 canine critics on BringFido and 5.0 out of 5 by 746 guests on TripAdvisor.


Visitors report the National Tiger Sanctuary offers an informative, friendly, and pet-friendly experience where they can observe and interact with big cats. Some guests felt the tour was disappointing due to difficulties incorporating their large dogs, and others thought the experience was overpriced.

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  • Kristen
    Oct 2, 2023
    Great Tour

    The Awareness tour was very informative. Our guide was friendly and our dogs were welcomed by everyone.

  • Katie
    Oct 24, 2022
    A Golden’s vacay

    We had a wonderful time on our tour of all the big cats. Our Golden Retriever really enjoyed getting to meet all the beautiful lions, tigers, leopards, and white tigers. I think Harry was all of our favorites. We enjoyed getting to see them crunch on a treat and we got to feed Drakar and his sibling too. Overall it was a great experience for humans and doggo’s. Our tour guide was very informative and friendly and accommodating to all the kiddos and our golden during the tour.

  • William
    May 14, 2022
    Good fun

    our shar pai and the wife and I had fun getting to see the jungle cats up close and personal, this place really seems to care about the animals

  • Samantha
    Jul 15, 2020
    Slightly dissapointed

    I am so appreciative that our dogs were allowed into the park. I had found this park prior to going to Branson by looking on the BringFido web sight. We have a Golden Retriever, a German Shepherd, and a Black Lab mix. All are at least 100 lbs. We were looking for dog friendly activities and were happy to pay the $120 dollar fee for myself, my son, and husband because we were able to share the experience with our fur babies. The staff was friendly but they were not exactly sure how to incorporate us into one of the tours that were offered due to the size of our dogs. We were introduced into an in progress tour. Our German Shepherd does not like when groups don't walk together so he was very stressed out trying to keep our group together. My husband took him and our lab away from the group before we were even able to see any tigers as we were trying to not interrupt the rest of the tour group's experience. It was very disappointing to have paid so much but not be able to experience the tour. I wish we had been offered a different tour option that was more accommodating to our large dogs. The staff acted as if they usually only have small pets along for the tour. This should have been noted on the web site or on BringFido.

  • Don
    Jul 29, 2019
    Unique Experience

    It was awesome that we were able to bring our greyhound with us to this sanctuary. The cats were interested in him, and he was interested in checking them out too. Definitely a unique experience!

  • Amy
    More than a year ago
    boring & overpriced

    $87 for family of 3 to get to see big cats eat chicken legs. It was nice that we were able to bring our dogs though.

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