The Preserve

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The Preserve promotes elephant education, research, and conservation. The Preserve's elephants are ambassadors, educators, cultural icons, and community favorites. We want to provide guests with an amazing experience, including the chance to engage with elephants. Our elephants receive world-class care to enrich their lives and give visitors a safe, informative experience. The Preserve carefully chose new species for our family. Like our first elephant ambassadors, each animal tells their species' narrative. Our Animal Expedition helps tourists appreciate animals. Meeting the creatures in person inspires future generations.

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The Preserve

3.9

Based on 973 reviews

Melonie Delarosa

20:36 06 Jan 25

I had such an amazing experience. I was crying and everything.. Elephants hit at a different level of my heart so the purity and the beautiful hands-on experience was amazing. Best birthday gift ever

Rene Frias

21:10 05 Jan 25

We learned so much here. We got to have an up close experience with Asian elephants. The staff was kind and knowledgeable. Make sure you bring your camera or phone. The staff will kindly help with pictures.

LouAnn Rohne

02:50 05 Jan 25

We had an excellent experience. You are up close and personal with these magnificent creatures. Wonderful staff and a beautiful facility. A very unique venue that is professionally managed. It's every thing they claim.You won't be disappointedOh and clean restrooms too!

Julie Kuzin

20:28 04 Jan 25

Extraordinary experience! Just go, you will love it!

Stephanie Cooley

02:17 30 Dec 24

Such a great experience up close with the sweet elephants! The trainers super friendly and knowledgeable.

Lesley Kelly

11:19 26 May 24

Amazing! Recommending to everyone I know who is an animal lover and conservationist. These animal are well taken care of and live on a beautiful preserve. The care takers are super friendly and knowledgeable. We did both expeditions and it was totally worth it. I will say be prepared for the heat if you plan to go in the hot summer. It was end of May when we went. It was bearable but right on the cusp of a little too much heat. Tons of photo opportunities and interaction with the animals. This in only a fragment of all the amazing memories we have!

James Barker

23:49 25 May 24

One of the most amazing experiences that I have witnessed. The opportunity to be this close to elephants. I learned so much about these great elephants. Having the opportunity to take pictures of washing and standing next to them will last forever in my mind. The staff was so amazing.

Barbara Johnson

23:46 24 May 24

The preserve is an awesome place. You brush the elephants, touch their Trunks, bottom of a foot and their nails. You also can take pictures while up close. It's about 1 1/2 hour-long. kids are aloud, but I would not bring any kids under the age of 6 out of respect to the other visitors. Its not fun if you have toddlers, and they are just crying even before the elephant are coming, and you can't understand what the elephant caretaker are telling you. they also have other animal experiences. The tickets have to be purchased in advance and are only available online. we definitely will go back to do the other animal experiences (Giraffes,kangaroo,birds etc).

Kinsey Sanders

01:30 23 May 24

A million times beyond my expectations. This was the most wonderful experience. The workers went above and beyond. They were caring and wanted your time to be special. Absolutely beautiful grounds. I didn’t want to leave. Will visit again for sure.

Mia GiAngelos

16:07 26 Nov 23

Talk about service! It was raining when I got there and they greeted me at my car with an umbrella to use for the tour. Their knowledge about elephants is amazing. They obviously take great care of the animals here. I loved being able to get hands on. Absolutely worth the price since it goes back to caring for the animals.

Melinda Schurr

22:17 23 Oct 23

The Preserve was an incredible experience and I am so glad I invested the money to get to experience it. The owners were present during the entire experience. The staff were knowledgeable, personable and truly enjoyed their roles in this elephant conservation project. They made sure and recognized all those attending who were celebrating a special occasion and actually took the pictures for you of your group interacting with the elephants. Would love to visit again sometime.

Max Darby

17:36 18 Sep 23

Incredible experience from start to finish. Very easy to find, all the staff were incredibly friendly, knowledgeable and professional from the moment we arrived. Booked for my girlfriend’s birthday and did not disappoint - definitely the highlight of our trip.What can I say about the elephants? It was truly a humbling and awe inspiring experience to get up close and personal with them all. Would absolutely recommend and cannot thank you all enough for such a unique experience.

Kirt Box

18:39 21 Aug 23

When we went a few months back it was nice. Not too hot and very enjoyable. It’s a small group of people so everyone gets a turn washing the elephants and taking pictures.It’s a very fun,interactive and informative tour/show. They are opening a giraffe and rhino experience but we unfortunately missed that.You can tell the animals are well taken care of and happy to be doing the performances. It exercises them and keeps their brains functioning with challenges bits. I highly recommended this!!The gift shop is cool but a bit pricy however they need to make money to feed these magnificent animals and pay the individuals that take care of them.

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650 Doublehorn Road, Fredericksburg, Texas 78671, United States

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https://www.visitthepreserve.com/

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