Orlando: Wild Florida Park Ticket and Gator Shows

About This Experience

This is the park-only ticket for Wild Florida, the family-run wildlife park and airboat operator south-east of Kissimmee. It covers entry to the wildlife park and a live alligator demonstration, where a handler works with a large gator in a pool while you watch from shaded bleachers. The listing describes it as a 1-hour admission, and it suits you if you want the animals without the airboat ride, which is sold as a separate ticket.

Inside you walk past native and exotic animals, including some very large alligators, then through the tropical bird aviary and out along the 500-foot sightseeing dock. The Hawk Swamp boardwalk takes you into a cypress swamp, which is the closest you get to wild Florida habitat without getting on a boat. There is also a gift shop and a barbecue restaurant serving chicken, pulled pork and fried alligator, both paid separately.

The option you book decides whether you get hands-on time with an animal. The basic option is park entry and the alligator show. The other options add one keeper-led encounter: capybara, lemur, sloth, porcupine, or feeding the gators. Visitors who add an encounter tend to call it the part they remember most, so it is worth deciding before you book, since each is a separate option at checkout.

Wild Florida is in a rural area, and transport is not included. A car is the easy way to get there, and if you arrive by rideshare, plan your return trip because drivers can be scarce. The park suits families with children who like animals and anyone after a quieter, low-cost stop. If you want an airboat ride as well, the combined airboat and wildlife park ticket from the same operator saves you paying park entry twice.

Highlights

• Walk the Hawk Swamp boardwalk through a cypress swamp
• See native and exotic animals, including some very large alligators
• Watch, touch and feed some of Florida's native species
• Choose an encounter option with capybaras, lemurs, sloths, porcupines or feeding gators
• Barbecue on site with chicken, pulled pork and fried alligator
• A short drive from Orlando, Kissimmee, the Disney area and Orlando International Airport

What's Included

• ✓ Wildlife park admission
• ✓ Live alligator demonstration
• ✓ Tropical bird aviary and the 500-foot sightseeing dock
• ✓ One animal encounter, if you book an encounter option
• ✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance

Not Included

• Airboat rides (sold as a separate ticket)
• Food and drinks at the barbecue restaurant
• Animal encounters, unless you book an encounter option
• Transport to the park

Good to Know & Caveats

• Dress for the weather; most of the park is outdoors.
• The option you choose decides whether an animal encounter is included and which animal it is.
• The listing describes this as a 1-hour admission; allow longer if you add an encounter or eat on site.
• The park is in a rural area, so arrange your return journey in advance if you arrive by rideshare.
• Free cancellation up to 24 hours before your visit.

Meeting Point

All options start at the Wild Florida park entrance south-east of Kissimmee, the same site as Wild Florida's airboat tours; use the map pin on your booking for directions.