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Daytime Tours

We offer two types of Daytime Tours at the Endangered Wolf Center. Reservations Required! Please call (636) 938-5900 to make reservations.

Program/Tour (2 hours)

The Program/Tour combination gives schools, boy scouts, girl scouts, other private groups, families or individuals the opportunity to learn about wolves and to observe them in a natural setting. Private tours require advance notice.  Reservations are required for all private and public tours! It begins with an indoor Program presented by a trained docent or staff member. The Program lasts approximately one hour and features a short film and a lecture focused around a Discovery Box. The Discovery Box contains pelts, paw prints, skulls, radio collars and other items used to illustrate the characteristics and adaptations of wolves and other canids as well as predator prey relationships and canid reintroduction programs.

The Program is then followed by a one hour guided walking tour of the wolf enclosures. The walk is outdoors approximately a 1/2 mile round trip. Depending upon our current holdings, you will have an opportunity to see and photograph some of the most endangered canids in the world. You will have the opportunity to see maned wolves from South America, African wild dogs from central/south Africa, Mexican gray wolves from the Southwest, red wolves once native to Missouri and the swift fox one of the smallest canids in the world. You are welcome to bring cameras and binoculars.

Tour (1 hour)

The Tour is a one hour guided walking tour of the wolf enclosures. Reservations are required in advance! The walk is outdoors approximately a 1/2 mile round trip. Depending upon our current holdings, you will have an opportunity to see and photograph some of the most endangered canids in the world. You will Red Wolf Observation Area at the EWC have the opportunity to see maned wolves from South America, African wild dogs from central/south Africa, Mexican gray wolves from the Southwest, red wolves once native to Missouri and the swift fox one of the smallest canids in the world. You are welcome to bring cameras and binoculars.

Public or Private Daytime Tours Our daytime tours can be scheduled as a public or private experience. Public tours are offered Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Advanced reservations are required! On a public tour you are grouped with other visitors. Public tours generally range in size from 1-40 people and have set start times (see chart below). Private tours can be scheduled any day of the week. A private tour can be scheduled for any group or individual who desires a private tour experience. Private tours can be scheduled for groups of 1-100 people. Private tours require advanced scheduling. Group rates are available.