Washington has three ways to see animals from your car. On the Olympic Peninsula, Olympic Game Farm is a classic self-drive park where bears, bison, and elk walk right up to your window for bread. Near Mount Rainier, Northwest Trek offers a Wild Drive in your own vehicle on select dates, through a free-roaming herd of bison, elk, moose, and mountain goats. Schreiner Farms is a free drive-thru on a 12,000-acre working farm with exotic animals. It’s open 9 AM to dusk.
- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (Eatonville)
- Olympic Game Farm (Sequim)
- Shreiner Farms & Ranch (Lyle)
OLYMPIC GAME FARM
Type: Self-guided drive-thru zoo (you can feed the animals)
Location: 1423 Ward Rd, Sequim, WA 98382 (Olympic Peninsula)
Phone: (360) 683-4295 · Toll-free (800) 778-4295
Email: olympicgamefarm@hotmail.com
Website: olygamefarm.com
Social Media: Facebook
Size: 84-acre driving route · 200+ animals
Drive Time: About 1 hour per loop. Your ticket is good all day, so you can drive through more than once.
Animals: Bears, bison, elk, yaks, llamas, zebras, wolves, big cats, and more. Most are Northwest native species.
Admission (per person):
- Adults (15+): $25
- Children (6–14): $22
- Seniors (55+): $22
- Ages 5 & under: Free
- Discounts: $1 off per person for military with ID or for groups of 10 or more
Bread for feeding: $5 per loaf, sold at the ticket office. Outside food is not allowed.
Hours:
- Fall (Sept 8 – Nov 25, 2026): Daily until 4 PM, last entry 3:15 PM. The site lists opening as 9 AM on one page and 10 AM on another, so call ahead.
- Winter (Nov 27, 2026 – Feb 15, 2027): 9 AM – 3 PM
- Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas
Reservations: None. First come, first served.
Payment: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex
Vehicle Rules: No motorcycles, bicycles, or open vehicles. Jeeps and convertibles must keep tops and sides on. Only side windows may be open. Speed limit is 10 mph, and you can’t stop in the elk or bison fields.
Other: Gift shop on site. A food concession is run by a third party, Boobadoo’s Kitchen, (360) 477-8664. The farm was founded as a home for Disney animal actors and opened to the public in 1972. It’s veteran family-owned.
SCHREINER FARMS
Type: Free drive-thru exotic animal ranch, on a working cattle ranch
Location: Off SR-14, Dallesport/Lyle, WA (Columbia River Gorge, across from The Dalles, OR)
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 449, Dallesport, WA 98617
Phone: (360) 561-2813 (current website number). Older listings show (509) 448-4580.
Website: schreinerfarms.com
Social Media: Instagram
Size: 12,000+ acre ranch. The public drive is a short road you take to a turnaround and back.
Drive Time: About 10–20 minutes
Animals: About 18 exotic species, including giraffes, zebras, camels, bison, yaks, antelope, emus, ostriches, reindeer, elk, llamas, muntjac deer, wallaroos, donkeys, and mules.
Admission: FREE
Hours: 9 AM to dusk
Rules:
- Stay in your vehicle and stay on the main road.
- Turn around at the giraffe barn, which is marked with a sign.
- Yield to farm traffic like tractors, quads, and pickups.
- No smoking, littering, feeding, or petting.
Tips:
- The entrance sign is small and easiest to spot heading east. If you reach the Murdock town sign, you’ve passed it.
- The bison herd is sometimes in a separate pasture off Ash Street, just west of the gate.
- Most of the animals are raised for sale, so which species you’ll see changes over time.
NORTHWEST TREK WILDLIFE PARK
Type: Accredited (AZA) wildlife park with a reservation-only self-drive tour
Location: 11610 Trek Drive East, Eatonville, WA 98328 (near Mt. Rainier)
Phone: (360) 832-6117
Website: nwtrek.org · Wild Drive info & booking
Social Media:
Size: 723-acre park with a 435-acre Free-Roaming Area
Operator: Parks Tacoma, the same operator as Point Defiance Zoo
Animals: Bison, moose, Roosevelt elk, caribou, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, and deer roam free. The walking area has bears, wolves, cougars, wolverines, lynx, and eagles.
Wild Drive (self-drive tour):
- Price is per vehicle for up to 8 people, and park admission is included: $120 for non-members, $65 for members.
- Reservations are required, with online timed tickets only.
- Each tour is limited to 15 vehicles and runs about 55–60 minutes.
- A staff vehicle leads the caravan, and a naturalist narrates live over audio.
- The driver must be 18 or older. Feeding the animals is not allowed.
General Admission (online / at the gate):
- Adults (13–64): $25 / $32
- Seniors (65+): $23 / $30
- Youth (3–12): $17 / $22
- Ages 2 & under: Free
- Military and Pierce County residents pay the online price at the gate.
- Wild Access program: $8 for income-qualified Washington families
Included with admission: The Discovery Tram Tour through the free-roaming area, first come first served
Hours: About 9:30 AM – 4 PM on weekdays, with later closing on weekends. Hours change by season.
Parking: Free
Other upgrades:
- Keeper Adventure Jeep Tour: $120 per person for non-members or $65 for members. Ages 5 and up, 90 minutes, daily at 10:30 AM and 1 PM.
- Other extras: Kids’ Trek playground, Lakeside Lodging overnight stays, and Dog Days on select dates.