roos n more zoo

Visited recently on a private tour, they are getting closer to reopening. We've been coming to Vegas from LA every year for five years now just to visit Roos. Amazing interactions with tons of animals, from kangaroos and capybaras, to lemurs, monkeys, otters, etc. and lots in between. Brought our one year old this year and hope to come back with her many times. Thanks Roos!!!

This is the best petting zoo EVER! I absolutely loved it!!!! The zoo keeper/guide was so energetic and funny and fun. You can tell that she loved the animals and her job. We were able to pet camels, and zebras and kangaroos and monkeys and so many animals that space doesn't allow me to add them all here You absolutely must go. I want to go back to play with the otters. This is only done in the warm summer months because they will climb all over you and get you all wet. Doesn't that sound fantastic?

Currently Roos n more is only doing private tours and I must say that the extra cost of a private tour is absolutely worth it. My husband isn't an animal lover and he even had fun! The guide took us around and basically let us decide which animals we wanted to see and spend our time with. Some animals couldn't be held (including the sloth unfortunately) but lots of others could. The staff was friendly and let us start our tour early since we accidentally got there early. I highly recommend this experience to everyone and I'm sure I will be back In the future :)

Loved this little zoo. Once in a lifetime experience for the kids. Where else can you hold monkeys, baby pigs, lemurs and feed a camel by holding a carrot in your mouth? Worth the trip! Check the website for days open before you go.

This is such a gem of a zoo! It is run by credible, kind, creative people who care about the animals. As a tourist you really get a once in a lifetime experience. Year round they have great open zoo days and special holiday themed days. It is inexpensive to go and you get to hold a monkey, lemur, pet kangaroos, and truly interact with animals you never normally get experiences with. It is about an hour of the city, so you will have to have your own way to get there....but it is soooo worth it. Check their website for days and times they are open.. So awesome!

I had a great time at Roos n More Zoo but felt it was a little overpriced. It is hands on which is great and you are allowed to take pictures with the animals. To get in was $10 but after that everything else was extra i.e., the kangaroo area was extra ($7), the otter area was extra ($15) and if you wanted to feed the animals that was also extra (In all it was $32 plus per person). Since there is no longer a zoo in Las Vegas this is pretty much the only chance to see such exotic animals unless you want to make the journey to San Diego.

You will learn about, feed, and get to hold animals and all for $10. There are kangaroos, a sloth, porcupines, otters, many lemurs, a capuchin monkey, a toucan, all types of birds, huge snakes, a caracal cat, and many more! Check them out on Roosnmore.com because they are only open 2 times a month! You will love this and so will your kids!

We have been to Roos N More 4 or 5 times in the last 5 years, Every trip to Las Vegas includes a visit to this great interactive facility. It dosen't mater if you 6 or 26 or 66, you'll remember this place for a long time. The staff is so nice and accomodating in every way. You can feed, hold and play with an exceptional variety of animals. Not through cages or enclosures, but face to face and one on one. Kids go nuts experiencing this once in a lifetime event. it is the best entertaining $10,00 you can ever spend. (A hint- Bring your carrots, apples, bannanas, and grapes to really get a treat for both you and the animals)Mike Jakubowski- Florida

First let me say this, to the reviewer who said - save your money and go to San Diego....really? We need things like this to keep our Nevada money in Nevada and give our kids something to do. There is nothing wrong with this zoo. It is a small zoo and not expected to be a huge zoo. It is ran by volunteers through donations. I really don't think for $30 for my family I can go to San Diego and have a monkey sit on my daughter's back and play with her and my hubby for at least five minutes....and that was only part of the great adventure. They do need more kangaroos, but that takes time and money, which they will get there. I totally loved the zoo.

A very positive experience on both visits, with quite a few improvements since two years ago. If you like an interactive experience with animals, then you will love the private tour. I went with a homeschool group and the kids learned a lot and enjoyed the experience thoroughly. We got just over two hours because we had a pretty large group and interacted with over a dozen different kinds of animals. Perfect for the primary school age child 5-12 yrs.The guide was very knowledgeable, friendly, and patient with the crowd of children. She asked several questions that helped the children be mindful of the animals needs both in captivity and the wild. It appeared to me that our crowd was a little bigger than ideal... I would say that 12-25 people would be perfect.The facility presented like the back of house to a zoo in some areas, but is still laid out well for safety and viewability of the animals. I realize that the place is a work in progress, and as I previously mentioned, they have made many improvements since my last visit two years ago.I am quite impressed with the program, so much that I will be making the drive from Las Vegas with a small group of volunteers every two weeks to volunteer with taking care of the cleaning and feeding duties. I see roos-n-more quickly becoming a must see when families visit Las Vegas!

Three years ago we moved here and had our first visit to Roos and more. It was fun and friendly, not overpriced, we did a private group. Our most recent visit was 4-21-2013 and this place has decided to charge for everything, they were unorganized, and the otters were all sleeping so we paid extra for nothing. Save your money and let them pay for their own animals. On top if that they were having a roof covered in tar while younge children were there! People were rude and nobody seemed to understand what was going on! Go to San Diego zoo and do the live tour it's way better and not much more expensive! This place is a money pit and its the pits! Let them feed their own animals!!!

If you are an animal lover then this is the place to go for a hands-on, probably once a lifetime experience. The staff were extremely knowledgeable. We had enough people for a private tour. Would recommend going during cool time of year as it does get hot out there. Their tours run 2 hours. But to be able to touch a kangaroo, camel, sloth, monkies was fabulous. Talk about GREAT PICTURES. It's like going to visit Dr. Doolittle. GO!

I would highly recommend the private tour. The price is the same as long as there are 25 or less participants. Even with only 4 people we felt it was well worth the money. We got to hold onto and take pictures with all kinds of animals. One of the lemurs used me as a perch to get onto the roof and we had to try to coax it back down. You would never get this kind of experience at an actual zoo. The woman who runs the shelter and gave the tour is very knowledgeable and truly cares for these animals. I'm not an animal person (booked this for my fiance) but I have tremendous respect for what they are doing in regards to rescuing these animals. I got the feeling that this is not intended as a commercial venture and is more about raising money to support the shelter and that kind of passion is pretty rare.

My wife and I found this privately funded zoo outside of Las Vegas, they rescue animals and keep them in a viewing location in Moapa. Animals range from camels and zebras to otters to lemurs, bear cats and kangaroos. After our trip last year we decided to have them bring some animals to the house in Henderson for our daughters birthday party. We had a miniature horse, a lemur, and several other primates but you can choose what you want. The kids had a blast, best party ever!

In my opinion the best $20 you will spend in Vegas ( alright ... 40 minutes North of Vegas )Assorted animals , including rescued and adopted that are cute, bright and used to Human interaction ( the Zoo works with many educational centres in Nevada ).From albino kangaroos through charming and inquistive Otters, Bearcat, Armadillo, Feneic foxes and countless others too numerous ( and cute ) to listevery one of these is a treasure to behold.Only open certain weekends ( check their website ) and staffed by trained veterenarians, ably assisted by animal loving volunteers.This should be on everyones Nevada must do list.