Branson's Wild World is the Strip's indoor animal house — part zoo, part aquarium — where the lobby itself opens with macaws, cockatoos and a green anaconda, and keepers who know individual animals' backstories run the encounters.

Branson's Wild World Tour | Meet the NEW Penguins!!!

Branson Fam

Branson Fam's full walk-through of Branson's Wild World: green-winged macaws and umbrella cockatoos in the lobby, a green anaconda right inside the entrance, Egyptian fruit bats, ruffed lemurs, and the sign-up for the penguin encounter later in the visit.

Key takeaways
  • The adventure starts with birds and reptiles in the lobby itself
  • Keepers know individual animals' backstories
  • The penguin encounter is booked at the ticket counter

Klay & Skylar's First Time Seeing The New African Penguin Exhibit | Spring Break Fun At Wild World

Zach and Kim

A family returns on spring break for the new African penguin exhibit — built where the mini-golf course used to be — and checks on the octopus, the dingo experience and a rhino rat snake along the way.

Key takeaways
  • The African penguin exhibit is the newest addition
  • The dingo experience costs about $5 extra
  • Filmed during spring break with three generations along

Branson's Wild World | Branson (Missouri) | Things To Do

Branson Fam

The Branson Fam's first visit starts in the aquarium: stingrays, Savannah the enormous loggerhead sea turtle, and a shark tank holding nurse, blacktip, whitetip and brown sharks — then the dingo experience, run entirely on the animals' terms.

Key takeaways
  • Aquarium first: stingrays and a very large loggerhead named Savannah
  • The shark tank holds nurse, blacktip, whitetip and brown sharks
  • Dingo encounters run Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday/Sunday, ages 5 and up

The full tour

Branson Fam's 49-minute walk-through leads: ruffed lemurs, Egyptian fruit bats, the aquarium halls, and the sign-up for the penguin encounter later in the visit. An earlier Branson Fam film starts in the aquarium — stingrays, Savannah the enormous loggerhead sea turtle, and a shark tank holding nurse, blacktip, whitetip and brown sharks — then the dingo experience, which the film stresses runs entirely on the animals' terms (Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday/Sunday, ages 5 and up, as filmed).

What's new

A spring-break family film returns for the newest addition: the African penguin exhibit, built where the mini-golf course used to be — with checks on the giant Pacific octopus, the dingo experience (about $5 extra as filmed) and a rhino rat snake. Owner James Kelly — who also runs the Retro Maniac arcade — tells Play Branson how the attraction keeps growing its animal lineup without raising admission.

Sources: the 4 videos on this page — the complete set of qualifying films for this venue.

Watch: Branson's Wild World, guided

1 videos · summaries from the actual guides

@PlayBranson Interviews James Kelly, owner of Branson's Wild World

Play Branson

Play Branson interviews James Kelly, owner of Branson's Wild World (and of the Retro Maniac arcade), about building the attraction and growing the animal lineup without raising admission.

Key takeaways
  • Owner James Kelly also runs Retro Maniac
  • The park keeps adding animals without raising prices
  • Recorded for the Play Branson studio interview show

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