| Less than an hour west from the Hood Canal Bridge in North Kitsap is a place where kids and adults alike squeal in genuine delight and excitement as animals walk up to their cars as they drive by. For over 40 years, Olympic Game Farm has provided an opportunity for visitors from all over the world to learn and observe wildlife, igniting countless imaginations. Olympic Game Farm is the place to experience wildlife at close range, offering visitors the opportunity to really see a tiger’s stripes, a rare white Siberian tiger, a Kodiak bear’s huge size, or to get slobbered by a buffalo. |  |
With over 200 animals onsite, the driving tour leaves visitors with vivid memories of these amazing creatures; experiences that are hard to imagine at first and become pleasantly surprising. Friendly llamas and yak eat bread from your hand, clowning bears stand up and wave, and the elk and buffalo peacefully grazing in the pastures.
Drive tours are the main attraction at the farm. The tour takes you through 84 acres of terrain, giving visitors a unique “face to face” interaction from your vehicle. (Drive tours are RV and pet friendly.) Open year round, it's fun day trip from Kitsap County.
In the 1950’s to 1972, Olympic Game Farm (then called Disney’s Wild Animal Ranch) was originally designed as a holding facility for the animal actors of Disney Studios. During breaks from filming, the animals were trained, housed, and cared for while waiting for future filming. Disney Studios had asked us to keep the public and cameras out of the Farm. However, in the summer of 1972 after Roy Disney’s passing, we allowed people in to see what the Farm was all about. This informal opening was also a test to see if we could achieve our long-term goals in caring for the animals without a steady income from Disney Studios—to see if we could make it on our own. After that summer, we let Disney Studios know how well we did. Disney Studios ultimately held a vote from their Board of Directors and decided it was ok to continue to be open to the public and retain any earnings received. That same year, we officially opened to the public as a private wildlife organization and became incorporated in 1973.
Olympic Game Farm worked exclusively for Walt Disney Studios for 28 years, filming at the farm and on the Olympic Peninsula, as well as on many different set locations. A few popular titles produced with past animal actors include Charlie the Lonesome Cougar, The Incredible Journey, White Wilderness, and Grizzly Adams television and movie series.
In 1972 Olympic Game Farm, Inc. opened to the public. Founders Lloyd and Catherine Beebe retired from the filming industry and focused solely for caring for their animal actors, concentrating on offering “in need” captive bred animals a new and loving home. Olympic Game Farm continues to accept in-need wildlife, as space permits and with the proper authority approvals. (They cannot accept local animals from the wild without proper permission from Washington State Fish and Wildlife.) Lloyd Beebe passed along his trait, his dedication, and his love for wildlife to his grandsons Robert Beebe and James Beebe, who have taken over the daily operations of the Olympic Game Farm since 2008 and run the farm today.
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SUMMER HOURS (through Labor Day) 9am to 5pm Sunday through Friday; and 9am to 6pm Saturdays
FALL HOURS (Labor Day to Thanksgiving Day) 9am-4pm daily
WINTER HOURS (Thanksgiving Day to President's Day) 9am-3pm daily (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas)
NO RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED
ADMISSION: $15 adults, $13 kids ages 6-14 and seniors 55+; ages 5 and under are free.
DISCOUNTS: Groups of 10 or more or Military receive $1.00 off per person in vehicle. (Must have valid card and one discount per person).
1423 Ward Rd.
Sequim, Washington 98382
800-778-4295
Macaroni Kid Kitsap received complimentary entrance for the purpose of this article.
