Zoomars at River Street Ranch - Zoo in San Juan Capistrano - 31791 Los Rios St, USA

Pretty expensive for what it is but a great way for kids to learn about animals in a healthy environment. I like the idea of it, I think it's great this family ranch, but all admission gets you is entry to view the animals. To feed them you have to buy a basket for $6. To ride the tractor or excavator it's $5. Panning starts at $10. It's fun for a once in a while or one time thing to do. Everyone was kind and the kiddo enjoyed it. The animals were healthy and happy. The food was raw vegetables not seeds or something less than nutritious so it's a better experience for kids to learn about animals. The llamas were adorable! I think what they are doing is great but for me it was spendy for an hour of fun.

Although the kids have a great time here so we do keep coming back, the prices to just walk in (with nothing to do) is outrageous. Then you have to buy baskets of vegis to feed animals, train ride, gem mining, pony rides, excavators and tractor tickets on top of it all. The strange part is since adults don’t have anything to do here is that adult entrance fees are even higher than a kids. I think they should lower the initial entrance fee which only allows you to walk and see pics and goats and play in a playground which you could do at park for free next door

They had some difficulty with the system at purchase but the staff was very accommodating and helpful l. In particular Samantha was very helpful with the rides we went on. We went just after lunch. We walked down from the train station that's right there. We had a great time and will be back.

Zoomars is a fun place for littles. Unfortunately most things once you pay admission cost extra - train, tractor, excavator, feed baskets, mining. Unfortunately right now there is A LOT of construction happening right next door. So there are no ponies or horses to ride. We bought a Ranch Card $150 (family of 6) which included 10 entries and 5 of each of the activities. We blazed through it all in less than 2 hours. Be sure you sign the waiver before you arrive or it will take you an extra 15 minutes to get in. Also, you can no longer handle the guinea pigs. Only pet and feed them. My son did have a good time and that's what matters to me. Just wanted others to be prepared.

This place has gone really down hill. We used to visit all the time, we recently moved so we haven’t visited in about 6 months. Went back for a visit, asked at the front desk what was open because you have to pay extra to do anything and essentially everything was closed. The train wasn’t running, there were no Guinea pigs, no bunnies, no pony rides, no cow, no tractor rides. Essentially we paid the FULL admission for myself and 5 year old daughter and for two feeding baskets ($40 total) to walk around for 30 minutes and play on the playground. They had no record of us ever visiting so we had to fill out all the paperwork again. Biggest waste of money and the construction right now at this place is totally out of control my daughter was plugging her ears our entire visit because it was so loud. The fact that it’s still full price (which would be high even if everything was open) when half the animals are put away is insanity. We’ll never be back again. Too bad, this place used to be awesome.

Cute place but always very strange employees. scan the code and sign the waiver before you get there to cut down on waiting time.

It's OK for 1 time only. It's $15 for adults, $12 for kids over 18 months (1.5 yrs). Edit: not sure where rest of my review went, but basically its just a small place with a few animals and the rest of the area is all rides for bigger kids like 6 and up. For a name "zoomars" i was thinking the animal farm area was larger with cows, sheeps, etc but its not like that. Although they do have Llama's which is cool.

Pros: Amazing access to the animals; you get to be right up close to them to feed (the basket of food to feed them is $6) and pet them, it’s awesome. Pony’s weren’t out that day. Roosters roam free on the walkways. Workers are super nice and attentive, hand washing station is great. My son loved the mini tractors to ride (an extra $5 to ride), the playground is fun but gets hot without any shade over it. The great thing is everything else has really good shade. Cons: Hard to access around the construction. Park at the park next door and then walk over, the entrance is to the left of the cafe. This place is actually expensive for what it is, you pay extra for EVERYTHING. Everything. Cool looking stuff like: tractor ride (+$5), excavator ride (+$3) and difficult to figure out before the ride times you out and turns off, animal feed (+$6), the list of extra costs goes on. The only thing really included in your entry cost is petting the animals and going on the playground, which makes this a pretty expensive petting zoo.