We offer a variety of tours at our 600-acre sanctuary in Grass Valley, California. Please see the details below.
There are picnic spots available for you to enjoy lunch after your visit. All food must be vegan: Please do not bring meat (including chicken and fish), dairy (milk, cheese, etc), eggs, or honey onto the property. Peanut butter sandwiches, hummus, beans, green salads, fruits, and veggies are a few suitable alternatives. This is out of respect for the animals at the sanctuary, most of whom would have been killed for consumption if Animal Place had not been there for them.
Visitor dogs are not permitted at the sanctuary. This is for their safety and that of the animals. Please leave companion dogs at home.
The animal residents and staff at Animal Place are looking forward to your visit. Come spend time with Cocomel the sheep, Leon the rabbit, and everyone else!
Types of Tours:
Guided Public Tours
Visit with some of the 200+ rescued farmed animals who call Animal Place home and hear their stories! You will be able to spend time with goats, sheep, bunnies, and birds (depending on H5N1 cases).
Tours are $20 per person, last 1.5 hours, and entail about a 1/2 mile of walking. The facility is wheelchair accessible, although there are some rocky/uneven portions of the property.
To visit with the animals, pants and shin-high boots are mandatory (boots are available at the sanctuary, but in limited quantities and sizes). Socks are not provided, so please bring your own. We share the property with wildlife, including rattlesnakes.
Self-Guided Tours
Animal Place welcomes drop-in visitors for free self-guided tours year-round, Monday-Friday from 10:00 am-4:00 pm.
Sign in at our office (the white house next to the pavilion) for a map of the property. You will not have direct contact with the animals. You might see the animals grazing or lounging about, but for safety and liability reasons, you cannot enter their barns or pastures (for a more intimate tour, please see Guided Public or Private Tours).
Clothing Recommendation: We share the property with native predators, including rattlesnakes. For your safety, we recommend wearing closed-toed shoes. Please remain on the designated paths and refrain from wandering into tall grasses or rocky areas.
Private Tours
Animal Place welcomes visitors for private tours year-round! Enjoy the same experience as a Public Guided Tour, but at a date and time of your choosing, with the privacy of your own group. Private tours last 2 hours and can include visiting with our cow and pig residents, upon request. A minimum donation of $200 is required for a tour of up to six guests; additional guests may be added for $10 per person.
To book a private tour, please send us an email to check availability!
School Tours
We encourage the promotion of humane education, and to facilitate that we offer school groups the opportunity to visit our sanctuary.
We ask for a donation of $3-5/child and require a chaperone: child ratio of 1:5.
Children get the opportunity to interact directly with the animals at the sanctuary, learn how they are housed, fed and cared for and also where they came from. We do promote veganism in a gentle, compassionate manner.
College & University Tours
Learning about farmed animals in a sanctuary setting is a unique opportunity for students studying agriculture or environmental sciences. The life of sanctuary animals is far different than animals raised on most farms in the country. Offering another perspective is an integral aspect of learning and critical thinking.
Students get an opportunity to interact directly with many of the animals at the sanctuary. They will learn the animals’ histories along with current housing, medical treatment, and care for the animals.
Tours last 1.5 hours. We ask for a donation of $5/student.
