Worth Leaving Town For: The Outback Kangaroo Farm
Is The Outback Kangaroo Farm worth leaving town for?
Well if you’re looking to hang out with kangaroos up close and personal, I’m gonna give that question a 100% yes. Especially considering it’s the only place I’ve ever been that actually allows interacting with kangaroos first hand.
Feeding Elsa the Wallaby // Garret Hunt
Only about a 30-minute drive from Everett, The Outback Kangaroo Farm does four tours per day Thursday-Sunday. Tours last about 40 minutes.
Our tour guide was Michelle, and her father helped as well. There were about a dozen different animals on the small farm. I appreciated that our group of about 25 people (which Michelle remarked as being a “small group”) was led to each animal’s area one at a time, and we got to learn about and feed most all of the animals as we went.
I spy with my eye two lemurs // Garret Hunt
The lemurs were up first, and they were a lot of fun to watch. Though the male peacocks (amongst all the chickens and roosters running around) kept distracting all of us with their quintessential “peacocking,” vying for attention. That’s mating season for you.
Hello there // Garret Hunt
After hanging with the jovial lemurs, checking out some bunnies, and giving some back scratches to a tortoise, Michelle’s dad handed out pieces of bread as we walked over to visit the kangaroos. The thing that made it so fun was that we got to choose which of the half dozen or so kangaroos we wanted to try and hang with.
The kangaroo of our choice // Garret Hunt
The tour also included mules, a pony, emus, a pig, a deer (that actually wasn’t owned by the farm, it was just hanging out with the kangaroos), and more. One of the most entertaining of the furry friends we got to visit, though, were the llamas!
Everyone took turns feeding the llamas, which at some point turned into many brave participants feeding the llamas with their mouths and enjoying some entertaining wet llama kisses. This was fun to watch and my wife and I nearly both dared each other into doing it until realizing it was probably not the most covid-friendly thing to do, especially after so many other people had just kissed the llamas. We enjoyed good laughs watching the others, nonetheless.
How about a kiss? // Garret Hunt
Word has it the farm can get quite muddy, so boots are recommended. Masks were not enforced outside (which we also noticed some reviewers had shared), so if that’s outside of your comfort zone, you may want to wait to visit.
The 40 minute tour wasn’t the cheapest of activities. Adults cost $25, children (ages 2-11) are $15, and kids under 2 are free. We found the small-farm setting and up-close interaction with the animals well worth it though, and we were certainly glad we went. Our toddler had a blast. And I actually liked that it was short and sweet because sometimes large zoos can be a bit exhausting.
Is The Outback Kangaroo Farm worth leaving town for? Grab your boots and find out for yourself.
The Outback Kangaroo Farm
10030 State Rte 530 NE
Arlington , WA 98223
(360) 403-7474
Garret is the co-founder + CEO of Live in Everett. He’s also journeying toward wholeness at GarretHunt.com.
