Reviews of California Living Museum (Zoo)

Lauren Grae

Amazing holiday lights experience for all. We have also finally just visited during the day. The exhibits are extremely fun to see and with not as many people at the zoo, the kids got to experience a lot of one on one time with the volunteer docents and workers asking questions. We really enjoyed this trip as well as seeing workers take down the CALM holiday zoo light displays so the children also got to see how much work went into putting on the light show.

Zachary Jacobi

Great local place to bring the kids...reasonably priced. Small, but understandably so; it being a smaller "zoo" actually makes it the ideal outing for little ones. And they've got a playground my kids love and picnic tables if you wanted to bring a snack or lunch. Well kept facility and the events are always wonderful!

Salwa Shurbaji

Not sure

Maggie R

We're sooo happy CALM opened back up!! We had a great day visiting the zoo, took our food and ate under the covered shaded area! Visited almost every area, except for the Reptile House because we ran out of time but I did purchase a family membership so we'll be coming by a lot more!! It was great to see all the kids enjoying the animals and from what I seen, everyone was practicing safety and wearing their masks where needed!

Clare Scotti

CALM is fantastic! They really make sure to give the animals comfortable homes and excellent enrichment. It is a great place for kids to come and learn and play. Highly recommend for a day's activities any time of year.

Spiritual Wanderling

Found out this zoo allowed veterans entry for free so we seized opportunity and came! It was worth it! There’s even a little petting zoo.

Smokey Delicious

Grew up with CALM. They've done a lot of good work to it. Looks like a real zoo now. Back in the 1980's, it wasn't much. But now, it's great!

Yi-An Lee

Visited for the drive thru “Holiday Lights at CALM” display in December 2020. We arrived about 20 minutes before the gates opened, and got through the display in about 30-40 minutes. IT WAS MAGICAL. We’ve loved going to the traditional display and walking through the grounds, but this was an incredible stepping-up of the level of the display. I hope they do this format again! We’d definitely return - maybe even more than once in the same year!

Helen Almengor

It's a very open and sparse place where your kid can run and explore. This is one of the reasons why I love this zoo. There are also not huge crowds and your kid can go at their pace without you worrying about being in anyone's way. They're putting in a lot of work so some of the exhibits are currently empty. I always like to see improvements so I can't wait to see what they'll have. They really spruced up the "petting zoo" area.

Carolina Oehler

It's kind of a hidden zoo, not a Ton of animals but it has a good amount of the basics for the space. The little one got tired walking around the whole thing. It took us about an hour and a half but it was enjoyable even for the teens.

Sean Miller

Amazing family trip !!! Calm Christmas lights were a blast with the family rather we had to drive through this year or not I'd say it is by far the best year yet !!! I suggest anyone I Bakersfield to check it out especially if you have children ! It is Sokoloff worth the money and time !!!!! Way to go #calm !❣????????????☃️⛄????????

Alexess Jimenez

No wait

Shannon Smith

Visited on

D. Langford

Holiday lights were beautiful!! Very enjoyable!

stephani granadoz

Wait time

Scott Hampton

Weekend

Catlin Payne

Reservation recommended

Amanda Poe

Weekend

CONEJITA CONSENTIDA

Visited on

Jenny B

We had a great time. All the animals were out and about. My 3 year old grandson loves seeing all the different animals, especially the bears.

Erika Hernandez

We came in early in the morning and it was absolutely lovely! We had a lot of fun exploring and learning, and the gift shop was lovely! It was so nice to see that my nephew could ask the workers questions about the animals and was met with such good answers.

Marissa Price

We went to the light display. The wait in your car is long but listen to the music on the FM station they have there and relax. The wait is worth it. So many fun 'Lands' to drice through it was a blast. Buy your tickets online ahead of time.or it maybe sold out. Hint before you exit turn on your navigation because this place is remote. Also use the.bathroom right before you enter because its about 90 minutes

Mina Mart

Holiday Lights 2021 was so much fun!

Cristina Rojas

Came here with the kids for Holiday Lights, and it did not disappoint! We loved it!

Chalupa Supreme

10–30 min

Wyatt Griffith

Yes

Veronica Avalos

Reservation recommended

Dylan Payte

I had the best time I've ever had at any zoo that I've ever been to today at the California living museum! One of the keepers, took the time of her lunch break to show me around to all the exhibits. Which was great she did an amazing job! The best part was in all the exhibits there was at least one animal that recognized the keeper and got up and moved around. It was the coolest experience ever to be able to see the animals interact with her and each other! She explained what the keepers do to enrich the lives of the animals! Thank you Calm Zoo Animals and Staff I wish I could have gotten more pictures of the gray foxes and the coyotes that got so excited to she her! You could tell they loved her and tha she takes very good care of the animals and goes out of her way to make the visitors have an even more it's spectacular experience!

Kim Sidhu

Wait time

Vianca Avila

We visited the drive-thru lights at CALM Thanksgiving weekend and it was worth the wait! Be prepared to wait in line...it is a long road up the hills, but like I said well worth it! The Teen Challenge booth is off to the side, where it is also a drive up booth. They are selling their amazing kettle corn & some other snacks. The only thing that I didn’t like about it was that you had to squeeze back in line. I wish they had people on the side of the road, carefully selling the popcorn so we don’t have to move out of place, but it’s ok! Other than that, popcorn is still the best! There was tons of lights and exhibits you went through, each one of them had a theme. We love coming here each year for the lights, this year was no different. We wanted to make the best out of it, and we did! I recommend this experience to everyone, to get out and go for a joy ride to get you in the Christmas spirit. Excellent job transforming the parking lot! Hope you all get a chance to visit, it is $30 per vehicle!