Zoo Sauvage de Saint-Felicien

A nice hybrid kind of zoo. There is the boreal train that takes the visitors through the boreal eco-system, which is a kind of safari park-like experience. Like a conventional zoo, it also has animals from the tropical regions in enclosed settings.

It’s a best place to go!
Sunday 11am

Must do:
Take a train safari!
It’s 1 hour tour.
It was crowded.
We didn’t find a train schedule. We had came 12.20pm and took only 3nd train at 1.05pm.

Restaurant is good. View is perfect.
There is a salad bar but we took a hot meal.
2 different soups were good.
Burger and French fries where good too.
We took a casserole with potato and different meats like “Greek musaka” with salad. - Not very testy but acceptable.
2 free beverages.
About 60$ for 3 persons.

Very nice place where to spend a day for kids and grown-ups alike. The zoo is divided into a more "traditional" area at the entrance, where you walk on a path through different animals' enclosures and a larger area, where animals roam freely and people go through on a little electric train with grates on the windows. It's a great experience that allows to see many animals real close but in their natural habitat. Too bad the long commentary audio on the train is in French only. Before getting on, we were told that we would be able to ask questions to the staff, but there's no staff on the train apart from the conductor. Anyway, we wete happy to have a chance to see two bears (taking a bath on a hot summer day), buffalos, red pandas, and many many more.

Such an amazing place! The train ride is a unique experience, absolutely a must. There are many animals to see in all other areas. The zoo is also an opportunity to see the striking and severe boreal forest up close. I also really appreciated the kids area with the water games and mini farm - it's a great place to have a picnic or an ice cream. There are also picnic tables (some with roofs) throughout the zoo, so it's easy to take a break. Overall, a must see in Lac Saint-Jean area.

This zoo is a kind of place where most of the time the visitors are in a cage and that's a good thing :) We enjoyed our ride with the train, seeing the animals sometimes up close, the scenery was amazing and the little description of life in Canada a couple of centuries back was interesting. In the zoo part probably we managed to see all animals, including the tiger, with the little exception the arctic fox. This was an afternoon very well spent! (Unfortunately we missed the feeding times).