Our Mission:

Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure is an educational, non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the understanding of the plight of animal species around the world while encouraging an awareness of the relationship that exists between humans and all of earth's natural resources.

We live in a time in which plant and animal species are becoming extinct at an unprecedented rate. Yet, we also live in a time where knowledge and technology are greater than ever before. We have all heard the saying that the choices we make today effect tomorrow’s world. How do we utilize the knowledge and technology we have available to us while helping protect the planet for future generations?

There is no easy answer. Yet doing nothing is simply not an option. At Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, we take advantage of today’s technology as well as many hands-on opportunities to help educate guests about the plight of animals around the world and our earth’s resources. We all learn in different ways and by various means. Some learn best by reading signage at an exhibit. Others might learn more from playing a computer game or checking out websites that relate to conservation. Still others are impacted by feeding a giraffe or taking part in an education program. Utilizing a variety of learning techniques, we are able to reach a wider audience than ever before.

Baba Dioum once said "In the end, we conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.” RHWA is dedicated to helping guests develop an understanding that, as individuals, we are not powerless. There are many ways to help protect the earth, some as close as our backyards, some much further away. The choices we make DO make a difference in our world.

Thank you for visiting our website today. I hope you have been able to find information that is beneficial to you and give you a better understanding of the animals that we share our planet with.

Kathy Tolbert
RHWA Park Director

The History of Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure;

Since opening to the public in October 1999, we have become an accredited AZA zoo, providing refuge to over ninety species of animals, many of them rare and endangered.

In 2000, we constructed a 64,000 sq. ft. building of which one component, our Conference Center, opened in 2002. It has become a very lively side of our business, providing a unique space for groups of all kinds to enjoy our facilities and fine food.

2005 brought the opening of a Conference Center, and totally unique Wildlife Museum. I say unique because, unlike wildlife museums of past decades where animals and nature were exhibited behind glass, we have initiated a total immersion design element to our experience. Visitors will no longer be separated from nature, viewing it through a glass window. Rather, our guests will feel themselves to be a true part of nature.

This immersive process integrates over 350 species of animals with nature and human cultures as one journeys around the world. Fully robotic animatronic characters describe each ecosystem and describes the relationship between humans, plant, and animal in that particular culture.

Lastly, our guests are sent into the far reaches of space in our new ADM three-dimensional theater. Here one will realize how our earth is unique in the endless vastness of space. Future generations may indeed move to distant worlds, but for now, earth is our home and we are empowered to protect all of its splendor.