About Vivarium Crocodylus
Built to make you fall in love with what you used to fear.
Vivarium Crocodylus is a 150-acre crocodile park in Winters, California — a for-profit living museum of the world's crocodilians, and the home base for the education and demonstrations that change how people see these animals.
Our Story
Crocodilians are the great survivors — older than the dinosaurs that died, and still here. And yet they are among the most feared and least understood animals alive, which is exactly why so many of them are disappearing.
Vivarium Crocodylus exists to change that. On 150 acres an hour from Sacramento and the Bay, we're building naturalistic wetland habitats for the world's crocodilians, keeper-led demonstrations that reveal how these animals really live, and education programs that send people home in love instead of afraid.
Next door, the non-profit Steve-O Crocodilian Sanctuary gives lifelong refuge to rescued and nuisance crocodilians — animals that would otherwise have been destroyed. The park is where the world meets these animals; the sanctuary is where the rescued ones are safe forever. Your visit funds both.
What Defines Us
Awe, not fear
We don't trade in monster myths. We put people a few feet from a living crocodile and let respect do the rest. The visitor who gasps today is the conservationist tomorrow.
Welfare first
Every enclosure, lagoon, and routine is designed around the animal's needs before the visitor's view. Healthy, thriving animals are the only kind worth showing.
Education that sticks
Anyone can read a fact. We build the moment that makes the fact unforgettable — keeper-led, hands-on, and rooted in real science.
One park. Every reason to come back.
Live Demonstrations
The beating heart of the park. Watch our keepers feed, train, and work alongside giant crocodilians just feet away — narrated shows that reveal how these animals hunt, think, and have survived for ages.
The Living Collection
From the saltwater crocodile — the largest reptile on Earth — to the critically endangered gharial, the collection spans the crocodilian family tree, each animal in a habitat built to its species.
Education & School Programs
Field trips, homeschool days, scout programs, and behind-the-scenes tours — standards-aligned crocodilian science taught by the people who work with these animals every single day.
150 Acres of Habitat
Lagoons, basking banks, heated pools, and elevated boardwalks let you observe real, naturalistic behavior across a true wetland park — designed around the animals' welfare, with you as the guest.
The Sanctuary Next Door
Adjacent to the park, the non-profit Steve-O Crocodilian Sanctuary gives lifelong refuge to rescued and nuisance crocodilians that would otherwise have been destroyed. Your day at the park directly funds their second chance.
Plan Your Visit
Open year-round, an hour from Sacramento and the Bay Area. Tickets, memberships, private encounters, and group rates — everything you need to make a full day of it.
Come stand before the last living dinosaurs.
Open year-round in Winters, California — an hour from Sacramento and the Bay. Tickets, memberships, and private encounters await.