Star Eco Station — Attraction in Culver City

I took my grandchild to this wonderful place for the afternoon. The entrance was so inviting and thought provoking in terms of what was to be seen inside. There was a lush garden like setting at the entrance, palm trees with coconuts hanging, and various succulent plants scattered about. He and about eleven others were simply delighted. They had hands on experiences of actually touching several animals. The guide was absolutely OUTSTANDING, clear explanations for all the questions from the youngsters. The guide was patient and utilized age appropriate vocabulary for the group and the pace was also appropriate (not too fast, not too slow).The habitat of the animals were explained as were how they arrived at the Eco Station. Opportunities were afforded the youngsters to walk about, & explore freely. Hand sanitizer was readily available and provided to all to ensure a minimal chance of bacteria staying on the little hands. The little ones were allowed to take pictures without flashes. This was an excellent adventure for my toddler grandchild. There was ample free parking available! HIGHLY...

This was a great family outing, especially for young kids. The elem school kids in my tour group were very engaged and had savant level knowledge of reptiles and birds and already familiar with the specific animals in the facility and the stories behind their rescue.

It was a little bit advanced for my little ones (3.5y and 14mo) but there were hands-on opportunities such as a chance to touch a live snake, high five a tarantula, and touch a large tortoise. My kids had a great time and were in awe of the new experiences. This facility was more age-appropriate for an elementary school or early middle school field trip.

You can also pay extra for feeding opportunities (which we did not).

It's a clean facility, good parking, friendly staff, animals seemed well cared for and loved.

Impressive tour guide who was knowledgable and had interesting facts, confidence in handling the animals, even as a 14 year...

Star Eco Station is a great place to take your kids, learn about animals, and even adopt one yourself. I'd say the proper age range to take a kid here would be 3 and up. Since this is a guided tour, kids under 3 can get a little bored, even though the tour guides are dynamic, fun and engaging. This is literally a tour of their facilities, where you are guided room to room by a guide. For the majority of the tour, you are taken into rooms, shown fish/animals/birds/insects, and told facts about them. In a couple of the rooms the guide will take out an animal or two to allow for touching.

It's a good tour for the price, with different rooms based on the type of wildlife. You can adopt animals as well!

Pro tip - they have their own parking lot, be sure to park in it and not in the road/alley that...