Watkins Glen, New York

Our 2025 Public tour season commences May 2025

Guided tours are offered May through October. Visits are approximately an hour long and start promptly! Please plan to arrive 15 minutes ahead of your tour. Advance registration is required.

June through August:

• Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
• The Sanctuary Shop is open during tour season from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Wednesday-Sunday
• The Kitchen at Farm Sanctuary is open from 10:30 am to 5:00 pm, Thursday – Sunday

May, September and October:

• Friday, Saturday and Sunday and select weekdays in September and October
• The Sanctuary Shop is open during tour season from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and weekdays in September and October
• The Kitchen at Farm Sanctuary is open Thursday through Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Private tours are available for individuals or groups year round.

A limited number of private tours are now available to book online on select days! Your group of up to 8 guests will enjoy an intimate hour long visit, exclusively for you, led by one of our Sanctuary Guides. If you desire a private tour on an alternate date or time, please email [email protected] and we will do our best to accommodate your request.

Admission charges will be waived for middle school and high school children that are visiting Farm Sanctuary as part of a school group tour. School group tours are limited to ages 12 and older.

For additional information, or to book a school group tour, please contact [email protected].

The research on the transmission of COVID-19 to animals is ongoing, and as such, we will be taking extra precautions to protect our animal residents, including reduced capacity.

Our main priority is to keep guests, animal residents, and our staff safe! If anyone in your group is feeling unwell, please contact us directly to cancel or reschedule your tour. We thank you for helping us in this effort.

Farm Sanctuary does not discriminate against sanctuary visitors on the basis of a person’s disability and will work to provide reasonable accommodations to visitors who need such accommodations to ensure equal access to our tours, programs, services, events, and activities. We want to make sure that all of our visitors have a meaningful and safe experience and are comfortable during a visit to our Sanctuaries. Therefore, we encourage individuals with disabilities who may have special accommodation requests to make a prior arrangement. To set up arrangements or for more information about accommodations that we can make, please contact [email protected] or call 607-583-2225 x278.

We cannot bring wheelchairs or walkers in with the cattle or pigs for the safety of the animals, guests, and staff. The residents can become too curious, which can lead to a dangerous situation. Our staff will try our best to facilitate cattle and pig interactions over the fence or gate, though we cannot guarantee that the animal residents will interact.

We cannot bring power wheelchairs into any animal area since they have a higher potential to hurt our residents. Manual wheelchairs are permitted in certain enclosures.

Please note there is limited shade and seating areas while on the tour. The road through the shelter area is used by farm equipment and is largely composed of compacted dirt and gravel. The path can be slippery when wet and dusty when dry. Short segments of the tour path have a steep grade. While the tour path itself includes a hardened surface, the connections to the animal enclosures may include grassy areas and uneven terrain.

During winter months, please wear boots and winter apparel that will keep you warm as we will be outside for an hour. Please note that there may be snow and ice along the tour path.