Reptile Gardens- The World’s Largest Reptile Zoo in Rapid City, SOUTH DAKOTA

Reptile Gardens- The World’s Largest Reptile Zoo in Rapid City, SOUTH DAKOTA
Reptile Gardens is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the World’s Largest Reptile Zoo located south of Rapid City, in South Dakota, U.S.A. It houses scaly creatures from around the world and a beautiful botanical garden. Reptile Gardens has more species and subspecies of reptiles than any other zoo or wild animal park in the world! Reptile Gardens is a premier South Dakota destination that houses some of the world’s deadliest snakes.
The famous Sky Dome is the most iconic building at Reptile Gardens, and the most popular Black Hills attractions. As you step into the Safari Room, you’ll enter a veritable oasis filled with beautiful tropical flowers and plants, towering trees, orchids, bromeliads, caladiums, and other exotic plants from all around the globe from places like Central America, South America, Africa, and China and sculptures from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. This space is packed with breathtaking greenery. The variety of different tropical plants just goes to show that you never know what you’re going to find at Reptile Gardens!
This family-oriented South Dakota attraction was founded by 21-year-old reptile enthusiast Earl Brockelsby and officially opened on June 3, 1937. Intrigued by the fear and interest people expressed when faced with a snake, Earl set up a small display of snakes, charging people to see them. As a young tour guide at a local Rapid City attraction, this fearless snake enthusiast would often end his tours by removing his hat and revealing a live rattlesnake coiled on top of his head!
After some initial success Reptile Gardens went through difficult times in the 1940s while Earl was serving with the Army in Europe. Regaining momentum after World War II, the 1950s saw an increase in visitation to the Black Hills. Due to widening and relocation of Highway 16, a new location and major expansion, including the Sky Dome, were completed in 1965.
Although Earl died in 1993, Reptile Gardens remains a family-owned and -operated business that houses more species of reptiles than any other zoo or park in the world.

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