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The Sanctuaries

Los Angeles, California

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Visitor Update

Private tours are now immediately available to book on select days! Enjoy an intimate tour of the Sanctuary with up to 8 people of your choosing. If you desire a private tour on an alternate date or time, please email [email protected].

The Sanctuary Experience

Visitor with Honky Tonk donkey at Farm Sanctuary

Our 26-acre Southern California Sanctuary is located on a beautiful hacienda ranch in Acton, just 45 minutes from Hollywood.

When you visit Farm Sanctuary’s Southern California Sanctuary, you’ll know right away that it is a special place. Our Sanctuaries are home to rescued cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and other farm animals — and each has a special story. Their stories of struggle and survival, against all odds, give us insight into the realities farm animals face in the modern food system and also introduce us to inspiring individuals through their heartwarming tales. Animals who began their lives abused and neglected now spend their days digging in the dirt, basking in the sun, and napping in the straw. Each animal is given the freedom and attention needed not only to recover but to thrive.

During your visit to our Sanctuary, you can take an hour-long tour of the shelter with one of our Sanctuary Guides, meeting our rescued residents along the way! After meeting our farm animal friends, visit our Sanctuary Shop, which contains educational literature, cookbooks, apparel, and other souvenirs.

Advance registration required.

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Child with goat at Farm Sanctuary, photo credit Michael Freund
“An amazing, must-see place. We brought our 19-month-old with us and she loved being able to interact with all the animals ... We learned so much.”
- Ela, Farm Sanctuary Visitor
Facebook Review

Photo: Michael Freund

Sanctuary Tours

Vertical explainer photo 1 - Squid and Otto

Guided tours are offered year-round. This is your chance to visit with the sanctuary residents in their home, listen to their stories, and learn about the realities of our modern food systems. Visits are approximately an hour long and start promptly! Please plan to arrive 15 minutes ahead of your tour. Guests who arrive late may be asked to reschedule.

Guided public tours take place on Saturdays and Sundays. If you wish to visit the sanctuary on another day of the week, please see information on our Private Tour offerings below.

The Sanctuary Shop will be open for 30 minutes before and after each public tour.

Advance Registration Required

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Squid and Otto

Guided tours are offered year-round. This is your chance to visit with the sanctuary residents in their home, listen to their stories, and learn about the realities of our modern food systems. Visits are approximately an hour long and start promptly! Please plan to arrive 15 minutes ahead of your tour. Guests who arrive late may be asked to reschedule.

Guided public tours take place on Saturdays and Sundays. If you wish to visit the sanctuary on another day of the week, please see information on our Private Tour offerings below.

The Sanctuary Shop will be open for 30 minutes before and after each public tour.

Advance Registration Required

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Shani Chicken

A limited number of private tours are now available to book online on select Fridays! 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.

Price: $250 (fixed rate)

With an additional gift, you can now join us for a Private Enrichment Tour! This 75 minute experience includes the hour long private tour as well as an opportunity to participate in an animal enrichment activity. For more information, please email [email protected].

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Safran

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].

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Junip pig

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 661-208-9220.

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.

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Los Angeles Area Vegan Restaurants

Food at Farm Sanctuary event, credit Jennifer Costa

The Los Angeles area is overflowing with delicious vegan options. Here are a few staff picks:

Vinh Loi Tofu
18625 Sherman Way, #101, Reseda, CA 91335
vinhloitofu.com

Shojin
333 S Alameda St, Suite 310, Los Angeles, CA 90013
theshojin.com

Rahel Ethiopian Vegan Cuisine
1047 S Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019
rahelvegancuisine.com

Vegan Exchange – Sundays in North Hollywood
5300 Bakman Ave. Los Angeles, CA 91601
veganexchangeevents.com

For your convenience, please visit Happy Cow for more vegan options.

How to Get to Farm Sanctuary

Farm Sanctuary’s Southern California Shelter is located at:
5200 Escondido Canyon Road
Acton, CA 93510

Farm Sanctuary’s Southern California Shelter is located at:
5200 Escondido Canyon Road
Acton, CA 93510

From Hollywood (about 45 minutes)

  • Take Interstate 5 North to Highway 14 North (Antelope Valley Highway toward Palmdale)
  • Take Highway 14 North approximately 21 miles
  • Take the Red Rover Mine Road exit. The exit will curve to the right; take the first left (you will be on Ward Road)
  • Ward Road ends at Escondido Canyon Road
  • Take a left on Escondido Canyon Road
  • The sanctuary is the first property on the left and is marked with Farm Sanctuary signs

The closest airport is Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA, which is approximately a 30-minute drive from Farm Sanctuary. The Los Angeles Airport (LAX) is approximately one hour from Farm Sanctuary. Please note: The travel time to and from airports significantly increases during rush hour Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and again from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. After arriving at the airport, you can rent a car from the many carriers at the airport, take Uber or Lyft, or take a shuttle.

Burbank Airport Shuttle

Super Shuttle offers a shuttle from the airport directly to Farm Sanctuary. Reservations are not required, although they are recommended. Shuttle buses are available at the shared-ride transport area in front of the airport. Look for the blue vans. You can reach Super Shuttle by contacting 800-224-7767 or via their website supershuttle.com or shuttlefare.com.

LAX Airport Shuttles

Super Shuttle offers a shuttle from the airport directly to Farm Sanctuary. Reservations are not required, although they are recommended. Shuttle buses are available at the shared-ride transport area in front of the airport. Look for the blue vans. You can reach Super Shuttle by contacting 800-224-7767 or via their website supershuttle.com or shuttlefare.com.

Antelope Valley Airport Express also offers a shuttle from LAX, but it does not go directly to the Sanctuary. A shuttle schedule and reservations for Antelope Valley Airport Express can be made by calling 800-251-2529. Upon drop-off, you will need to take a taxi to Farm Sanctuary. Please call Yellow Star Cab Co. at 661-945-9911 to reserve a taxi ahead of time.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

For their safety and the safety of our animal residents, companion animals are not allowed on the Sanctuary grounds at any time. Please do not leave companion animals inside your vehicle while you are visiting, as temperatures inside of a vehicle can reach life-threatening conditions very quickly, even with windows open. If a companion animal is found unattended on shelter grounds or in parking areas, Farm Sanctuary staff may call the police to investigate. Thank you for your cooperation.

In order to ensure the safety of our staff, volunteers, visitors, resident animals, and visiting service animals, certain areas of the Sanctuary are accessible only by staff, our resident animals, and visiting guests. A clean and safe area can be made available for a service dog during a guest’s visit to restricted areas. Please note that the restricted areas include all resident animal enclosures. For any other species of service animal, please contact us so that we can determine whether accommodation may be made.

Contacting us in advance to make arrangements for service animals is strongly encouraged to assist us in preparing appropriate accommodations for the service animal upon arrival. Please contact [email protected] or 661-208-9220 to discuss accommodations for your service animal or if you have any questions about bringing your service animal to the Sanctuary.

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 661-208-9220.

Photos and/or videos taken on the premises taken by visitors are for personal use only and may not be distributed to the public or used for commercial or fundraising purposes without Farm Sanctuary’s prior written consent.

Photos or videos posted on personal social media sites should be tagged #farmsanctuary.

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