Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre Review

A very dedicated group of people working a great education program

Interesting talk and presentation although perhaps a little too rehearsed and glib on the caribou issue.

A sure place to see. Uses education for conservation.

Very informative. Knowledgeable staff who are extremely passionate about wolves and the protection of wolves. Will definitely be back and will be doing what I can to support them.

I really enjoyed seeing the wolves and listening to the spiel about wolves' relationship with modern man.

Beautiful place with informative guides. The wolves were absolutely beautiful.

Learn about the REAL wolf and what an important role it plays in nature.

This is not a Rescue. These wolves are caged in small pens and looked extremely unhealthy. We will not be back and I strongly feel they should be looked into as a Rescue because this is not what animal rescue looks like. People should not support this. I'm surprised and disheartened that in this day and age, especially in British Columbia, people are still taking advantage of animals in such a heartless way.

Well managed facility with a very knowledgeable guide. Keep it up.

Fantastic interpretive guides who love what they do and really know their stuff.

5 wolves in 2 small cages. That's it. Chain link fence so photos are impossible as well. 2 mins is?all you need.

What an incredible experience, the wolves are beautiful and the information provided about them was well put together and appealed to the young and old in our group. Thanks for some great memories!

A little out of the way but great place to visit if you're interested in getting up close and personal with wolves

Beautiful little park with magnificent wolves. The guided tour was very interesting and the people in the park were fascinating.

This is not a sanctuary it is a compound for wolves. Each contains a certain group of wolves taken from different areas of BC and Alberta. Every 30 minutes they have a guide come out and do a 15 minute talk about wolves which is quite brain washed and repetitive as they have all memorized a script. The wolves are all spayed and neutered and are taken on daily walks to escape from their small cages. One wolf was also secluded from the others as he had not "imprinted" on the other packs. He was distraught since he was kept alone. We also got the chance to interact with the owner. To be brief he is an ignorant man who blames the government for many random things. He gave our group a rant about how the pipeline is not making profit, trout species are on decline and that Canada has a 50% cancer rate. His information was obviously skewed along with his train of thought. Leaving the so called "sanctuary" we both felt confused and concerned for the animals. This facility was clearly made with the wrong intentions and we will have no part in promoting it.

Loved the Northern Lights Wildlife Centre. Knowledgeable information and lovely staff.

Really interesting talk and great staff. Good to see the wolves, but fairly small. Don't plan to spend much more than an hour here

If you care about wolves, this is the place to go. It only takes about an hour but you'll learn a lot. Don't expect it to be a petting zoo.

Great place to see & learn so many things about wolves. They have a cool gift shop too.

Very inserting. You'll learn a lot about wolves and how important they are. Beautiful animals. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff/owners.

Beautiful wolves, lots of great information and friendly staff.

A must-do Rocky Mountain activity! I learned so much about the importance of wolves in our ecosystem. Seeing them up close is such a once in a lifetime experience! Will be coming back again and again! And supporting wildlife conservation at the same time. (Much better than a zoo, these guys were saved from being discarded from zoos and end up killed. Learned that from the amazing interpretive talk!)

Very informational and a good deal for paying only $12. The people working are friendly and passionate and enjoying teaching you about their wolves. Would recommend!

We decided to go to the Northern Lights Wildlife refuge later in the afternoon and there weren't too many people so we had a very comfortable tour. Our guide was very well informed and clearly passionate about the wolves. The pricing is appropriate and the wolves are very well taken care of. Absolutely loved it.

Learned a lot about the plight of wolves and the problems faced by the people trying to protect them.

Lovely talk from the staff and the wolves are so nice but it's just a bit sad seeing them in cages.

Walking through the woods with a pack of wolves (3). How neat is that. We had ample photographic opportunities and learned a lot about wolves!

BEST TRIP EVER!!! Definitely think about going on the photo tour as you get very up close and personal with the wolves.

An amazing place. Everything is centered around the conservation of the Wolf. The centre is small but lovely and the wolves have spacious enclosures and are well cared for. All wolves are rescued and cannot be released into the wild. They are driven into the wilds and allowed to run free with their carers 5 or 6 times a week which is wonderful. One female wolf is so tame she is taken into schools to meet kids and educate them. The staff at centre are passionate and give great informative talks. Recommended

Very educational visit! Thoroughly enjoyed it and the wolves!

Such a wonderful place and our experience with wolf was amazing.
I totally recommend you this place.
Staff is super friendly and they are very helpful .

Awesome place. A bit small but worth the drive. Make sure you take the tour

Interesting to know the wolf behavior and how it is not enough protected in Canada

Disappointing. We thought it would be more. The staff was amazing and very knowledgeable.

Completely amazing. Incredibly informative, the wolves are so very well looked after. Would 100% recommend stopping!

If you want to lose 12$ really fast this is the place you want to go this is ridiculus go see somethings else

What a disappointment, what a ridiculous place. You pay 12 dollars per person to see 4 wolves in a cage, a hysterical woman who tells how bad the Canadian government cares for nature and how there are fewer and fewer wolves. In the meantime, wolves are being added in the Netherlands, now we naturally have much more nature and space for the wolves than here in Canada .....
If you are in Golden, please skip this! I have such a bad feeling that I have supported this place by giving it money.

My wife really wanted to see this place since she's a huge animal fanatic on our way to the rockies. $12/PP seems a bit high to me for a tour of the sanctuary where all the 6 wolves were basically sleeping and we just saw them from afar.

The half hour presentation was all about the preservation of the wolves but it would've been nice if the presenter got the wolves involved so we would get to see them up close and personal insteas do them all asleep.

Really neat to see the wolves and the guide was fantastic. Unfortunately, we recieved a passionate lecture from one of the owners that included profanity - even though there were children around.

Always wanted to stop by here on my way out to the coast but never had time. I finally did and I was not disappointed. It is fairly small but enjoyable, with guided tours and educational talks included in the entrance fee.

Great presentation by the staff with alot of interesting information.
The price is a bit high but acceptable.

Really nice place, when I went it was very hot so wolves were mostly just lying around. The people there do genuinely care about the wolves and I get the impression that if it were up to the folks running the show there wouldn't be the large fence separating the wolves from us (as the fence if government regulation)

Very informative and eye opening. They should try and make it a bit more interactive though.

Beautiful, well cared for animals, very informative.

Lots of mosquitos. Wolves and presentation were quite good.

Very cool and informative place to go and visit the wolves! Learned so much about their lives and the efforts to maintain their population. Staff were friendly and so knowledgeable. Inexpensive way to spend a couple hours and learn something! Would love to return again sometime.

Nice place to see real wolves! Very informative and employees are friendly. Please answer questions!

Payed 12$ to look at 4 sad wolves in small cages. Feels like a scam and the wolves don t seem to be in a healthy environment. This is the wackest establishment in golden and maybe even the province.

Its an amazing place with wonderful people who do an amazing job to help save the wild wolves. Beautiful located outside of golden. Everytime a visit worth!

Great visit, learned a lot. Will definitely sign up for the walk next visit.

Great way to spend a couple of hours and learn about wolves.

Very friendly place and informative. Love seeing the wolves

Amazing and unique experience!
My husband and I booked the walk and met Flora, stunning and pretty white wolf. We had answers to all of our questions, learned a lot about wildlife and came back with our head full of good memories.
Bonus: the sensation of having a wolf on your shoulders and drool from her all over your face/hair was also something to experience ^^

Very informative, down to earth individuals. I love what they do here!!!

Who doesn't want to see wolves. Awesome staff. Buy some merch.

Awesome experience! Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Did a beautiful hike with Flora the Wolf through winter wonderland! An experience to remember for a lifetime! I will definitely come back!

As much a political exposition as informing the public about wolves.

Great place if you re interested in wolves and their life. Just a few wolves, but it s nice to see them from up close.
One of the girls working there gave us lots of interesting info about the wolves and also about the centre.
All in all I enjoyed our visit. You can easily cover all the center in less than one hour.

This is truly an amazing place to visit. The wolves are beautiful and very well cared for. I recommend the wolf walk. Well worth the time and money!!! We will go again.

Really cool way to see domesticated wolves' up close. I would highly recommend checking it out!

Kinda depressing like the birds of prey place animals are caged don't look happy expensive for what you see

Would have loved to pet the wolves, plus articles at their gift shop were a little expensive, they don't accept debit or credit only cash and the ATM they have there wasn't working. But the wolves were absolutely amazing even from behind the fence!

Definitely worth the visit! We learned a LOT and there needs to be way more awareness about wolves and how B.C treats them. It's quite sickening. I recommend stopping by for sure

A little disappointing. A lot of stuff outside gates near parking lot that needs to be cleaned. Giving 3 because you can tell they care about the wolves.

We could not find any information about it being closed. Called 3 times no1 answered. Since they opend at 12 (google info) we decided to drive there (1.5 hour drive) and once we arrived we met a not so friendly woman who told us they were closed and that google says so aswel.

Wel i checked now and there is no information to be found about you guys being closed. Either change it or pick up the damn phone/ make a darn voicemail.

Useless. We even brought roadkill and did not feel like leaving it behind.

Was disappointed in that there were only 4 wolves 2 of which were a long ways away to see, and 1 4 month old timid pup almost $40 to see that and here a talk for 15 mins not worth it at all

DO NOT MAKE A TRIP just to go there. You'll not find a "sanctuary." It is a backyard with large cages. To walk with wolves be prepared to pay more than 300CAD To visit the cages be prepared to spend about 13CAD/PP...
So... Yeah, it is ok if you never went to a zoo to look at wolves in a cage.
If you see pictures of nice landscapes with wolves, you can be sure that that's not the place you're visiting!

Solid information about wolves. Interesting for kids too. Wolves put on a good show for us at walk time.

Everything was small and run-down, particularly the wolf enclosures.

It's amazing to get this close to the wolves. However, they seem very sleepy and the owner was not friendly to the wolf when trying to let people take pictures with the wolf.

Bit of a hidden gem. Well worth a visit if you're in the area.

Very informative and for the price this is a great way to spend an hour or two

Wolves were very lethargic one wolf got up and walked 10 feet to lay down again. All other wolves slept . Didn't even open their eyes .

This place is awesome! On our first time visit, we went on one of their photography wolf walks, and also got our picture taken as a keepsake with a 6 month old wolf puppy. On our second visit, we took family from out of country, and went on another photography wolf walk. We ended up walking with the now full grown "puppy" that we had our picture taken with the first time. It was awesome, and our family loved it!

Wonderful experience, very educational, very interesting. The people there do wonderful work! Keep it up!