Head to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary for Free, Family-Friendly Fun!
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, cares for about 1,600 dogs, cats, pigs, goats, horses, bunnies, birds, and wildlife on any given day, making it the nation’s largest no-kill sanctuary.
Visitors can experience Best Friends’ lifesaving work in action with free daily tours of the sanctuary and individual animal care areas. Volunteers can help socialize puppies or bunnies, feed pigs, groom horses, take a dog for a walk or a cat on a stroller ride, and much more. Pets for adoption are available to meet every day at the Welcome Center, Sinjin’s in Cat World, or the Adoption Hub on Rhonda Road.
Guests can also enjoy a $5 daily vegan buffet lunch at the Village Café, which boasts a million-dollar view of the stunning Southern Utah canyons surrounding the Sanctuary. The buffet includes a salad bar, main dish, sides, desserts, and coffee or tea from 11:30 AM to 1 PM.
These fantastic experiences led to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary winning 2024 Best of State Utah awards for Best Attraction, Best Recreation/Activity Facility, and Best Health Foods.
If you want to stay onsite, pet-friendly lodging can be found in one of the Sanctuary’s several cabins, cottages, cabins, or RV sites. These affordable accommodations offer views of horse pastures and starry skies.
There’s also the Best Friends Roadhouse & Mercantile in downtown Kanab, winner of the 2022 and 2023 Best Motel Award from Best of State Utah.
Designed as the most pet-centric hotel in the country, the Roadhouse extends the Sanctuary experience by offering guests sleepovers of Sanctuary dogs, cats, and bunnies. Guests can also bring their own pets; up to 4 dogs or cats can stay in each room at no charge.
A vegan continental breakfast and coffee is offered in the Mercantile and Roadhouse guests also receive two free passes for lunch at Angel Village Cafe. From May through October, yoga and live music take place on the Roadhouse stage every Saturday morning and evening.
However long you plan to visit Kanab – a few hours, days, or even weeks – you won’t want to miss the magic of the Best Friends!
Visit bestfriends.org to learn more about the sanctuary or bestfriendsroadhouse.org to book a stay at the Best Friends Roadhouse & Mercantile.
