{"id":70444,"date":"2025-07-17T17:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/70444\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:27:13","slug":"you-can-feed-over-100-ostriches-and-emus-at-this-roadside-ranch-2-5-hours-from-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/70444\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Feed Over 100 Ostriches And Emus At This Roadside Ranch 2.5 Hours From Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"An ostrich at Ostrichland USA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ostrichland-USA-1024x683.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Barajas \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>The highways between NorCal and SoCal are dotted with plenty of fun <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/best-stops-pacific-coast-highway\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/best-stops-pacific-coast-highway\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">roadside attractions<\/a> that we all know and love. But there\u2019s one remarkably unique Central Coast attraction that makes even born-and-raised Californians do a double-take: <strong>OstrichLand USA<\/strong>, a very unique ranch in Buellton (near Solvang) where <strong>over 100 ostriches and emus<\/strong> are living their best lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cFeed this bad boy!\u201d<\/strong> reads the bright green OstrichLand sign, below a painting of an (irate? cheerful?) ostrich flapping its massive wings, beak agape in a (menacing?) smile.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy a <strong>pail of ostrich feed for a dollar<\/strong> and offer it to the peckish birds\u2014just watch your fingers!<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50245 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"A herd of ostriches at Ostrichland USA.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ostrichland-2.jpg\"\/>Photo by Brian on Flickr, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY 2.0<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A South African couple founded OstrichLand in the 1990s, but the ranch is now operated by owner Trudy Brown and a small team of caretakers. The ostriches here are<strong> not raised for meat;<\/strong> rather, the ranch is primarily operated as a zoo for the public. That said, you can<strong> buy fresh ostrich eggs<\/strong> from the ranch\u2019s gift shop alongside other fun souvenirs.<\/p>\n<p>We know that birds evolved from dinosaurs, but that\u2019s never been more apparent than coming <strong>face-to-face with an eight-foot-tall ostrich.<\/strong> In California, it\u2019s not often that you\u2019ll find so many of these birds roaming about in our local plains, which bear some resemblance to their<strong> native African savannas and grasslands.<\/strong> Whether you find the fascinating animals to be gorgeous, unsettling, friendly, or bizarre, you\u2019d be hard-pressed not to spend a fun hour here.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50244\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"An ostrich pokes its head up behind a sign reading &quot;Yes, We like to Bite&quot; at Ostrichland USA.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ostrichland.jpg\"\/>Photo by Jannis Tobias Werner on Shutterstock Visiting OstrichLand USA <\/p>\n<p>OstrichLand is an entertaining road trip stop made even better by its affordable pricing. While somewhere like Hearst Castle might run you upwards of 40 bucks, OstrichLand costs just <strong>$7 general admission, $5 for military, and $3 for kids 12 and under.<\/strong> You can also purchase ostrich feed there for $1.<\/p>\n<p>You can<strong> reserve a spot<\/strong> to visit OstrichLand USA ahead of time, but it\u2019s not required unless you\u2019re coming with a large group.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd <strong>Location<\/strong>: 610 E Hwy 246, Solvang, CA, 93463. Find it off of Highway 246, on the lefthand side if you\u2019re driving west from Solvang.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd5d <strong>Hours<\/strong>: OstrichLand USA is open from 9am to 6pm daily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udf10 Reservations<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ostrichlandusa.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.ostrichlandusa.com\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">OstrichLand USA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Barajas \/ Shutterstock The highways between NorCal and SoCal are dotted with plenty of fun roadside attractions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":70445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-70444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114869754163105123","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}