School & Group Dates at the Pond

Bring your group for and education and fun day at the Pond! We are very flexible with our schedule for school groups. Admission includes our Indoor Petting Zoo, one feed cup, Mole Farm, Museum, Straw Maze Corn Maze, Fiberglass Milking Cow, Seed Tables, Egg Display and Putt Putt Mini Golf. Each child gets a pie pumpkin and each class recieves a large carving pumpkin. Rides are $1 each and include the Barrel Train Ride, Wagon Ride and our Carnival Rides.

Dates for group tours do tend to fill up really fast. Call to make your Spring Tour & Fall Pumpkin Patch reservations today! A $25 deposit is needed to hold your date. You can mail a check or click the PayPal link above, left to make a payment online.

Pricing for school groups runs $7.50 per child, $4.50 per chaperone, $4.00 per teacher's aid, and one teacher per class is free. We have found that one (1) chaperone for every four children works well, as much of what is to be enjoyed is outside. These prices apply to schools only, please call for group pricing.

A DEPOSIT IS NECESSARY TO HOLD YOUR DATE FOR ANY GROUP RESERVATION OR PARTY.
Call first to confirm a date, then scroll down to the PayPal button,
on the left side of this page, and secure your date today!

A DATE MUST BE CONFIRMED BY PHONE BEFORE MAKING A PAYMENT!

Settler's Pond is the perfect site

Parties include admittance to the petting zoo and your feed cone.  The outdoor exhibits which include: the goat, sheep and lamb pens, the quarentine area, calve areas, the SIQ (our medical emergency building), the kangaroo/wallaby house, our egg display, fiberglass milking cow, putt putt golf, one barrel train ride (for the small children) and one wagon ride (for all ages). All rides are weather permitting. Parties also include our new of the incubation chick displays and indoor avery. Watch for pig races, coming soon! Birthday child (or adult) gets a gift from Settler's Pond!

A minimum fee of $250 includes up to 35 guests for four hours of fun at Settlers Pond. Additional guests are welcome for a charge of $7.50 per person. Hot dog meals, not included, are available for $4.25 per person. A $50 deposit is required to hold your date. Payment in full is due 48 hours prior to scheduled event. You can mail a check to: 1301 E. Offner, Beecher, IL 60401 -or- click the PayPal link above, on the left to make a payment online. Payments made for parties using PayPal require an additional 3% to cover their service charge. Please add 3% to your payment to cover our costs. Thank you for your understanding.

Thank you to all those who have blessed us with the honor of hosting their special day in the past. We look forward to sharing special memories with new and return visitors this season! Call today to book your special event. Reserve your date by phone today!

Prices are for children and adults alike; each adult or child is considered one guest.

Settlers Pond Can Come to You!

We also do on-site seminars for schools, nursing homes and other groups. Our managers and volunteers will bring some of our new babies and our regular travelers to your site. Our seminar lasts about 1 hour, followed with special appearances by Jack the kangaroo, Chloe the kinkajou, Regis and Kelly the Pandigonian Caveys. Call now to schedule your appointment, 708-946-2448.

Our Latest Arrivals

Settler's has had quite a few additions to our already large family. We have acquired a baby camel named Bonnie. Bonnie is from Oklahoma and was orphaned. Jingles, one of our kangaroos who was paralyzed, gets hydrotherapy four to five times a week and has a K-9 cart that is modified to fit him. He gets around very well. We have a baby Marmoset Monkey, LuLu, who had to have her big backtoes removed. She also gets around just fine and happily is living out her life at The Pond. We've also acquired a marbled Artic Fox that we call Farrah the Foxet.

For those who have been here before, we still have your old time favorites, including Clyde, Sarge and all the rest of the critters waiting to see you again for this fall season. We are home to  two Ring-tailed Lemurs, nine banded Armadillos, an Anteater, two Armadillos, three Horses, a Bird, a Rabbit, a Pony, three Sugar Gliders, two Two-Toed Sloths, and several Pot Bellied Pigs.

Chloe the Kinkajou has settling in nicely at the Pond. She was abused at one time, but Chloe is a permanent, protected resident at Settler's Pond and has inspired Pinky's latest children's book, Chloe, The Kinkajou Finds a Home. Chloe is doing great.  To keep her attention we have placed a couple of trees in her habitat with marshmallows, kiwis and grapes on the branches. It is really fun watching her forage for it and it keeps her thinking. Be sure to check in on Chloe on your next visit.

Jack, our Red Kangaroo, arrived here quite ill at seven weeks old. He is now thriving and healthy. He is a real cutie. He is now full grown and the mascot for the Chicago Black Hawks.

Stripes, our Zebra, adjusted very well to his home here. Gypsy, our pony is still on site for your visit!

We have four Pandagonian Cavey's and a Wallaby girl.  Also calling the Pond home are two Degus and five hairless squirrels. All are doing great. A Florida zoo added two full-grown red Kangaroos to the Pond's residents.

Pinky feels truly blessed that the Lord has put her into this place at this time in her life. All involved with Settler's Pond deem it an honor to be able to help all of these animals.