well it's free. And if you want to best experience try to avoid the crowds, so that might mean the morning. Or a weekday. It's cool when you walk in and you look up to see a lion paw bigger then your head. The last time i was here you can take a photo with a cub. Which I'm regretting not getting on because those cubs were so cute! Also i believe if you buy one of the souvenirs part of the profits goes to the habitat and the saving of lions. So buy that cute little stuff animal for some rascal in your life! :)