Schedule a Tour at EAST

Our Sanctuary is in Hermitage, TN. We offer tours to the public BY APPOINTMENT ONLY on the second Saturday of May, June, July, August and September from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.

All 2024 sanctuary tours are now booked!

Sanctuary Tours

All 2024 sanctuary tours are now booked. Please check back with us when we start tours again in May of 2025!


EAST welcomes you to come visit our feathered residents. Sanctuary Tours are conducted by appointment on the 2nd Saturday of May, June, July, August and September, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

We love giving tours and educating the public about EAST’s role in rescue and sanctuary of captive parrots. However, because we are a small staff of volunteers, and are responsible for our parrots’ care each day, we hope you understand that our time is limited for conducting tours to designated days and by appointment only.

EAST is not a public attraction. Be mindful that you are in the birds’ home. Rescues/Sanctuaries exist because humans have failed these animals. This is a home, refuge and safe place for the birds who are lucky enough to be here. Educate yourself on the problems the pet trade has created for parrots, and continues to create today. We do not support breeding or capture for the pet trade.

CLASSROOM FIELD TRIPS

Along with rescue, sanctuary and conservation, education is a top priority at EAST. Bringing your classroom for a tour at EAST is an enriching, educational, fun experience and a great way for the classroom to learn close up about parrots and the importance of their care and our human responsibilities to them. Because these tours often fall outside our regular tour dates and times, please contact us so we can make arrangements for a guided educational tour for your classroom. info@tnavianrescue.org

TOUR PARTICULARS

Although some of our residents may have once been pets, be advised that they are wild animals with wild instincts that may make them unpredictable and aggressive. Visitors are not allowed to touch any of our residents, except as supervised by an EAST tour representative.

 

All 2024 sanctuary tours are now booked. Please check back with us when we start tours again in May of 2025!