Casa de Fruta Rides, Playground and Gem Sluice
Visit on your scheduleTrain and carousel (schedule effective 9/28/26–10/31/26): Monday–Thursday 12:00–4:30 pm; Friday 12:00–5:30 pm; Saturday–Sunday 10:00 am–6:30 pm. Hours vary seasonally.
Casa de Fruta10021 Pacheco Pass Highway, Hollister, CA 95023Directions
Young children; under 42 inches must ride with a chaperone 16+
From $3.50Carousel $3.50; train $5.00; sluice bags $4-$8; Fun Pass $11-$12; Play All Day Pass $19; Play All Year Pass $35
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About this adventure
Casa de Fruta, the fruit stand and roadside stop on Pacheco Pass Highway in San Benito County, has a cluster of kids' attractions. Kids ride Casa de Choo Choo, a narrow-gauge railroad that makes a two-mile, roughly 15-minute loop alongside Pacheco Creek, and spin on the Venetian double-decker Casa de Carousel with horses, teacups and rockers; at Casa de Sluice they pan for real gemstones, fossils or 'princess' treasures Gold Rush–style, hunting for a Golden Ticket gemstone that wins a prize. The free playground has slides, climbing ramps and a play train engine and caboose, and a walking path circles a pond where red-eared slider turtles bask. Children under 42 inches ride with a chaperone 16 or older (the chaperone rides free); every child pays. Rides close when it is 95°F or hotter or raining. Ride tickets are sold at Casa de Sweets, and the fruit stand, deli, sweets shop and restaurant are on site.
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