Hubbard Gorilla Valley

The gorilla exhibit was amazing.  It was the winter season so they're mostly inside. But the outdoor enclosures are quite expansive and fantastic.  The gorillas were easy to see and recognize even though some of them seemed quite bored haha.

Hubbard Gorilla Valley is an excellent attraction.   The building is air-conditioned and very cool.  It is a nice escape from the heat outside.  The walkways are wide and clean.  There are lots of viewing windows and you can get up close to the gorillas.  Throughout the entire zoo there are clean restrooms and water fountains which include a bottle filling station.  The restrooms also had sunscreen dispenser in the restrooms.

Really up close gorilla viewing.  They interact some with the visitors.  The shear size of them is impressive and a little unsettling considering how close you get.  Worth the visit if in Omaha.

9/21/2023
Not one of my favorite places to visit, but it is worth a quick run through.  Sometimes something interesting happens.

It is cool. The gorillas and apes are fun to watch. There are not only gorillas, though. There are also other forest animals like red river hogs, duiker, different species of birds, tree shrews and more. It is amazing!

Expedition Madagascar

Just one word!  LEMURS! haha.  They are the highlight of expedition Madagascar!  They are always up to some hilarious highjinks. The Madagascar area is pretty jaw dropping.   Pretty spot on depiction of their natural environment.

Great place to take kids n have date day/night at. Finally got to see the aquarium. Was bein built in the late 90s when I was there last. Will deff be goin back.

Mmmmm I really like the lemurs however I dont see the connection between the picture of the lions and the exibit so I'll add one of my pictures instead

All sorts of great exhibits here.  Because many of the animals are nocturnal they have the indoor lights off so that you can see the animals in their more active state.  The only issue is that it is quite dark.  I have found myself running over other patrons with my stroller.

Asian Highlands

Amazing Asian continental animals. The tigers, sloth bears, snow leopards were all massive hits. It was a beautiful exhibit for the tigers with a very Tibetan feel.

Really neat part of the zoo with some of our favorite animals including the snow leopard and the sloth bear!

It is pretty nice. Designs are cool. It is a trail and then to come across exotic Asian Animals like cranes, tufted deer, red pandas, Indian rhinos and more. It is amazing! By the way, it is not fully complete yet. Part 1 is open and done and it is brand new. Part 2 is going to open spring in 2019 which is this year but we will just have to wait till spring!

It will be nice to see what it looks like once it is all done. It is only partially open right now the Asian Highlands area is not supposed to be complete until spring of 2019. So the little sad and when you walk in to tell you it's open and you walk the trail come to find out at the end of the dead end you have to walk all the way back down. With a little kid we might have waited until I was completely open to where we looked at it

The trail is cool. You get to see rare and exotic animals. By the way, phase ll is going to open spring 2019.

Lee Richardson Zoo

Lee Richardson Zoo is a beautiful zoo that’s free to walk through. On occasion they will offer free drive in as well. Animals are well kept and taken care of. One of our favorite places to visit

Vaca 2021 Had great time for FREE, we traveled from Nebraska. My 8yr old and 6yr old plus my folks in there 60+ yrs and myself 30 it was fun for all. I like all the different cranes. Wish could have seen red panda and maned wolf but they were not around today. Lots of great animals to see.
Nice gift shop a little pricey but goo selection and helpful.
The museum is great and it's gift shop is nice as well and better priced. Love quote when walk in.
My son say 4 stars because he didn't get to feed the animals.

Loved it but had to cut visit short due to rain and not having an umbrella handy. Plan on visiting again this weekend because it is worth the 2 hour drive from home

What a great little zoo. The city is lucky to have this. I would walk this every day as exercise. Get pretty close to everything. Have a little bit of everything too. Wasn’t too busy while we were there and was zero cost. Has a little snack shack, gift shop. The prices were not crazy either! I have been to a few big zoos. If I had to pick a zoo to have in my city it would be like this one.

This is a well kept zoo and have many options for people to enjoy it.  It's free to walk thru or 10 dollars a car to drive thru. They also offer bikes for 20 an hr. Also there are scooters you can rent in the area and use in the zoo.

Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium

It was fun, there's an area that the kangaroos can just wonder around you. There was quiet a bit open which I was surprised since it was Dec 8, so that was nice. I was upset they didn't have any souvenir cups. We stayed for the lights, that was lots of fun. The food we got at the one restaurant was actually good food so that was nice. The train was having some issues so that was disappointing that we only got to ride it once an we bought the unlimited wrist band. Nothing we can do about that. The sky safari was fun.

Thank you for sharing the animals with us! We went the first week of December and had a blast! Lots of stations were closed but we came to see animals and we were not disappointed!!  Be sure to bring quarters for souvenir penny making and for food to feed the goats and camels 🐫  We also came back next evening for GloWild and enjoyed that just as much! Dress with warm layers! Like all zoos, there is a ton of walking between exhibits. We loved the Aquarium touch tanks!! A++ experience for our family!

I always love coming here. It’s great to walk around, the exhibits are great, the staff is super helpful, and it’s nice and open.

The new aquarium is also beautiful!!! So many cool fish to see and I LOVED the jellyfish exhibit. There were multiple types of jellyfish to stop and admire and watch. Very cool place that I am so excited to come and see again and again.

Great day trip adventure. Plenty to see and explore. It is fun for all age groups. The new aquarium is amazing and well put together. I could have spent hours in there just watching the fish in the large viewing area.

I've been to many zoos through the years, but this one is always in my top 3. The exhibits are up close and personal, the staff is always friendly, and the zoo is    clean and well-kept. There are lots of opportunities to interact with the animals, and the animals always seem happy, entertained, and well-cared for. My son loves the "endangered level" scale on the signs, and was super excited to see an animal that is extinct in the wild. Lots of baby animals too.

Safari Zoological Park

This place was outstanding from start to finish. The Visitor Center was great, and the staff met us with a smile and were also holding some of the babies from the zoo. Mind you, it costs a pretty penny to pet and hold them. We got two adult passes and two waters with two feed sacks for less than forty dollars. It was truly not a bad price for a two hour guided tour that didn't disappoint. Great place for small children. Just be mindful its alot of walking, so be ready. We will return because of the great experience.

Amazing place to visit! Our tour of the grounds was about 90 mins and the tour guide was Awesome! We were able to get much closer to the animals than in a regular zoo. This is not a petting zoo, they are real lions, tigers and bears (oh my!) Tour guide interacted with the animals so we could see how fun they are. Our almost 8 year old granddaughter Loved it! Definitely recommend for all ages.

We had a wonderful morning with our granddaughter (7). If you love animals you will love a visit here. VERY up close.

Very personable and intimate experience. VIP experience is the way to go! Well worth the money. They didn’t rush the animal encounters. Able to take pics with own phone for additional charge.

Worked well with people with disabilities and young children. They were very accommodating and descriptive with my friends who are blind.

Able to feed many animals provided bags of crackers and a banana. Plus, viewed the tour guide feed raw chicken to larger animals.

General admission has approximate an hour and one half tour guide to see animals. Variety of VIP experiences available to encounter lots of animals. Can pet, hold, cuddle (just has to be below the neck).

Friendly staff answered all questions. They really care about the animals and you can tell.

Extremely under rated place. A real hidden gem 💎!

Cold water available to purchase or you can bring in your own.

Wagons available for little legs that get tired.

Me and my wife had a great time and beat the large crowd thank goodness. All the animals were very exciting to see so close up and they were very well taken care of. Very clean environment, I recommend checking this park out. Their staff is very friendly and knowledgeable. I like big cats the most but all the exhibits were cool in their own way. I hope this place keeps getting bigger and better. Thanks for a great time.

Blank Park Zoo

We're members here which is nice because we can show up whenever and stay as long or as little. It's totally worth the cost. They also have reciprocal benefits for other zoos around the US which will save you lots of money.

We really enjoyed Zoo Brew here on Wednesdays and came religiously until my work schedule changed. Sunday, was the first time we visited during normal zoo hours and it was cool to see which animals were more active vs. when we came in the evenings.

We decided to go Sunday, on STEM day, because two of the female lions are moving to a different zoo this week. There were a lot of information stations throughout and lots of interactive activities.

I do like this zoo, though it's a lot smaller than what I'm used to. I still think it's great what they have been able to do with this amount of space. I also feel like you can get reasonably close to the animals. There's plenty of rest/bathroom facilities. And, the train is fun whenever you want to take a break from walking. You get a different view of the animals and I believe it costs $2-$4 depending on whether or not you're a member.

Don't forget to go into the exhibit in the entrance building. A lot of people miss that and there's a bunch of cool exhibits in there. The waterfall in the Discovery Center is really beautiful.

Looking at this zoo from an aerial view, I didn’t expect there to be much at first.  However, when I visited this zoo in person, I was awestruck at the diversity of animals on display within just a few acres! Every part of the zoo had some amazing creatures to marvel at, of which my favorites were the Red Panda, the Jamaican Fruit Bats, and the Cassowaries.

It's a good zoo for a smaller city. I especially like the cool entrance through the "caves" that lead into the botanical garden with waterfall and rope bridge. The zoo is laid out in a nice circle. My granddaughter enjoyed the Merry Go Round and feeding the giraffe for $5 for three helpings. Nice sized petting zoo with a pond that has huge Koi fish to feed and swans. I was a little sad to see they added Alpacas in a fence off area that cost like 30 bucks for a half hour.
My favorite was the bird enclosure by the train entrance where you can pay $2 to feed parakeets a sick with PB and for seed on it and they'll come sit right on your hand. My 1 y.o. granddaughter did actually grab one off my hand so be careful!😳😳 but it was fine. The peacocks were also a favorite and they roam around free on the sidewalks near the petting zoo.
The tortoises 🐢 were so neat, I could sit and watch them all day and you can get fairly close to them. The big fella has a couple girlfriend in there so watch out for some frisky business when you walk up🤣. They were good about allowing us to bring our own waters in the stroller too but there is a little spot to buy food at the top of the hill by the restrooms and just before the Giraffes. There's also pop vending machines scattered about. They do face painting by the petting zoo too. I bought my daughter's family a season pass for Christmas and I highly recommend it!!

Not a very big zoo but great for kid and people that mobility issues. Not many choices for food but the but they had lots of  places to sit and cool off. You cold also feed some of the more friendly animals like Alpacas,  Giraffes, and more that I can't remember. We were there for a little more then 3 hours so for 20$ it was a nice day out with the family. 👨‍🦼👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Blank Park Zoo is a small but very nice zoo. Their animals are well cared for and well enriched, and the exhibits are engaging and very natural. Staff are friendly and have a wealth of information. The exhibits could have benefited from a little bit more written information but I'm also a glutton for knowledge so the average person won't be disappointed. They have a good variety of animals separated out into geographic regions as well as a train ride and an interactive animal section for kids.

Riverside Discovery Center

Fun, little zoo with some up-close views of tigers, bobcats, goats, bison, spider monkeys and more. Peacock families, swans and ducks roam freely and there are goats in the petting zoo that are so sweet! You can sit 5 ft away from the tiger exhibit- way better than the Denver zoo exhibit. The kids barn is fun and the playground is ample-sized. We visited on a windy Sunday in October and had the entire place to ourselves! The animals were excited to see us! The staff was nice and there were vending machines and a gift shop.

Lot of the animals were out. You can feed some of the animals there. The petting zoo and the splash pad are a big hit with the kids.

A wonderful little Zoo that my wife and I visited with our oldest daughter! It is an older zoo and very neat. Please consider donating and visiting them as they need some minor fixes and polishes throughout and so they can continue educating the public and continue to be a great family place to visit! They even have volunteer programs for kids and one of the programs includes the kids being able to work with and help present some of their animals!

We enjoyed our time here! Masks were required when you couldn't social distance, but I don't think anyone actually wore one. It was a nice small zoo, totally worth the drive from Cheyenne!

The kids loved feeding the lake animals, my son wanted to get more food to feed the fish. Definitely entertaining. The dino dig area was cute, shaded so huge plus!

The animals were mostly sleeping but we got there around 10:30 so I just figured it was the time of day. Our visit was about an hour and a half. Definitely a lot busier when we were leaving.

I have visited much larger zoos in big cities in Washington, California, and Utah but had a much more personal experience with some amazing animals at the Riverside Discovery Center! The Bobcat, Spider Monkeys, Grizzley bear, and Hyenas were sooo much closer that I have ever exoerienced. The staff was friendly and the zoo was a perfect size for how are 3-year-old granddaughter. Not so big that she got overwhelmed, and Just big enough to be very interesting to her! Will definitely visit again!

Tiger Safari Zoological Park

I cannot say enough wonderful things about this place. I rented one of the large African Manors. The accommodations were absolutely incredible. The kitchen was fully stocked with everything that we needed. Meaning a lot of the stuff I brought was completely unnecessary. The atmosphere the nighttime view the sounds of the animals as the sun sets and it starts to cool off. The experience is just incredible. I brought my two adult children to spend the evening with me we cooked out on the patio Enjoyed the beautiful view from the fountain, lit pond and basically had a private roam of the park after the sunset I cannot recommend this experience enough to anybody. It would be an incredible place for a family reunion a great place for a first date night, you name it, and these animals are taken care of. You can tell that they are loved , I love this place so much that I want to come and volunteer out here whenever they need me. Spend the money spend and the time with your family. The experience of being so close to these animals is absolutely breathtaking. It has changed me forever and I would do it again in a heartbeat, and anybody who writes a negative review about this place just has a problem with their life in general, because this place is out standing. Thank you Bill and the lovely lady who gave us our tour as well as the other ladies in the office you have made our experience amazing!

Spent 2 hours here today and enjoyed every moment! This was such a great park/zoo. There were 6 of us in our group and I highly recommend the VIP so you can hold and pet the animals! The staff there was so friendly and the owner even saw that my son didn’t want to leave and gave him a toy! It was so nice! Really enjoyed visiting, come to find out they even have rooms you can rent out and stay in! We will definitely be back!

Had a mini getaway with my husband. We stayed in one of the treehouses overlooking the tigers, we got to see the bear early in the morning even though we weren't able to during our tour. Since it was Saturday we had the option to join in with others at a big bonfire, however we decided to opt out and have our own little bonfire at the fire-pit in the treehouse. We also did the Mega VIP tour the next morning. We woke up super early and got to see the sunrise.Definetly recommend staying there. Will be back soon to stay a bit longer.
Here are some of the many pictures we took.

I took 2 of my grandchildren last weekend. We stayed the night in one of the tree houses. Our view was the 2 white tigers!  Fed the baby zebra, and deer. Fed the tigers and saw the lion eat 2 raw chickens! The boys kept telling me "This is the funnest vacation EVER."
Highly recommended!

Quiet visit; nice spread out property with alot of animals to view- because it was not crowded we could take our time watching animals- paid for the 15 dollar basic self guided walk through

Dickerson Park Zoo

My family lives the zoo! It’s the perfect distance for my young kids and I to walk from opening until their naps or for my whole family to spend time together at. We’re pass holders so we never have to worry about how long or short a trip is.

Giraffe feeding has been a hit with my kids and they love the petting zoo. The train ride is simple, but my kids love it. The ride is the perfect wind down at the end of our visits (Paul, the Tuesday/Thursday driver is the BEST!)

Since the exhibits are small and close together, you can see a LOT in a short time. Which is great for my kids’ tiny attention span. The signage at exhibits is wonderful too.

Every staff member I’ve ever interacted with is kind and loves to share about whatever animal is nearby. They do animal encounters as well where you can Q&A with zookeepers.

The playground equipment is pretty central which is great for a pit stop. The only down side is that it’s most appropriate for ages 5-12 (and there are a LOT of younger kids that visit during the mornings). My kids have always found things to do on the equipment that’s safe, but I do wish it had more for their age group.

This is a nice zoo, but the day we decided to make this trip, it was way too hot.  We only stayed for about an hour.  I was thankful they had a splash pad.  If you are coming in the summer, I highly recommend bringing clothes for the kids to get wet in.  The people working at the front gate were not that friendly, and while my Tulsa zoo membership shows we get in this zoo for free, they said I only got 50% off.  No big deal,  I just thought they could be more friendly about it.  All other staff we encountered were very friendly, including the girl selling food for the giraffes.  Overall this is a nice little zoo.  One thing I didn't understand is why they didn't have any maps for the zoo.  It was very difficult to find what we wanted to see without a map.

The staff was very helpful and friendly. This was a pre planed trip so to show up and have to start it out sitting out a storm. It remained gloomy most of the time there that I feel made the animals depressed. None the less, with rain and sun, it was a great trip. Part of the Zoo was closed due to renovations which was a bummer. There wasn't a whole lot of people so it was over crowded and made for a nice day. Out side of the main food area by the restrooms it was a bummer that the food stands were closed. They have all kinds of vending machines spread throughout it, ice cream vending machines and drinks where the ones I seen the most. It's $4 for a soda from the vending machines and the food court wasn't much better. They have a nice deck with table and chairs for customers to sit and eat right next to a playground for the kids to enjoy while the parents take a break, it's a nice little playground too, so cute. The bathrooms by the food court are decent for the amount of use they get, from the looks of it staff keeps up with the bathrooms pretty well. All kinds of cute animal statues all over the place along with giant paintings of butterfly wings and Peacock that you can stand in front of, definitely fun for the kids as well, my 7 yr old stopped at every single one for pictures. Over all, it was great fun, the animals look in great shape, the petting zoo was a blast, staff was awesome and I couldn't of asked for a better day thanks to how friendly and fun this Zoo is. I'll definitely be going back on a day that it's not storming so the animals don't seem so bummed.

Great zoo, lots of animals, and chances to interact with them. They have a petting zoo, splash pad, and train tour inside. We loved getting to feed the giraffes and seeing the giant 85 year old tortoise. The snake exhibit was our daughters favorite,  they had a corn snake out that she got to pet. They have maps available at the front, and easy to read signs all over the zoo. The food and drink machines only take single dollar bills, so take plenty of ones. They also have a restaurant inside if you want to get a meal. They get bonus points for the cold water fountain and bottle station at the front. So bring a bottle with you, it is a lot of walking.

I do enjoy this zoo. Week days aren't over crowded.  Good variety of animals and not so big you can't see them all in one visit. Just like any zoo anything else you buy is overly priced $12.50 for 2 Chicken strips and some fries but overall a decent zoo.

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