Phoenix Zoo

Phoenix Zoo. Over spring break this year, my family and I went to the Phoenix Zoo. It took about 20 minutes of circling the parking lot before we could park. When we got to the entrance, there was a line so long it looked as if the entire valley had come. With our membership however we were luckily able to skip the whole line. Inside the zoo didn’t seem to busy, either because it’s a big zoo, or maybe because everyone was still in line.

One of the exhibits I enjoy most is the Grevy Zebra exhibit. Share an enclosure with the Marabou Storks. Which I think is excellent because having multiple species of animals in the same exhibit can make it less as if it’s a zoo and more as if it’s the real deal, especially if the two types of animals naturally live in the same areas in the wild as in this case.

With our membership we go to the Phoenix Zoo at least twice a month. Generally the Zebras are just lying around or grazing, not doing much. When we walked up to their enclosure this time however, the two young foals they had were prancing and running around with tons of energy. I had never seen them this energetic.

We enjoyed the rest of our trip and didn’t run into any major problems there. Over all I would recommend the Phoenix Zoo as a great place to go if you have kids, even older kids enjoy it. It’s an awesome place to take them to get all their extra energy out and have them learning about the animals while they do! I wouldn’t recommend the Phoenix Zoo to you if you are going to see the animals or for photography because the animals are most likely just hiding in the cool shade at the back of their enclosures. For photography I suggest you go to the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, AZ.  View Less … View More

This is a "Zoo" ????. Ok, clearly the writers of previous reviews are desperately hungry for entertainment. I just went through this "zoo" yesterday, and I found it nothing more than a bunch of displays with 1 or less animals in them. The animals always huddled towards the back of the areas making them completely unviewable. I guess it was a zoo of Rocks n Sticks.

Furthermore, the prices for food (this isn't a suprise) is not just a ripoff, it's nothing short of thievery! No one item of food was worth what they wanted.

Plain and simple - go find somewhere else to entertain yourself...  View Less … View More

Great family fun!!!!. It was fun before you walk the entire thing though (its huge) you might want to rent one of their family cycles they hold the entire family. You'll be able to peddle through the whole thing. Take the kids in swimsuits they have a fun water area to keep cool!

Def. Worth the trip!  View Less … View More