Visiting the Denver Zoo

Our visit to Denver gave us an excuse to visit the Denver Zoo. The weather was perfect; low humidity and temperatures in the 60s. Some people have a fetish for shopping, others for the theatre. Mine are zoos. If there is a zoo in any town I visit, I feel incomplete if I don't visit it.

The Denver Zoo is definitely impressive. It is situated across the street from one of Denver's jewels, their Museum of Nature and Science. We took our lunch and bottled water and were amazed that we were allowed to bring food and drinks into the zoo.

We are members of our hometown zoo and received a discount on our admission as well as a senior citizen discount. The zoo opened at 10 and closed at 4; that gave us ample time to see most of the attractions. The zoo will increase it's hours of operation from 9-5 for April to September.

The zoo was exceptionally clean. We were impressed with the layout of the zoo and the variety of animals on exhibit. The zoo is home to nearly 4,000 animals that represent over 700 species. The highlights for us were the Tropical Discovery, the Primate Panorama, the Great Apes, the Northern Shores and the hoofed animals. The Bear Mountain was also impressive.

Children of all ages will enjoy the train ride and the carousel. The train ride was not opened during our visit. The zoo has undertaken extensive renovations which has necessitated closing off some of the exhibits. Other sections of the zoo are only opened during warmer weather. While this did disappoint us. we had more than enough to do so that we felt we got our monies worth. Our recommendation for your visit to Denver is to take the time and visit their zoo. The Denver Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and is dedicated to global wildlife conservation.

To learn more about the Denver Zoo visit click here: www.denverzoo.org