Have you ever experienced a giraffe or white rhino feeding? Have you ever enjoyed the thrill of a log flume at a zoo? There’s a first for everything, and at Lowry Park Zoo, there’s a good chance you’ll be ticking a few of those boxes!
Lowry Park Zoo has 56 amazing acres of lush natural habitats, and those acres are made up of seven fun man exhibit areas that kids will just LOVE exploring! From the Asian Gardens, Aquatic Center, Florida Wildlife Center, to Primate World, there will be something new and fun for the kids to explore.
Are you ready to go on safari? It’s a jungle in there! At Safari Africa kids can see some amazing wildlife up close – from meerkats, zebras, elephants, to the sweet pygmy hippos…the whole family can stand on the feeding plateau and get eye to eye with even the tallest animals! (YOU can also feed the giraffes!)
The Wallaroo Station is designed especially for families, where there is a host of interactive things to see and do! Crickey – it’s an Australian adventure too! Kookaburras, cockatoos, koalas and wallabies….kids can even play in the “Billabong” water area (or ride the Tasmanian Tiger roller coaster!) A great introduction to the great land of Oz!
And yes, the Lowry Park Zoo has RIDES! There are seven rides which are included in your admission. Bump the day away with Outback Bumper Boats, or enjoy a guided safari tour with behind-the-scenes views of dozens of African animals!
Are you and the family ready to get WILD at Lowry Park Zoo! We certainly are – let’s go!
We brought our 1 year old daughter. She was more impressed with the Tampa Aquarium I think, mostly interested in the enclosures’ gates and fences then the animals themselves. I think I’ll wait until she’s about 3 or 4 to visit again. Had fun though. A little pricey for the amount of interest my kid got out of it, but, it was a good day overall.
Extremely nice! One of the best I’ve gone to. The weather also was great, although very sunny, there are a lot of shady areas. The manatee section was awesome since they are in and out, not kept as prisoners. As they come, get better and healthy, they are released. The only bad comment I have is about the bears, I feel like they have been captive for too long that now they are losing their minds. I just feel bad, since they are waiting until they get better which I think letting them go is the only medicine for them since they are meant to be in the wild, not in a zoo. Overall, one of the best and highly recommended! 🙂
This zoo has such an amazing variety of animals. They have animals that most zoos do not. My children really enjoyed this zoo. There favorite was the orangutans!
Went on a Tuesday, we home school. It was surprisingly busy for a Florida Resident weekday trip. We paid $10 ea to get in and over 30$ for 2 slices of pizza, two – 3 pc. chix finger w/FFs, a bag of doritos, a med. soda and one beer. Employees were all very nice and professional. There were several closures – rides, exhibits and restaurants. We were a little taken aback by the closures and how “tired” the zoo looked. It needs some serious up keep. On a scale of 1 -10, we both agreed, we’d rate it a 5, but considering the Florida resident discount and the fact that the rides are included in the price, we couldn’t complain. And we both agreed as far as over all look, updates, animals, atmosphere, etc., Jacksonville zoo is a far more favorable zoo with regards to three Florida zoos we have visited, living in the Central Florida area.
Good animals, fun time, shows were cool and I had a great time visiting the zoo. Definitely coming back and recommend