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What you should know
Accessibility
Accessibility statement available on website
Best time
Visit on weekdays, especially mild or rainy days, to see lions more active and enjoy the exhibits with fewer crowds. Visitors report that lions are more engaged when there are fewer people around.
Visitor tip
Plan to spend time at multiple viewpoints around the lion habitat. The venue offers several vantage points including a crashed Land Rover in Kalahari Kingdom for close nose-to-nose viewing and a ranger station with glass viewing, plus views across the moat.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Zoo
- Location
- Franklin Park Zoo, Boston area
- Highlights
- Kalahari Kingdom with African lions, giraffe feeding, gorilla encounters, animal chats and experiences
- Membership
- Available with benefits and discounts
What visitors say
It was a hot day when I visited, so the lions were just lounging about on the shade. Still nice to see them.
Dinari sleeps most of the day and roars every hour, but with less visitors he likes the attention from me. I wish he had a playmate so he doesn't get bored.
You get a number of good viewpoints to see the lions chilling out. It was a mild and rainy Monday when I visited, so I had plenty of time to watch the lions without anyone else. The lions seemed to be fairly active.
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Did You Know?
- Lion's Den features a unique interactive experience where visitors can climb into a crashed land rover in Kalahari Kingdom to get nose-to-nose viewing with African lions
- The zoo's African lions produce rumbling roars that can be heard echoing far beyond their habitat, creating an immersive sensory experience across the park
- Lion's Den offers multiple distinct viewing angles for lion observation including through glass at a ranger station, across a moat, and from inside the crashed land rover exhibit
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