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Location
Visitor tip
Visit during giraffe observation windows for the best free feeding experience: Wednesdays-Fridays 11am-12pm & 2pm-3pm, Saturdays 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm, or Sundays 11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm. No tokens needed and no wait times reported.
Visitor tip
Don't miss the Nature Center interactive experience on Fridays (11am-4pm) or Saturdays (10am-5pm) for additional educational activities beyond the main animal exhibits and feeding areas.
Visitor tip
Animal feeding is the top visitor highlight—plan 2-3 hours to enjoy feeding monkeys, birds, kangaroos, and giraffes at a comfortable pace. This is consistently cited as the favorite activity for families with children.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Zoo
- Highlights
- Hand-feed animals, animal encounters, giraffes, lemurs, monkeys
- Admission
- $19 general, $17 military/seniors
- Hours
- Wed-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 11am-6pm
What visitors say
Nice, tucked away place. Very cute. The animals all appear quite healthy. We had 5 people and 1 token worked for two people. We bought 3 tokens and it was 6 dollars. You need these to get into the area to feed birds from your hands and…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Our visit to Bee City Zoo was truly such a special experience for us. From start to finish, everything felt welcoming, calm, and thoughtfully organized, which made the day so easy and joyful. Especially spending it with my…
My family and I have never been until today! So, it was an amazing experience with the scenery and the customer service very well. Nice and friendly people. Animals are beautiful to see. And I am seriously impressed with the pricing of…
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Did You Know?
- Bee City Zoo offers scheduled giraffe feeding experiences with specific observation windows throughout the week (Wed-Fri 11am-12pm & 2pm-3pm, Sat 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm, Sun 11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm), allowing visitors to feed giraffes at no additional cost
- The zoo operates a token-based system for animal feeding experiences, with tokens priced at $6 for three tokens that work for hand-feeding birds and kangaroos, making interactive experiences affordable and well-organized
- Animal feeding interactions are among the most discussed aspects in visitor reviews (209 mentions), with guests particularly praising hand-feeding experiences with monkeys, birds, kangaroos, and giraffes as the highlight of their visits
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