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Visitor tip
Save Kids' Zone for last in your visit to maximize your children's energy levels for the interactive play areas and animal encounters, then use the multiple benches and shaded play area with water attraction as a perfect spot for adults to rest while kids burn off remaining energy.
Visitor tip
Kids' Zone has dedicated family-friendly facilities including a private breastfeeding pod, family restroom with a smaller toilet perfect for potty training, and a nursing space by the big playground—making it ideal for families with infants and toddlers.
Visitor tip
Visit during the day to experience unscheduled Close Encounters with animals that happen daily, and plan to catch the daily goat meet-and-greet. Listen for the lemurs during your visit as they vocalize at unpredictable times, adding an auditory element to the experience.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Zoo
- Highlights
- Interactive goat petting, lemurs, meerkats, reptiles, playgrounds with animal movement themes
- Special Experience
- Daily unscheduled Close Encounters with animals
What visitors say
Great spot to get up close to many insects, reptiles, and amphibians. There are also a few small mammals like meerkats, lemurs, and goats. Playground to run off some energy.
Both spaces have multiple small creature exhibits and big toys. My kids love the whipscorpion cave. There is a nursing space by the big playground, and a family restroom with a smaller toilet perfect for potty training! Kids love the…
Perfect place for the adults to have a break! There are tons of benches to sit on. 2 sides of the play area, one is shaded & has a water attraction. Great place for kids to play! Some cool snake and bug exhibits here as well. Private…
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Did You Know?
- Kid's Zone features movement-themed playgrounds designed for children to physically explore how animals move, including activities like crawling like a corn snake and climbing like a lemur
- The attraction offers behind-the-scenes Pacific Seas Aquarium experiences where visitors can touch moon jellyfish and feed anemones
- Kid's Zone houses a giant tailless whip scorpion exhibit (nicknamed the 'whipscorpion cave' by visitors), which is a relatively uncommon display species in educational attractions
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