Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Large zoo . Layout is a bit confusing even with a map. Be sure to plan before you walk so that you have a chance to see everything. Enclosures are nice and allow you to get up close to the animals.

This zoo opened in 1875 making it the second largest zoo in the USA. One unique thing about this zoo is that the Reptile House is the oldest existing Zoo building in the country , dating from 1875.

If you stay past 4 pm the crowds really thin out. Wear good shoes ! Keep souvenir cups for cheap refills next visit. Bring quarters and pennies for souvenir penny machines. Zoo shop has neat stuff!

Loved this zoo ! It's huge, they have everything from condors to elephants, and the zoo is very walkable. The animals are up close, and there were a number you could pet . Great zoo , great day.

The plant collections are a unique blend of gardens and exhibits that demonstrate the diversity of plants and their relationship to humans and animals. There are over 3,000 kinds of plants to see.

The PNC Festival of Lights features hundreds of thousands of LED lights all over the zoo . You'll also find a huge Christmas tree , Santa and his reindeer and a walk-through tunnel of lights. Read more

Amazing!! The PNC lights festival is so nice, even in winter with not a lot of animals the zoo is one of the best I've ever been!

We do festival of lights each year between Christmas and New Years. You can park on the street for free if you don't mind a little walk.

Dine among the vistas of lions and cheetahs in Phase III of the Africa exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo when it opens this summer. The exhibit also features indoor-outdoor facilities and restaurant .

An amazing place to see practically any animal imaginable. Highly recommend making a day out of it.

It's always a great time to take your kids to the zoo . Watching all the animals and how they behave is a great learning experience. Next time, I'm gonna take some binoculars Read more

Very clean very friendly staff so big didn't get through it in one day . They went about and beyond with my disabled military husband

When completed in 1907, the Herbivora Building (now the Elephant House) was the "largest and most complete concrete animal building in the world." Coll. of Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton Co

Get there early and grab your tickets for a 4D show. We saw the Wizard of Oz and it was awesome. Everyone loved it from my 9 year old daughter to Grandma!

We traveled here to see Fiona and got so much more! What a great Zoo . A lot of things to see, do and learn.

Recognized by Parents Magazine as #7 on the “Top 10 Best Zoos for Kids.” Over one million people visit the Zoo’s award-winning exhibits , and more than 500 animal and 3000 plant species annually.

Did you know? The second oldest zoo in the country , the zoo has also long been successful with captive breeding, starting with endangered trumpeter swans and sea lions in the 1880s. Read more

Hatnee, a female Asian elephant, once took children on rides around the zoo , led by trainer Ed Coyne who worked for the zoo for 65 years. Collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton Co

Things to photograph : African Savannah, Wolf Woods, Spaulding Lorikeet Landing, Penguin Walkabout, Butterfly Garden , Tulips in the Spring. Check their schedule of animal encounters for photo ops. Read more

Beautiful horticulture! White tigers, meerkats, cheetah, red pandas , polar bears , African habitat. Peacocks !

Make sure you plan your day around your visit. Also make sure you get a map and plan out your path through the zoo so you can see everything.

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden at 15 minutes drive to the southwest of health insurance advisors HORAN

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden at 15 minutes drive to the southwest of health insurance advisors HORAN

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden at 11 minutes drive to the southwest of Prolink Cincinnati

I would love to take my kids here in the spring this year 2013.We haven't been in so long love to some discount 's on admission my girls are 12 and 14 now.

Huge. Festival of lights are night. I really like the giraffes !

Love The Animal Exhibits & Always Go To The #FestivalOfLights ????????????????????????

Love love the zoo Festival of lights amazing

The "Greenest Zoo in America" is building a solar canopy to provide 20% of energy needs, incorporates a green roof & water retention tanks to reduce rainwater runoff & has a bio-diesel powered train

Make sure to feed the giraffes . Only a dollar and you get up close to their blue tongues !

Great place for the kids not too expensive . The weekend we went was really crowded

Check out the new wind turbine in their Go Green Garden (near the new entrance). Along with the solar panels, it provides 1/3 of the energy for the ticketing/information building. Read more

My kids love the insect house ... We go to the zoo every weekend

You've got to see the Chinese Alligator feeding. Happens Fridays at 11:30 in reptile house .

There is a lovely stain glass hidden near the bonobos...just found it the other day and I've been there a hundred times. What is the stainglass of? Read more

The best zoo I've ever been to hands down! They let us feed a mother giraffe !

Penguins. Great for little kids.

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden at 11 minutes drive to the southwest of Prolink Cincinnati

Love the zoo babies! Good for families and casual date.

Coolest job I've ever had! Be sure to check out the World of the Insect building. The leaf-cutter ants are amazing!

Arrive early....you'll be able to see more of the animals and won't have to wait in crowded lines

Get a membership and enjoy early arrival, and special events .

Need to cool off? Look for the fan misting stations located throughout the park .

Nice zoo , but the best time to go is in early fall.

Check out the zoo 's free iPhone app. It includes a GPS enabled map, feeding schedules and more information on the animals. Read more

Try the reptile house the 2nd oldest building in USA!

Base camp cafe doesn't have to go boxes for food, so bring your own!

This is an excellent zoo . Always innovating.

Do not miss whatever cute animal babies are in the nursery , the nearby Little Penguins, and the also-nearby Red Pandas (look up, they're often snoozing in the treetops)! Read more

Check out Wild About Wine and Zoo Brew, benefiting CREW. A great time after-hours at the Zoo with animals, drinks, food and entertainment! Read more