Reviews for Houston Zoo
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(Translated by Google) Beautiful place in downtown Houston, there are a thousand animals to see, it's all outdoors so make sure the day isn't too rainy or hot because there isn't much shelter. (Original) Hermoso lugar en el centro de Houston, hay mil animales que ver, todo es al aire libre así que asegúrense de que el día no sea muy lluvioso o caluroso por que no hay mucho donde guarecerse.
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Small and too hot. Few animals were not out and the ones that were, were not active.
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(Translated by Google) It was very nice, we had a lot of fun (Original) Muy lindo nos divertimos mucho
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Love the Houston Zoo. I grew up outside of Houston, have gone there since I was 5.
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Nice facilities. In July some of the animals were in their indoor areas, due to the heat. Didn't get to see big cats nor orangutans presumably because of this. They let you bring in coolers with food/drinks, but food at their indoor café was very good, pricey but good. I had the harvest chicken salad. (Arugula, quinoa, feta, marinated tomato, grilled chicken & more- it was great!) A few indoor exhibits& the cafe helped us deal with Houston's heat!
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(Translated by Google) Excellent place (Original) Excelente lugar
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Great zoo!
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Nice zoo but the crowd can be too much the parking also needs more assistance because you will be there for atleast 40 minutes looking for parking also people where throwing food at the animals NOT OKAY!!!!
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(Translated by Google) Very nice, we enjoyed them (Original) Muy bonito los disfrutamos
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We were in town for Houston's 713 weekend so admission was only $7.13. We got there at 1pm and they were sold out by 2:30pm. All of the exhibits were pretty nice, lots of variety with the animals and most of them had companions. The map is situated at all junctions, or you can use a QR code to download it to your phone. It was a really hot day so it was nice to have the various gift shops to take a break in. If you really want to escape the heat, though, go to the Galapagos exhibit. My only complaints are that the Rhino only had a dirty, muddy puddle to drink from, and there needs to be several attendants in the Chimpanzee viewing area to keep feral children under control when parents aren't being parents. Tons of kids were banging on the glass, trying to get the primates to react and they were also blocking the view for other visitors. Other than that, the food was pretty cheap compared to other zoos and the facilities were extremely clean. I love all of their explanations of their conservation efforts, the additional viewing areas, and the attentiveness of the staff as well as all of the facilities catered to different groups of people. Would definitely come back on a cooler day.
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Good zoo. Free public parking. Buy tickets ahead of time. It's an option on City Pass. There were some construction zones so definitely come now and again when that's done. Food was not great and very expensive for the convenience. I recommend bringing your own cooler. Prepare for lots of walking. The Galapagos area was stroller free but would have been fine imo. We went on a Thursday. There were lots of kids for the zoo club doing cool stuff. Definitely check that out if you're local. I would say the maps could be clearer on the paths. Did some extra walking due to poor signage/map for a first time visitor. We did the dino thing and unlimited carousel which I guess was worth it for kids happiness but it just added more walking and time imo. So feel free to skip unless you know your kid really wants it. We didn't have much time for the playgrounds which looked very fun. The otters are inside the playground winding in and to the left. That was not intuitive to find. Otters were super cool though. In all some great exhibits a good size zoo plan to spend all day to see it all. We just got tuckered out and overheated being July with a sensitive kid. I appreciated the employees throughout. Wish we could have caught more talks. The ones we were near too many people to see.
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