Take an exciting trip to this thrilling 235-acre zoological park to see more than 2,400 creatures from more than 400 species
Enjoy the many event's that the zoo offers such as Boo! at the Zoo, Ice Age Giants, Twilight Tunes, and Holiday Magic
Learn about dolphin's social system as they enthrall you with the many exciting exhibitions at the Dolphins in Action
Discover the vibrant butterflies that flit around you in the Butterflies exhibition and observe the pupa room to discover the metamorphosis
Interact with the animals and feed them their favourite food for a chance to get up close and personal at the Wild Encounters
Brookfield Zoo Location: Brookfield Zoo
Operational Hours: 9:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Activity Duration: 8 Hours 30 Minutes
About Brookfield Zoo Tickets:
Visit the Brookfield Zoo for a fascinating tour and be astounded by the diversity of wild animals living happily in their natural surroundings. You can witness lions, tigers, bears, reindeer, dolphins, and many other species here. You will have the opportunity to interact with them and feed them with their favourite food. So why are you still waiting? Bring your loved ones, especially your children, and make some enduring memories on this trip.
About the Activity:
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1. Seven Seas: With your Brookfield Zoo Tickets you can explore the 1,600 seated indoor stadium at Seven Seas offers which offer daily dolphin encounters for visitors. A stunning underwater viewing gallery allows visitors to observe these endearing marine creatures. More than a million gallons of seawater are contained in the four connected pools.
2. The Living Coast: The Living Coast offers visitors on a winding underwater trip where they come in contact with a variety of invertebrates, fish, and birds that represent various ecosystems from all over the world. Leopard sharks, Corals, bass, pot-bellied seahorses, African cichlids, eels, upside-down jellyfish, vampire bats, and other animals can be seen. Additionally, there are two colonies of Humboldt penguins in the display.
3. Tropic World: One of the biggest indoor mixed-species zoo exhibits in the world, Tropic World, depicts the rain forests of South America, Asia, and Africa. The animals coexist among 50-foot trees while visitors stroll along a trail that looks out over swimming areas and waterfalls. Visitors can see different kinds of monkeys, an anteater, orangutans, white-cheeked gibbons, small-clawed otters, a family of western lowland gorillas, as well as other bird species, along the walks.
1. Hamill Family Play Zoo: With the Brookfield Zoo tickets children and their families can play and engage with animals, plants, and people in developmentally appropriate settings at the Hamill Family Play Zoo, a special adventure. The goal is to support the development of a loving attitude toward the natural world in young children, more specifically neonates to 10-year-olds. Kids may interact with animals, create habitats, look at animal X-rays, grow gardens, dress up as animals, find insects, and more.
2. The Carousel: Get your Brookfield Zoo tickets and experience the Carousel, one of the largest of its kind and a hand carved wooden carousel, is available for use by zoo visitors of all ages. The totally accessible attraction has three stationary animal-themed carriages with 72 animals, some of whom are critically endangered. From anteaters to zebras, dolphins, elephants, lions, tigers, flamingos, ladybugs, polar bears, and penguins may all be seen on the Carousel. From sustainable basswood, each animal figure is painstakingly hand carved and then artistically painted.
1. The zoo is really enormous so walking around will result in many steps. You may wish to pack wheels for your children so that they can use them when they become tired, even if they are a little older. Parking is a little distance from the entrance area, so bring anything you wish to bring into the zoo with you like snacks,coolers, etc.
2. Over alternate routes, pick the one that takes you on I-294 to the Brookfield Zoo. In addition to being the quickest route in just over two hours you will also miss Chicago's whole downtown. You can see the city skyline in the distance, this zoo is situated far enough from the traffic to be a breezer for your family to travel to.
3. A giraffe feeding is difficult to get into because they frequently sell out so to check whether you can acquire a position for the day, arrive at the giraffe feeding station very early. And the best approach will be to just check with them in person when you arrive because the rules on feeding giraffes change from season to season and year to year.
4. Alcohol is not permitted to be brought into the zoo, even in coolers so be cautious. There are numerous food vendors and a sizable food court by the dolphins if you choose to eat at the zoo.
The Pavilion for Vincent Dolphin at the Brookfield Zoo, is 18-foot-deep saltwater pool which has a wide ledge that is 3 feet, 6 inches below the surface.
The best time to visit Brookfield Zoo and view the wonderful wildlife is during the winter. There are also many animal-themed areas, such as Tropic World and The Swamp, where you can warm up. On Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, or Saturdays in January and February, visitors are admitted free.
The best time to visit during the day would be as soon as the zoo opens for visitors as the crowd is less and the weather is also pleasant.
Yes, you can bring your own food as the zoo allows visitors to bring their own food and beverages, alcohol is not allowed within the zoo, though. Glass containers cannot be brought into the zoo by visitors. There is no place on the zoo grounds where a private cooking fire or barbecue grill is allowed.