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Denver Zoo Review
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Denver Zoo
- Address: E. 23rd Ave. between York St. and Colorado Blvd., City Park, Denver, CO | Map It
- Phone: 303/376-4800
- www.denverzoo.org
- Category: Zoos/Aquariums
- Location: East of Downtown
Fodor's Review:
A bright peacock greets you at the door of the nation's fourth-most-visited zoo, whose best-known exhibit showcases man-eating Komodo dragons in a lush re-creation of a cavernous riverbank. The Conservation Carousel ($1) rotates in the center of the 80-acre zoo, with handcrafted endangered species as mounts. Also of note is the 7-acre Primate Panorama, which houses 31 species of primates in state-of-the-art environments that simulate the animals' natural habitats. Other highlights include a nursery for baby animals; seal shows; the world's only painting rhinoceros, Mshindi; the electric Safari Shuttle, which snakes through the property as you are treated to a lesson on the zoo's inhabitants; and the usual lions, tigers, bears, giraffes, monkeys, and one extremely hairy elephant. The exhibits are spaced far apart along sprawling concrete paths, so build in enough time to visit everything.
- Cost: $9 Oct.-Mar., $11 Apr.-Sept.
- Open: Oct.-Mar., daily 10-5; Apr.-Sept., daily 9-6
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