Visited for the 1st time while visiting the area. I use a motorized wheelchair so we researched online a bit first. Definitely be aware that if you are in a chair, you can get one other person in free as your “companion” but you need to ask – they do not note this anywhere on their pricing boards at the ticket counter. For me personally, some of what the ticket covers were things I would be unable to do but I knew that in advance and my group wasn’t planning on using those things anyway. We had a fantastic time! Had to ask for directions a few times and there were plenty of guides around and all were very knowledgeable about the chair accessible routes (and they weren’t really out of the way either). The best part about being in a motorized chair at this zoo is that you don’t get tired! It is a lot of walking and there are some steep hills so the walkers may need to pace themselves. It was a beautiful day but did get hot in the afternoon; there are plenty of shaded paths and that really helps a lot. We did end up on the sunny paths later in the day so next time I would definitely reverse the order of what we did. We definitely didn’t have time to see it all so I will try to make it back the next time I am in the area.
Visited for the 1st time while visiting the area. I use a motorized wheelchair so we researched online a bit first. Definitely be aware that if you are in a chair, you can get one other person in free as your “companion” but you need to ask – they do not note this anywhere on their pricing boards at the ticket counter. For me personally, some of what the ticket covers were things I would be unable to do but I knew that in advance and my group wasn’t planning on using those things anyway. We had a fantastic time! Had to ask for directions a few times and there were plenty of guides around and all were very knowledgeable about the chair accessible routes (and they weren’t really out of the way either). The best part about being in a motorized chair at this zoo is that you don’t get tired! It is a lot of walking and there are some steep hills so the walkers may need to pace themselves. It was a beautiful day but did get hot in the afternoon; there are plenty of shaded paths and that really helps a lot. We did end up on the sunny paths later in the day so next time I would definitely reverse the order of what we did. We definitely didn’t have time to see it all so I will try to make it back the next time I am in the area.