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Welcome to the Louisville
Zoo
Spotlights
Gorilla baby born!
A baby Western lowland gorilla was
born on Saturday, February 6 to 20-year-old mother
Mia Moja. It is the first gorilla baby born in
North America this year and the second gorilla ever
born in the Louisville Zoo’s 41-year history.
Details of a naming contest will be announced later.
Click
here
to
see photos and read more.
New
giraffe baby born!
A new baby Masai giraffe was born on
Monday, January 11, 2010, to 22-year-old mother
Mariah. This calf is the 20th giraffe to
be born in the Louisville Zoo’s 40 year history. A
naming contest is planned and details will be
announced at a later date.
Click
here to see photo
and a video!
Gorilla baby on the way!
Western lowland gorilla Mia Moja is pregnant and is
expected to give birth by late March! This will be
the second gorilla ever born at the Louisville Zoo.
Since there are only 353 western lowland gorillas in
52 zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and
Aquariums, each birth is a celebration of life and a
step toward preserving the species.
Read more here.
$5 Admission
Special Extended
ZooAdmission is just $5
per person
on weekdays now through December 18, 2009,
and again
on weekdays January 4 through January 29,
2010, when visitors participate
in a canned food drive for Dare to Care Food
Bank. (One can required for each discounted
admission.) Help us reach our
goal of achieving an “elephant-size donation” of
more than 10,000 pounds by January 29, 2010.
Read more here.
Baby Bongo Officially Named Isabella
The baby bongo born late this summer now has a
name. Zookeepers provided 3 choices (Isabella,
Imara and Amani and Zoo visitors made the final
selection by voting for their favorite.
Discount Tickets
Click
here to see if
your company or association offers discount Zoo
tickets
Click
here for
news archives
Hours
Open daily year round
September - February: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(exit by 5 p.m.)
March - Labor Day: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(exit by 6 p.m.)
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year's Days.
Directions
The
zoo
recommends the following resource for online maps and driving
directions:
Yahoo! Maps.
Admission Rates
Winter Adventure Package
Includes Zoo admission, 4-D Ride &
unlimited carousel |
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Adults (12-59)
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$16.45 |
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Children (3-11) |
$13.45 |
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Seniors (60+)
Discount Rate |
$13.45 |
General Admission Rates
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Adults (12-59)
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$11.95 |
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Children (3-11) |
$8.95 |
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Children (2 and under) |
FREE |
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Seniors (60+)
Discount Rate |
$8.95 |
Groups
(15 or more)
Discounts are available
for groups of 15 or more. Please contact our
Group Sales Department at (502) 238-5348 at least 72
hours prior to
your visit or visit our
Online E-Ticket Store.
Out of Towners
For a list of our hotel partners, click
here.
For the Greater Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau, click
here!
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The Louisville Zoo is the state
zoo of Kentucky and a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Our
collections, which include botanical gardens, are accredited by the
American
Association of Museums (AAM) and by the
Association of
Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), which is building
North America’s largest wildlife conservation movement by engaging
and inspiring over 175 million visitors and their communities to
care about and take action to help protect wildlife.
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