About Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo offers a clean, family-friendly environment with interactive experiences like giraffe feeding and petting zoos, making it a memorable outing for families with children of various ages.
What parents should know
Summarized from real visitor reviews.
Best for: Families looking for a weekend outingBirthday celebrationsEducational trips for childrenToddlers (2 years old) enjoy giraffes and petting areasTeens (14 years old) found it enjoyable despite being difficult to please
Why families love it
- Friendly and knowledgeable staff
- Giraffe feeding experience
- Free petting area with goats
- Clean facilities
- Interactive animal exhibits like gorillas and tigers
- Annual pass offers value after two visits
Insider tips
- Buy tickets in advance to avoid long lines
- Visit in the afternoon to avoid crowds from school trips
- Pack a picnic to save on food costs
Good to know before you go
- Morning visits during school trip season
- Eating at the zoo due to high prices
- Busy during school trips
- Limited food options with high prices
- Some animals not available due to construction
- Crowds
- Zoo is busy in the morning with school trips, quieter by 2 PM
- Value
- General admission prices are not specified, but food items are expensive (e.g., $5 for water, $7 for hot dogs). Bringing your own food is encouraged to save money.
- Food
- Visitors are allowed to bring their own food and drinks
- Accessibility
- No specific special needs accommodations mentioned
- Safety
- Metal detectors at the entrance for enhanced safety
What parents say
"Love this zoo! Any staff I interacted with were friendly and extremely knowledgeable. So happy I was able to feed a giraffe for a low price. I also enjoyed the barn area where you can pet the goats for free. The zoo is very clean! lots of places to sit and eat."
a week ago
"The whole family loved this zoo! It was really busy with all the school trips, but we did not have any issues. My 14 yr old who is very difficult to please these days even loved it. We made a lot of memories here!"
2 weeks ago
"Came here yesterday for a birthday great experience overall. The recent reviews about the construction scared me but I feel they were misleading. I saw every animal I came to see only ones missing were the bears the lemurs and some of the birds which didn’t bother me. It’s way less construction going on there than I thought. When entering you go through a medal detector a 1st for me at any zoo but at least you know you will be safe. Tickets were bought in advance definitely recommend. Zoo wasn’t crowded per say but lots of school trips was there in the morning. By 2pm zoo was pretty empty. Gre"
a month ago
Reviews sourced from public Google data.
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