Southwick's Zoo

Really good place for family outing with kids. They love every bit of it. Good collection of rides and animals. One day is enough and you can cover all of it. It has animal feeding and other animal experiences for kids to enjoy too. Would love to visit again.

I visited during the fall in mid-October, and I think it was the best decision because the weather was perfect at 66 degrees and it was sunny. I rode the Skyfari and the Woodland train, and it gives you a better experience of the entire zoo, interacting closely with the deer and seeing all areas from above. I recommend it during that time, since you can walk around without the heat.

We LOVE Southwick! Clean, reasonably priced, friendly staff, lovely animals. Gary, who operates the new merry-go-round was an absolute delight! Also, the zoo offered a buy one ticket, get a return ticket free before their season really kicked off, and it’s such a wonderful deal! We cannot wait to return. I have a 5 year old and 18 month old and both enjoyed so many of the exhibits and spaces.

We had a great time visiting here. The animals all look healthy and well taken care of. The environment is clean and quite spacious,it looks very comfortable for the animals.

I think this zoo is great. I have been here twice once by myself years ago and then just yesterday reviews that are saying star because animals are not in their natural environment like don’t go to a zoo cause that’s what zoos are. It’s wild animals and it’s sad but kids love it and it’s the only way to see animals so I would not give one star for that reason like you just simply should not go to a zoo, you are able to do encounters and encounters. I did giraffe encounter both times. It’s been an amazing experience and all ages can do it. Also do pony rides a train ride that goes upon to see elk they have camel rides which is great fried dough was delicious. I did not eat at the restaurant , the prices are expensive and they are cashless but even though they are cashless, you do need change in order to feed the deer so make sure you bring quarters. We got to see all the animals except for the prairie dogs. The staff and volunteers were very nice and accommodating. I would not recommend the zoo if you are in a wheelchair or if you are pregnant, the walk here is very tough. They have very steep hills very steep paths, which is fine because you have to get to the places to see the animals but for handicap people and pregnant people it would be very tough to go in this zoo. I started to go right when I went to the zoo so we started with the kangaroos and then went down to the rhino and then all the way around to see the cheetah and the giraffe and then home if I was to do it again I would recommend going left then you start by seeing the zebras, the ostrich the giraffe make your way through the deer go down the hill to see the cheetah the monkeys, and then all the way to the rhinos and the kangaroos to the exit you would have less hills to walk up, I will be going again and hopefully the next time I go since I did, a giraffe encounter will be a rhino encounter