OVERVIEW: San Diego Zoo .. The 100-acre Zoo, one of the area’s most popular attractions, is also a lush botanical garden. Also included in the San Diego Zoo's 4,000 animals representing 800 species are the ever-popular favorites -- lions, tigers, bears, elephants, giraffes, orangutans, zebras and gorillas. Most of the Zoo's inhabitants live in enclosures which resemble the animals' natural homes in the wild. San Diego's ideal climate makes it possible for most of the Zoo’s animals to live outdoors year-round and for visitors to have a pleasant visit no matter what the season.

COLLECTIONS: Located in beautiful Balboa Park, the 100-acre World-Famous San Diego Zoo was founded by Dr. Harry Wegeforth in 1916. This colorful and extremely enterprising San Diego physician started the collection with a handful of animals left over from the Panama-California Exposition. Today, the San Diego Zoo cares for more than 4,000 individual animals representing 800 different species. Its collection of animals, as well as its plant collection of over 6,500 species, is acknowledged as one of the finest in the entire world.

HOURS: open 365 days a year. Fall hours are in effect: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (grounds close at 5 p.m.)

ADMISSION: General Admission: Adult $19.50, Child (age 3-11) $11.75

 

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