Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:903 Tenth Street
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tel:
(505) 764-6200
Our Zoo and Aquarium Expert Says:
Walk through beautiful habitats lined with trees, grasses, water features, and rockwork, while observing many exotic and native animals. The walking distance through the zoo is a little over 2 miles. Among the animals you'll see are orangutans, polar bears, giraffes, Mexican wolves, zebras, and rhinoceros.
Extras: Tours.
Open 9:30 am to 5 pm. $ (Inexpensive)
Statistics: Approximately 1,200 animals belonging to 250 species on 64 acres.
From Rio Grande Zoo - Albuquerque, New Mexico:
Founded in 1927, the 64-acre Rio Grande Zoo offers visitors close encounters with more than 250 species of exotic and native animals. Popular species include seals and sea lions, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, elephants, polar bears, giraffes, hippos, camels, tamarins, koalas, Mexican wolves, mountain lions, monkeys, jaguars, zebras and rhinoceros. State-of-the-art exhibit design and eye-pleasing landscaping enhance zoo animal husbandry by creating naturalistic habitats with trees, grasses, water features and rockwork. Walking distance through the zoo is about 2.25 miles.