Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:2021 N Kinney Road
Tucson, Arizona
Tel:
(520) 883-1380
Our Zoo and Aquarium Expert Says:
One of the top rated zoos in the world. Its also a natural history museum and a botanical garden. The zoo features all manner of living thing, from the Sonora Desert, including gila monsters, rattlesnakes, and scorpions.
Especially for kids: Petting Zoo. Stroller rentals available.
Extras: Educational Presentations.
Open 8:30 am to 5 pm. $$ (Moderately Priced)
Statistics: 21 acres. 550,000 estimated annual visitors.
From Arizona Sonora Desert Museum - Tucson, AZ:
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a world-renowned zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, all in one place. The Museum offers interpretive displays of living animals and plants native to the Sonoran Desert -- an arid region encompassing parts of Arizona and California in the United States and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.