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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx.
Tel (718) 367-1010.
Open 10am–5pm Mon–Fri,
10am–5:30pm Sat & Sun (Nov–
Mar: 4:30pm daily). & by
Children’s Zoo Great donation Wed; separate fees
Kids can crawl through hornbill may apply to some exhibits.
a prairie dog tunnel, try on a 7 8 0 =
turtle shell, and pet and feed Children’s Zoo: Open Apr–Oct.
the animals.
∑ bronxzoo.com
Transport
. World of Birds q 2, 5 to E Tremont Ave.
Exotic birds soar free in the lush £ to Fordham.
surroundings of a rain forest. An @ Bx9, Bx12, Bx19, Bx22, Bx39,
Southern artificial waterfall rushes down BxM11, Q44.
Boulevard a 50-ft (15-m) fiberglass cliff in
this walk-through habitat.
entrance

KEY
1 4-D Theater
2 Wild Asia Monorail
3 Carter Giraffe Building
4 Dancing Crane Café
5 World of Reptiles
6 Butterfly Garden
7 The Zoo Center
8 Madagascar!
9 Aquatic Bird House
0 Sea Bird Colony
q Sea Lions
w Mouse-House
e Himalayan Highlands, a habitat
Fordham Road for endangered species, such as
entrance snow leopards and red pandas.
Bronx River entrance

. Wild Asia Monorail
From May to October, the monorail
journeys through forests and meadows, . Tiger Mountain
where rhinos, tigers, and Mongolian wild Amur tigers are on view all year. Only 1 inch (2.5 cm) of
horses roam free. glass separates visitors from these magnificent wild cats.

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