Chattanooga Zoo At Warner Park

Family memberships are 100% worth it. Mines paid for it self with unlimited visits among other benefits. It would be even better if the feed was in bigger supply for the feeding zoo part, but well worth it all. Super fun for all.

I have to agree with another reviewer… «it is worth the price they charge so if you do find yourself bored with a lack of entertainment, check it out.»
It’s ok. Nothing amazing, but if you have kids, they’ll enjoy the outing. It’s a small little zoo a little out of downtown. Great for a little «downtime» activity.

This is a nice zoo with well-​done exhibits. It is very small and doesn’t take long to get through. I went on a Monday morning, so there weren’t many people there and it was peaceful.

We planned to spend the day here but the kids got bored too quickly to enjoy a long visit. I think an hour, maybe two, would be enough. Unfortunately, we came on a day that the Camels had ‘off’ so the kids didn’t get to ride them. The carousel was dated and too loud to be indoors. The food options were VERY limited so I suggest making other eating plans. On the up side, we paid ½ price admission because of a reciprocal zoo pass!

I am a volunteer at another AZA accredit zoo and I was quite excited to know that I would get a chance to attend another zoo to see what was done differently. Needless to say, I was kinda let down when it came to the functionality of the Zoo and it’s Volunteers. The Volunteers were mostly kids which is understandable during summer, but they had no supervision and were running amok throughout the place with little disregard to the patrons, I only saw two keepers throughout my whole visit, they were very nice, though. I was impressed on how well the animals were taken care of but the environment around them, like the butterfly landing and a lot of other areas look as though they have been left to over grow and look shabby which starts to cut off some of the view of the animals. Those teens should have been pulling weeds.
There is a lot of room for improvement but it is worth the price they charge so if you do find yourself bored with a lack of entertainment, check it out.

Intimate and charming. It kind of feels more like a stroll around the park — a park that just so happens to have a lot of really neat animal exhibits to enjoy as you make your lap. The enclosures are decently sized and allow for the animals to get pretty close to their audiences, minus the glass/​fences, of course. At one point, we were within inches of a pacing jaguar — very cool. It’s not the biggest zoo in the world, but that is part of the appeal! It lacks the hustle and bustle of a larger zoo which adds to it’s charm. Peacocks roam around freely and the fennec foxes are reason enough to visit — adorable doesn’t even begin to cover it. I will make it a point to visit every time I’m in town!

«Chattanooga has a zoo?» I hear a lot from my friends when I tell them about my day trip to Chattanooga. It’s not much of a zoo, they have chimps and a really nice Red Panda viewing area. Takes about hour to see everything, cheap admission, friendly staff, and the animals seemed well taken care of. Kinda fits the term «Park with animals.» But its worth a stop before heading to the aquarium or Rock City.

This is a fun zoo! It’s much more intimate than what you are probably use to. There is no true flow to the attractions though some might say there is. We pretty much just strolled around.
Some of the animals were hard to see no fault of the zoo I suppose… We really wanted to see the red pandas but that didn’t happen oh well. The staff was friendly and a bit awkward but I like that.
If you read this by the end of July 2011 avoid the dinosaur exhibit. It’s not what you think and not worth the 2.50.
Admission is 8 dollars and that is more than worth it for this zoo! I’m a fan and hope you will be too.

I was pretty disappointed in this zoo and glad we got in free with our reciprocal agreement. It’s definitely done nicely but with all the room they have you’d think they’d have more animals. How big of a parking lot do they really need?
My main interest was the red pandas which were inside; taking decent photos was impossible due to the obnoxious reflections from the exhibits across from them. If they had been outside it would have been nicer.
At least they give most animals adequate space. The highlight was the beautiful Macaw who came down his perch to greet us with a wave using his feet. It was really cute.

Wonderful place! We visited Chattanooga Zoo for the first time this weekend. It’s small albeit and doesn’t have a lot of animal exhibits, but it is beautifully done and you can get very close to all the animals. The day that we were there, several volunteers were in various stages of work improving the zoo. It’s obvious how well loved this zoo is in the community. I loved it, my husband loved it and most importantly our kids loved it. I also thought the admission was very fair and especially liked the military discount offered to us (my husband is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan). Great place to spend a few hours and we will be returning.