Montgomery Zoo

I think this place must be close to extinction. I felt violated. I paid $ 50 for my daughter and I to ride ski lift, feed birds, giraffes, ride train and entry to zoo. We did everything except museum, the family behind us convinced us to skip it. Wow.
Animals were rough. Elephant, 1 of 3 seemed to have something wrong with front right leg/​foot. Wouldn’t put it down. Black bear never moved. Bird experience was disappointing. But that was only until the lions. I had researched our trip. We planned around lion training and feeding at 130 and then q&a with elephant keepers. They arrived late. Dirty. One could be a meth addict. They don’t go in with the lions. They go in a gage between u and the lions primary (& tiny) cage. They call «target» and lions touch to get a reward. The trainer is between you and the animals the whole time. Can’t really see much. Lasted 6minutes. No one showed at elephants. The ski lift was the best part. You could look at the zoo animals above. An experience we have never had. However we also saw all kinds of trash and unkept things that were concerning. Light displays that are worrisome. The gift shop was open and cute. Daughter bought shades for $ 9. No food open although online it said it had. No aquarium.

This review is specifically for BOO ZOO — Diva Darling (my 4-​yr old daughter) loved Boo Zoo, so much that she wanted to come back another night for more fun.
We arrived well before the opening at 6, and had to wait about 25 minutes to snake through the line (I was not impressed with ticket sales b/​c of lack of organization/​direction for the growing crowd.) But once we were through the gates, there were enough carnival games that the lines were not long — usually just 3 – 5 kids per carnival game, which I didn’t think was too bad for a Saturday night crowd. There were several areas set up with easy carnival games which the children win prizes/​candy. We also enjoyed the non-​scary hayride and watched a 30-​min animal presentation (owl, snake, kinkajou, bat). We spent just under 2 hours at the event.
So if the target audience (my daughter) is raving about it, then I must deem it a success. (Although I think it’s a bit pricey for family fun — $ 15/​ticket. Wasn’t too bad for just of the 2 of us but if we took our family of 4, I’m not sure I’d be raving about it for $ 60).

I cannot actually rate the zoo because I was there at night time for the Ballet and the Beast but the zoo from what I could see was small. I’m looking forward to coming back and exploring since the weather has cooled off a lot.
I’ve heard great things so once I get to go I’ll be writing a proper review. The animals that were listed at the zoo definitely showed a wide variety and regardless of the small size of the zoo there are lots of animals to see.

Great zoo for a smaller metropolitan area. Enclosures are small with multiple viewing areas so unless you come after 4:45, you should see most of the animals. Walk ways are 95% shaded so it’s cooler than the rest of the town.

They did not honor my AAA discount. I showed them my AAA ID and they still charged full price ($ 20 for adult combo to the zoo and Mann Museum, $ 15 for children combo). I told them again and the person said that the discount was included even though it wasn’t.
Aside from that, the zoo experience was fun and enjoyable.

Generally speaking, I’m not a huge fan of zoos but I was impressed with the overall cleanliness of the Montgomery Zoo. The paths and environments make for a relaxing and scenic stroll. My kids enjoy the train ride and the playground, which is quite large and great for all ages.

The zoo it’s self has all the large animals (lions, tigers, elephants). But it’s a «small» zoo. It needs some updating and a fresh coat of paint. For the price it was not bad. But does need some work done. The good part was where the café is you can see some of the animals while eating. And they have a little train that takes you around the zoo, a «ski lift» that takes you around the zoo. And of course you can feed the giraffes. If you want a Great San Diego zoo, this is not the place. But it’s a good way to spend a few hours. But come early since they do put the animals away about 90 minutes before the zoo closes.

nice zoo. I came here a few years ago when they were building the elephant habitat. not much has changed. I definitely recommend feeding the giraffes it was cool. we did get to see a peacock display his feathers for us. very fairly priced. we were under threat of storms and had light sprinkles but the animals stayed outside. skylift was not working but I had no desire to ride. great afternoon activity.

Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon. They have a large selection of animals, more then I was expecting for this town. I really thought the parakeet enclosure was cool and the baby jaguars were very entertaining. Definitely a must if in the area

We went to the zoo last week as we were visiting Montgomery and needed something to kill some time for our kids. We went around 4 and I believe they closed at 5:30— however they started putting ALL of the animals up before we even saw them. We paid full price for barely ¹⁄₃ of the animals.
Honestly though– aside from that disappointment, I have to say that these zoo facilities are some of the most ran down I have ever seen. Ive been to zoos in St Louis, DC, San Antonio, Kansas City, Nashville, Memphis, and Miami and have never seen more deplorable conditions…
The good people of Montgomery need to put some funding behind this zoo and bring it back to life.

Incredibly disappointed. We arrived at the zoo at 3:45. The zoo was supposed to stay open until 5:30. However by 4:30 most of the large animals had been removed from their enclosures and the bird experiences were locked. If they hadn’t charged me full price I might not have minded so much but they did and I am extremely disappointed that they stated the zoo would be open til 5:30p. If you’re going to put the animals up an hour early you shouldn’t state that you’re open later.

My little family of three had a GREAT time at Montgomery Zoo last weekend. This was our first trip and will probably be one of many. Ticket prices are good (my toddler got in for free!) and I just loved the leisurely feel of the place. My daughter was in and out of the stroller looking at the animals up close and chilling out along the way. We ate lunch at the Overlook Pavilion and I have to say, what a fabulous location for the restaurant! We ate lunch overlooking the lions and the giraffes and my daughter was just loving it. Food prices are a little steep, but that’s to be expected. The bathrooms were fairly clean. The train ride was fun! This is a great zoo and we’ll certainly be coming back. We’d really like to do the Giraffe Encounter. Also, kudos on the playground. Our daughter loved it.

Went to the zoo for the first time yesterday and was extremely impressed with the variety of animals. I was admittedly skeptical at first after going to numerous other large zoos like Washington and Atlanta, but after the trip with our 2 year old it was fantastic. We spent about 2 hours and was able to see everything there. We didn’t do the train or sky ride, but it was a nice visit, plus it wasn’t very crowded being February. I think our favorite part of the zoo was how close you can get to the animals. Highly recommend it. We bought zoo passes so numerous visits await us for the rest of the year.

Went into the day very skeptical and left a a huge fan of the zoo, the animals, and the staff. Entire family loved it!

I don’t have a lot of experience with zoos, so my review is going to be limited in that aspect.
But I genuinely enjoyed bringing my family here. We had two babies and two grandparents with my husband and I, and we had a blast.
I was actually pretty impressed with it all– didn’t know something that well-​done could exist in a smaller city like Montgomery.
We’ll be coming back again and again as the kids get older, for sure!
Also, Rhinos are terrifyingly huge. Just saying.

Paraket cove, the skylift, the pony rides, the improved playground! This place just keeps getting better and better!

Awesome zoo for a smaller size city. Ski lift was great, walk bird cage was a blast, and animals are easily viewable. My son liked the taxidermy museum connected to the zoo, but I was not a big fan… it did have a ton of animals on display though. We both thought the train ride was ok, but not much wow… it was like the engineer was full speed ahead trying to get us around the zoo as quickly as possible.

ok so being from NY I was a little skeptical about the Montgomery zoo, i mean we have the Bronx zoo… but let me tell you, Montgomery Zoo was great! very well set up, lots of different animals, they also had a baby giraffe which was pretty awesome and for $ 2 extra dollars they let you feed the giraffes. what else? they had a pretty cool parakeet exhibit that you can go into and hold out a stick and the birds will come to you
great zoo! good job Montgomery!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE to go to zoos! This is a cute little zoo with lots of animals and a great pavilion to eat at. They have a fairly large playground and a few little picnic areas. I have the greatest time here.
The Mann Wildlife Museum inside the zoo is pretty cool, if you like stuffed bears and fossils. They really had a lot of neat stuff. The gift shop is pretty nifty too.

We took a group of 8 down to Montgomery for the Zoo and we are very glad we did. The park is laid out well and very clean. Some of the exhibits were very nice such as the large open enclosures for the Elk and Carabo. We paid the extra four dollars per persons for walk inside the Mann Museum located on the left side of the park. They had all kind of fossils and stuffed grizzly bears, polar bears and just about everything else that you could think of. Very cool.