Check the Zoo Atlanta calendar and plan a visit. Learn about current events, animal feeding times, live shows and activities that will enhance your zoo visit. Note that Zoo Atlanta is open 363 days a year (closed on Christmas and Thanksgiving) from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Purchase Zoo Atlanta admission tickets. Prices for tickets range from free to $18.99 for adults. Tickets can be purchased the day of your visit at the ticket booth window or ahead of time online (link below) or by calling (404) 624-WILD.
Get to Zoo Atlanta. If driving, Zoo Atlanta can be accessed from I-75, I-85 and I-20. The address for the Zoo is: 800 Cherokee Avenue SE, Atlanta, GA 30315. Visit MARTA's website for a list of coordinating bus lines from your area. Please note that Zoo parking is free for paying patrons.
Experience Zoo Atlanta. Meander through the zoo and encounter over 250 species. Highlights include the red panda, Sumatran tiger, black rhinos, komodo dragons, giraffes, transparent glass frogs and the king cobra. Watch a gorilla feeding, play with goats in the petting zoo, ask an animal keeper questions and experience an elephant training session.
Learn about Zoo Atlanta's conservation and research initiatives. Zoo Atlanta offers educational lectures and has a Green Team, a program that ensures environmentally-friendly workplace actions. Additionally, Zoo Atlanta is actively conducting primate research and other projects around the world.
Shop at Zoo Atlanta's Trading Company. In addition to animal merchandise, educational materials and Zoo Atlanta memorabilia, check out paintings by Kelly, an African Elephant that enjoys painting with watercolors or sponsor an endangered animal.
