Franklin Park Zoo

Step into a lush rainforest where western lowland gorillas, ring-tailed lemurs, pygmy hippos, and free-flight birds live. Streams, moats, and rock structures mimic their natural environment, offering an immersive experience. 

Walk amongst hundreds of vibrant butterflies fluttering in a peaceful garden oasis, open seasonally.

Discover the best of Australia with kangaroos, wallabies, cockatoos, and emus. Don’t miss the Aussie Aviary, open seasonally, where you can feed colorful budgies.

A favorite for little explorers! Watch red pandas climb, see prairie dogs pop up from their burrows, and step into a walk-through aviary with a duck pond.

The historic Bird’s World aviary is designed around four unique habitats: swamp, rainforest, desert, and wetlands. Visitors can encounter dozens of bird species from across the globe, including keas and tropical wetland birds. At Raptor Ridge, visitors can walk along an immersive pathway through the habitat and see majestic Andean condors up close.

Immerse yourself in the western lowland gorillas’ habitat by observing the troop in the central viewing outpost, open seasonally outside the Tropical Forest Pavilion. Visitors can stand at eye level with the troop or look up to the skylights to see gorillas climbing above them!