Brookfield Zoo
Brookfield, IL 60513
Phone: (708) 688-8000
- Cross Street:
- First Avenue
- Directions:
- Bus: 304, 331
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 9:30am-5pm, Sat-Sun 9:30am-6pm
Editorial Review for Brookfield Zoo – by Citysearch Staff
Facts
If it seems like you stumble upon some of the animals, it's because Brookfield Zoo does such a great job re-creating natural habitats. Two million people each year visit the zoo, which opened in 1934. For families and teachers, colorful information displays are a fun way to learn about the need to protect wildlife, and friendly volunteers and staff members answer questions knowledgeably.
Features
Monkeys, orangutans and gorillas live in Tropic World, an enclosed rainforest the size of a football field. The Swamp houses snapping turtles, water snakes and siren salamanders basking on branches and leaf-covered banks. Snakes, alligators, spiders and bugs creep around in the Reptile House, and endangered Siberian tigers and snow leopards roam the Fragile Kingdom exhibit. Atlantic bottlenose dolphins show off their skills at Seven Seas and polar bears, brown bears and spectacled bears laze in the Bear Grottoes.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasIt's hard to cover the entire 216-acre zoo on foot, especially with little ones, so hop on one of the Motor Safari trams for a narrated tour. Cost is $2.50 for adults, $1.50 for children age 3 to 11.
Save MoneyAdmission is free Tuesdays and Thursdays from October through March; special exhibit prices still apply. Call for details.
Know Before You GoThe zoo is open 365 days a year, and even offers extended hours on some holidays.
ParkingParking is $8.
User Reviews for Brookfield Zoo
07/11/2008 Posted by MDS1123
After an hour and a half, my wife and I left to zoo. There were so many screaming and out of control children there that after a while, we wondered if the real animals were behind the fences or in front of them. Bathrooms were gross, trash all over walking trails, too many exhibits closed and thousands (no, I'm not kidding) of screaming children everywhere and parents not giving a damn. This is not a zoo, its an amusement park for unruly children and their uncaring parents.
Pros: Access to I-55
Cons: Pretty much everything else
08/08/2002 Posted by carbomom2
A good place to spend the day! Take the time to meet with animals you don't normally see. Watch out for those gorilla's, they have good aim.
Pros: entertaining
Schedule
| 10/12/2008 | Habitat Africa! exhibit | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/12/2008 | Salt Creek Wilderness | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/13/2008 | Habitat Africa! exhibit | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/13/2008 | Salt Creek Wilderness | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/14/2008 | Habitat Africa! exhibit | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/14/2008 | Salt Creek Wilderness | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/15/2008 | Habitat Africa! exhibit | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/15/2008 | Salt Creek Wilderness | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/16/2008 | Habitat Africa! exhibit | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/16/2008 | Salt Creek Wilderness | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/17/2008 | Habitat Africa! exhibit | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/17/2008 | Salt Creek Wilderness | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/18/2008 | Habitat Africa! exhibit | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/18/2008 | Salt Creek Wilderness | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/19/2008 | Habitat Africa! exhibit | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/19/2008 | Salt Creek Wilderness | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/20/2008 | Habitat Africa! exhibit | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/20/2008 | Salt Creek Wilderness | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/21/2008 | Habitat Africa! exhibit | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | ||
| 10/21/2008 | Salt Creek Wilderness | |
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm |
