Alaska Zoo Reviews

The Zoo was nice. Recommended for seeing some Arctic wildlife.

We enjoyed our day there not a very big Zoo perfect and enjoy to see the Alaskan animals enjoy highly recommended

They have polar bear, if you dont get to see outside you can see here.

Animals are up close and personal when out! Gotta love those seals Amazing Zoolights for the whole family during the holiday season

Fantastic space offered at a reasonable rate at the Gateway Complex. I have rented the facility 6 or so times now. Worked with a few different events coordinators. Everything has always worked out great.

Small zoo with unique features including swimming polar bears, yaks, alpacas, bears and many others. Great for kids

The place was really nice but most of the animals were asleep.

Bad timing in winter snow and cold to be outside so much

They know what will survive here. Friendly staff, good food on snack bar, priced fair; food and admission. Had raindeer dog, good and spicy.

They were all so nice and very informative. We didn't get to see the polar bear unfortunately. I highly recommend going when you can. It may be a little zoo but they have tons of variety packed in. The animals seem to be well taken care of. This is a wonderful place for people who aren't from the area to see all the native wildlife. I recommend getting a park map. It will keep you from back tracking, though we didn't mind seeing the same animals a few times over.

Very small zoo, great for smaller kids. Several of the areas didn't have any animals. Spent about an hour or so there and saw everything. The staff seemed very friendly and nice.

great zoo, very tidy and animals look well taken care of.

It was a little spendy for walking through the park in an hour with a toddler. It was a nice walk and there were some fun animals and it was nice the zoo was empty. We did go when it was snowing though

Very clean nice grounds with a good variety of animals and wildlife to see. The. Bathrooms were also very clean which is always a plus visiting places like this.

Nice zoo! There are a lot of animals there. I enjoyed the trip.

Great place to see some of Alaska's native wildlife in a great setting. Wander along through forested paths to animal enclosures.

Its a nice zoo to visit and the kid friendly activities they offer are fun. They could do a bit better when it comes to holiday events or any events even.

Zoo was nice. But better views of the animals were had at the Alaska Wildlife Preserve.

A really fun way to spend a few hours. Small, but they have a great selection of animals, most of them native to Alaska. Favorites are the seals, bears and owls. Not too expensive, and definitely worth the 15 bucks.

I'm a sucker for zoos, but while this is smaller and not quite as popular as others, it's clean and well done.

Had a horrible time today. My dad is handicap and in a wheel chair. The terrain is terrible with all little rocks everywhere. He ended up getting so sick and out of breath we had to leave 10 minutes in. They didn't give us a refund because we went through the doors. There should be paved pathways or at least tell us before we go in that the terrain is ruff. Ruined our whole day and will never go back.

It's quaint, but has a great selection of Alaska's most fun and dangerous animals. Lovely walking paths and good displays of animals that mostly look happy.

Overall ok experience. The zoo is not big, and lots of animals are taken off the exhibit when we were there. However, they did a good job getting animals that are injured and taking care of them. My favorite was to see the moose in close. But the moose range was placed in a weird position so even if it were to get close, you can t really see it that clearly. A bit bummer.

Very kid friendly, We did the Zoo Lights!! It was great to see the nocturnal animals at play.

Really nice facility and the animals were active with the cooler weather!

Wish they socialized the animals more. But it was nice couple hours. Definitely not an all day thing.

The zoo is a lot of fun to me and I love animals. The zoo is small and easy to walk around winter or summer. The animals are all Alaskan except the camels, lamas, yaks and the tigers. However they were all rescued from the wild and it is a fun way to see the devirsety of animals Alaska has.
Lots of fun for little kids too, they have a small playground and a petting zoo with farm animals
In the summer the zoo offers free shuttles from Downtown and in the winter the Zoo Lights are a lot of fun to see.

Yup, it's a small zoo. Saw enough animals for folk like me to say yup, I saw it in Alaska. Some trails not handicap friendly. Most of the animals are elderly.

We had a really good time. It's a smaller zoo but a lot more animals than I expected (especially during the winte) and I thought it was played out very well.

It was so-so. The Arctic Fox's area was nothing but high grass and bushes...actually some of the exhibits were like this. It was good enough for the kids but my daughter was disappointed a couple of times due to the animals being hidden.

Get the zoo pass! It's really affordable ($40 per adult and children 2 and under are free) With admissions being $13/person, the pass pays for itself if you go more than 3 times. The zoo has been a great place for my toddler to walk (we don't have to worry about cars coming). The zoo sing along times are also great. :) Our family has loved going to the zoo.

Admission way quick and effortless, getting a discount for being an Alaskan resident was cool

A good place to see exotic and alaskan animals. They have a great gift shop and petting zoo for their goat population. It's a great place to bring your family if they have never seen these types of animals.

Very nice zoo showcasing a lot of native wildlife to Alaska as well as playing an important role in conservation efforts. Staff was very friendly and informative.

The worse zoo we have ever seen. The weeds are so grown you can not see the animals. The animals pens are not maintained like they should be. This zoo should be shut down until they find someone that LOVES animals and take their job to HEART..
Even your gift shop employees need to love their job...Very depressing that we visited the zoo. Hopefully when I report the to animal control they will clean this zoo up..

I loved this zoo! The paths weave you through the enclosures but I got a little turned around when I want paying attention to where I was going. Signs pointed me on the right direction,. I ran into the zoo keeper along the way who shares stories of the animals. Stories of how the zoo got each resident was posted near the pens.

Super fun day. Cranberry the polar bear is beautiful. Tigere qnd wolves and coyotes were up and about. Out guided tour was awesome and very informative!

We love this quaint zoo. It's as great few hours spent with animals that I feel we get to know because of how often we go!

Alaska Zoo is a great place to take the family for an afternoon outing. It usually takes our family about two hours to see all of the animals. We bought an annual membership since we're a pretty large crew.

(Admittedly, we were spoiled years ago by the Saint Louis Zoo; I still can't believe that place has free admission.)

Enjoyed walking around on a sunny day-. Alot of the animals could not be seen & a few exhibits closed for remodel. Liked the layout. Seen it, done it kind of zoo.

Brought all 8 of my grandchildren along with my daughters mil. She also brought a slew of adults and 3 more of her grands. We had a great day walking around and this was a SuperHero event so the kids enjoyed pictures with those also

Not very impressed for the price of admission. Every exhibit was overgrown with landscape. I know I'll be living in this area for the next 4 years at least and it was probably a "one and done" for me.

The staff was very helpful, professional, and knowledgeable. The two women working at the petting zoo were willing to assist with questions from my eleven year old brother. Another female worker was able to answer all of the groups questions about the caribou. And there were a lot of little kids bursting with questions! The zoo itself was clean, welcoming, informative, and fun!

Worth a visit, loved Falcon, Tiger , Eagle and many other animals in the zoo.
Don t miss tiger talk happens usually around 1PM (this happened when we visited in May)
Avg time to complete the zoo is around 3 hours.
Best time to go: 11 AM
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Loved this little zoo. Very educational, created in a natural environment, good wide walkways. Very enjoyable.

Lots of fun for children, some creatures may be off exhibit but still plenty to see. We went around noon and found many animals were napping so there was not much excitement factor but we all enjoyed ourselves. It took about 1.5 to 2 hours to walk through the park. Found a coffee shop near the back which I would definitely have stopped for if the kids weren't so eager to move on.

It was our 1st experience w/sum of of our famz from out of state. We didn't see no polar bears nd it was too pricey but not worth it!!!

Supet fun experience given the current climate, snacks available. Open restrooms, and creature talks are going on!

Had a great day with my son and his fellow bear Cubs. (Scouts) always a fun educational way to spend the day.

This is an awesome place to visit. I loved seeing all of the animals in their natural habitats

I visited right after Christmas & it was beautifully decorated. So clean. All animals are rescues who can no longer live in the wild, and are indigenous to the area. I learned so much! A treasure!

Great place to view all the Alaskan animals. Easily spend half a day there. Do the behind the scenes tour for an awesome experience.

Zoo offers a roundtrip shuttle to downtown. As in others, it is sad to see their situation, which is a little consoling to know that all the animals were found in a situation of abandonment, poaching .. and their insertion in the wild would not be possible.

A good size zoo for a city sized like Anchorage , some cool animals include two tigers the brown bears , wolves , 1 humped camel , and birds also local animals like caribou.

Small easy to navigate. Enjoyed seeing all of the animals. Only need a couple of hours to see everything.

Fun for the family. Highly recommend Zoo Lights, we go every year

Always love visiting the zoo and really enjoy all their special events! Yesterday at a birthday party behind the scenes event, I dropped my cellphone. The staff tried to find it for me, but no luck. This morning my husband and I went back with a metal detector and Pat Lampi, the executive director, was gracious enough to brave the cold and take us behind the scenes again to find it. Amazingly, we found it buried under 2 inches of snow! Thanks Pat and the zoo staff!

This zoo is a very nice zoo many different kinds of animals here

Great place for kids and adults to visit. Not that large but has all you need for part of a day to see the animals. Snow leaopard, Grizzly bears, tigers, and a polar bear.

Staff were friendly & a nice zoo, with space for all the animals.

Grandkids loved it! Especially the bears and moose and petting zoo.