Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens Review

Attended the Asian Lantern festival. It was tremendous. All the displays were made by the artisans in the parking lot over a 2 month period. It ran from November until January 12th. Well worth the time and low cost. I hope it comes again next year.

Great place for the whole family. Had a wonderful time and all the staff were very pleasant and helpful.

#FewchaTheProducer #approves this #message. Very beautiful place

Great for 8-12 yr olds with the climbing experience, but not enough animals to hold 3-5 yr olds attention.

Fun family spot. One of the local places you want to go to a couple times per year. They have rhinos now. And it's always cool to feed the Giraffes.

Definitely getting better. We love the train and carousel rides.

You have to see it to believe it. A place to get married where you get to play with the animals. There is a lovely gazebo for your ceremony space (and the rental even includes an indoor backup just in case). The event space is natural but big. It includes your tables and chairs but the rest is up to you. They offer two unique experience options for you and your guests including an in-zoo animal photoshoot (can you say giraffe s anyone) and also animal encounters. These up-close meetings with the animals are perfect entertainment for your cocktail hour! This venue is unique and different, perfect for any animal lover!

Volunteers were very helpful, and overall the exhibits were great

Because of the time we went, all of the attractions were not available to us. However those that were available really enlightened me on things that I didn't know existed. I took some pictures of some of what I saw. I will share with you.

Me and my girlfriend went, the animals were depressed, the enclosures were small. The price was not worth it. Overall I was highly disappointed. For being a zoo it was small. We walked it in an hour and a half. Not worth the time or money.

Orange ave and Monroe train holding up for45min that is insane

Nice place to be with your kids... There's a good structure and different animals.

Nice place to spend the day at low cost. Great value for a clean zoo through out with much to see. I'd recommend to anyone who is nice.

Worst guess relations EVER!!
We got in 3:20 it haven t NOBODY to help, no restaurant working, empty vending machines. We couldn t feed the giraffes also. Then, Started to rain and they re closing.. so they pushed us out and left on the rains to get wet.. ridiculous.

Amazing place. I loved the staff and how committed they are to their job. I went to see the Asian Lantern Festival and it was a night to remember!!!

Great little zoo, but so much fun. Splash pad for kids included in the admission fees. Zip lines and other fun for adults as well.

Good place to bring the kids they have a splash pad and the animals are well cared for

Needs more donations & support especially after last storm. No maps are given, but take a picture to make your way through the Zoo.
I still encourage others who live there to volunteer & donate to bring it back to its beauty. It was my first time there, I am from New york city.

It was too small only took us like an hour to get through the hole thing

Excellent smaller zoo. Staff is very helpful and knowledgable! Chance to feed the giraffes and farm animals.

We visited the Zoo during the Asian Lantern festival. Amazing...you need to visit the zoo for this event!

Great family environment. Educational. Cheap. Location off I4 and 1792

Great fun and small enough for small kids to enjoy. Great way to spend a few hours!

I love going to this place, and can not wait for them to open back up!

Very nice place, but don't go on summer. all the animals were hidden by the heat, we didn't see anything.

Beautiful zoo. We went as 2 families and everyone was happy seeing the animals. The kids enjoyed the playground for a good while as well. The crocodile feeding was terrifying! My favorite was the eagle display. So beautiful!

Fun place to bring the family for an entire day. There's a lot to do! The animals seemed happy and well too. Staff was friendly. Very cool bear exhibit!

Good price for the park. It's small for the animals. The best part are the giraffes

Great place to getaway for a few hours with the Family. Not a big Zoo but worth the cost. On of the workers at a kiosk have us free bottled water because of the heat. Plus we looked down at the kids water park.

My young kids absolutely love riding the train!!! Great place for kids!

There are not really any animals. Some prices are just too much for certain things.

Very cute little zoo. Great for small children they have a playground and splash park. Our 4yr old really enjoyed it!

The animals here were not happy. There weren't many animals at all either. No elephants, zebras, gorillas, flamingos, lions, tigers....basically there were 2 bears, a rhino, 2 giraffes, a couple of lemurs, and a bunch of little stuff that wasnt exciting...

Small zoo but excellent experience. The rhino experience is awesome. You get to touch the rhino and talk to the hoofstock caretaker. If you had kids it would definitely be a 5 with the ropes course and activities they have.

Walkways need some attention, more food options needed, and handheld maps to locate exhibits would be helpful. There is a good variety of animals in suitable and attractive habitats, but no elephants. The informational signs at each animal's habitat were interesting and well done. There is a lot for youth to enjoy, although some events may come with an extra price tag. Overall, we enjoyed our visit. We took the Sunrail to Sanford and choo choo to the zoo. Senior discount offered at 60.

Would be better if I hadn't been told to put my GoPro away! Also you can't take food inside.

Small but good zoo & jungle like grounds, we liked it.

A clean fun environment. Lots of animals and activities for the family.

This particular visit was to view the Asian Light Festival. Was pretty interesting, and lights were fun to look at. Here are only a few pics, to not spoil it all.

Went to the Asian Lantern festival, what beautiful works of art.

Smaller than I expected but the workers were very nice and it was an enjoyable time.

Great place with a lot of things to do, but with no maps it is tough to find things

Great place for kids and adults. Ride the train also!

A fun place to go if you're not expecting too much of a zoo. It seemed like everything was shut off and closed for the public. Their animals are not visible either.

Beautiful, has nice activities and also an amazing animal experience

Very poor and small zoo and expensive.
THEY HAVE JUST A FEW ANIMAL. I Feel terrible just lost money and time. DONT HAVE LIONS, ELEPHANTS, ZEBRA, GORILAS, ETC

First time visiting this zoo. It's a smaller zoo, great splashpad for younger children, nice clean walkways. However, some enclosures were depressing, much too small for the animal it held. Most depressing was the leopard that just paced back and forth, it was the only activity it could do. It was really unfortunate to see.

Animal control needs to check it out. Monkey spitting on folks.

Wonderful zoo for all ages. The atmosphere is peaceful walking along beautifully landscaped boardwalks to see so many animals like giraffes, cougars, bears, birds, snakes etc. The highlight was getting to feed a giraffe!

Had a great day with my nephew here. It is not Jurassic Park, however it is a fun family park. The staff was very friendly!! Train ride was awesome as well!

Fun for the whole family, lots of animals and a great water park for those hot summer days.

Enclosures seem very small and it seemed like many of the animals are alone in them. Saw very few toys/ enrichment items around. Actually very sad

Nice quaint little zoo. Animals have big enclosures. Geared towards younger kids

Small non breeding zoo. Lots to do. Many activities for the little ones. Perfect for small groups. Good price for Seniors. Easy to walk and view exhibits. Staff is friendly and informative.

Very nice small local zoo. Great assortment of animals. My grandchildren have passes and goo frequently.

There are very few animals ... I have more at home jajajajajajajajaja we woke up super early to reach and in 4 hours we were already at home jajajajajajajajaja we lasted longer in a car 2 hours ....

They have a great big splash pad that I wish I had known about prior to going because we could have spent all day there. The botanical gardens weren't that impressive. You can feed the giraffes which was really fun. They have a miniature train that goes through part of the Park which my nephew loved. They had a petting zoo area with goats! I would go back again.

Loved it. Awesome experience for the family. Great friendly staff. We completed both the Upland & Rainforest courses. It is a true obstacle course in the air w/sum zip lines that will work you. Was a little concerned for my 8 yr old doing it but he worked thru the courses like a champ. No concerns for my daredevil 13 yr old. Will do it again.

We love this place. The animals seem well cared for. The volunteers are all always friendly and helpful. Our two year-old grandson Colton loves the carousel

They are growing and this is a fun quick getaway to do something different. They are though in the middle of expanding so some exhibits may be closed... (never understood the train, fun but this one doesn't even go around the zoo???)

to spend a nice weekend with your family with great care

Nice local zoo. Great exhibits. Good variety of animals to see.