Columbian Park Zoo (City of Lafayette, IN) Reviews

They really have clean this little Historical Park up it's beautiful!

This Zoo has undergone an amazing transformation over the years. It's an enjoyable little zoo with something for everyone and lots of different interactive exhibits.

For a free zoo, this place is absolutely amazing. Having just visited the San Diego zoo, our expectations were low. We were prepared to just enjoy a little stroll with a few animals but spent 2 hours amazed with the wallaby walk, otters, and petting zoo. I'll admit, the petting zoo stole my kiddos heart. However, I thought the butterfly pavilion was impressive, with butterflies everywhere you look. Outside the zoo was a plethora of playgrounds to please all age groups of my crew, even up to the teens. This was a fabulous surprise during our quick trip to Lafayette!

Very nice park to take your family to. There's something to do for all ages of kids.

AMAZING place, it's free. In the front you can play with little water spout type things.

Terrific little city zoo. I know people from all over the state that come to Columbian Park Zoo and bring their children.

Small but quaint zoo. Several playgrounds and picnic shelters to enjoy lunch. Our kids especially enjoyed the Wallabies - many of whom had joeys in their pouches. Free admission and parking. $2 train rides.

It's a small zoo but for younger kids, it's perfect. Play in the small water play area including an elephant spouting water. The butterfly garden is cool as you can see the cocoons. At the front of the wallaby exhibit, play the kukuburra call on your phone and you'll here the kukuburra reply! We were told they are hoping to add penguins to the penguin exhibit next year but can't right now because they are coming from California and it's way to challenging to do so given covid-19. The exhibit looks cool and we can't wait. Train rides are also not available as they are redoing the whole area around the pond. We get frozen custard ice cream right behind the zoo at the end of every visit to the zoo. The kids always have a blast.

Columbia park has come a long way. They have been slowly redoing the walls and putting in rock beds in place of the eroded walls. They have redone most of their Memorial area. Feels so peaceful walking amongst the flowers and monuments.
I've always loved our park, just wish for a little more in the zoo.
I'll probably change my review to 5 stars once all the construction is complete.

Awesome park. For the price it is great. By the way, it's free! Very well maintained.

Love it here always a fun adventure with the kiddos

Great time. It was our first time and I love how you get to interact with the animals.

This was my first year visiting the park amd I must say this park is a hands down with so many different things to do. We will be back

This place is amazing to take your family. I would suggest anybody and everybody to go there it's amazing so beautiful. Most of all they keep their Parks clean and safe.

A zoo in the loosest sense of the word. I suppose it's good for little kids since it's free to enter. The feeding lectures were well-given but it's really small and though the website boasts that it has hundreds of animals, I think they were counting all the butterflies as well. Definitely not that many unique animals.

This is a small zoo, but VERY clean and well kept. The employees/volunteers are knowledgeable and friendly.

You'll not see anything terribly exotic here....Wallabys, otters, Bald Eagle, etc, still, it's nicely landscaped and maintained. We enjoy visiting here.

Just a good experience for the whole family and would love to be there

Took my granddaughter... They loved it. Interacted with the goat's.

Great place for the kids to run out some energy. They have equipment for all ages.

Great local free zoo. I can't wait for the penguin exhibit!

Great place for kids! My toddler loves to go there and enjoys the petting farm/ goats area and train ride a lot.

Nice little zoo. Always a great time with the family when we go.

It's a free zoo! Pretty awesome little place to spend an afternoon.

Beautiful park with TONS of things to do for the kiddos.

This place is awesome and free took my 5 year old and she loved the animals and especially the park to play at. Great icecream shop across the street too

You wont confuse it with Brookfield or the Indianapolis Zoo, but for a city the size of Lafayette to have a zoo like this is impressive. That its free is even more amazing. A fun place to spend an hour seeing a variety of animals. Highlights are the Wallaby Walk and petting the farm animals.

You have to go to this zoo if you can. There is one thing you will find at this zoo that I have never found anywhere else. You are actually able to walk inside the wallaby enclosure. The wallaby can walk right up to you and its absolutely amazing.

We absolutely love the zoo small enough for the little ones. Also my kids love my tunnels and domes in the prairie dog exhibit. All around great zoo. I would definitely recommend bringing and change of clothes for the little ones to change into as they have some for water areas they can play in.

Love taking my grandkids here! They always wanna hear stories from when i was a little girl and went here all the time!

Excellent free activities at the zoo and playground. Great for families. Well-kept facility.

Free zoo where you can play with the goats and see lots of other animals. My daughter loves this zoo and she is 15 years old!

I likeed this little Zoo. Good selection of animals to see. Hand feeding to goats and interact with butterflies in a screened area. Very nice and free of charge. There is a small water park within the zoo, don't know how much it cost.

About the most you can reasonably expect from a free zoo. Great, friendly staff, a petting zoo, some small animals, and even a butterfly hut you can walk through.

Discovered this zoo and decided to take a look. I have to say it was incredible and being free was surprising, but buying things in the gift shop goes towards the zoo and they accept donations. well worth your time and donations

I had a few friends out of town come over and had never been to Lafayette and the visit to Columbian Park set things off amazing it's a fun and happy environment.

Great place to stop by, the kids love putting money in the donation toy We enjoyed the singing dogs

Great place to go with family or just to get to relax. Completely free but very nice atmosphere and kept up very well.

A great place for the kids and family to see some zoo animals and petting zoo. Very nice for being free admission. Also the butterfly garden is beautiful but will only be up 1 more week this year. Enjoy the fall weather and check it out!

A great place to a date, day off, or a walk to see some animals! It looks very well maintained and the animals seems happy.

Miss the old park I grew up with but the updated playground is great for my granddaughter.

This is a wonderful little zoo. It's great for little kids, but my older kids enjoyed it too. It doesn't have big animals, like Lions or bears, but it's still a great zoo to explore. And it has a huge Park area right across the street.

Nice place to walk around or take the kids for day out.

They've put some money and work into it since I was there last.

This place is a gem of the community. The zoo is small but excellent. The train is great fun for kids (and rivals the train ride at the Indianapolis Zoo) There is plenty to do and see - you can easily spend a whole day in the park with children keeping them entertained the whole time.

Best place to take the kids bring kids and let them play in the park they also got a petting zoo

Just the right size! A lot of fun for kids and adults

This is an amazing little Park and zoo and IT'S FREE!!!!!! This is a great place to take the kids almost anytime. Absolutely a must if are in the area regardless age.

Nice little zoo for free admission. Small but very obvious that plans to add on were halted by covid.

If you are nearby, you should visit once. Entrance to the zoo is free, small trains can ride for $ 2, but please do not miss it. I enjoyed it when I went without expectation.

Fun for the whole family. Good recreational activity's. Has a zoo and a water park along with some rides and a base ball stadium and pond.

This place has so much to do! There are playgrounds, a train to ride, a petting zoo, and water fountains. There is also a water park and some amusement rides for small children. I have a 1 and 3 year old, and we spend hours here enjoying all it has to offer!

Take my son. I went to it. Very kid friendly. Conviently located

It's free and very family and kid friendly! Loved it!

It was very quiet when we were there. Nice exhibits and interactive activities for children

I shouldn't give any rating as I didn't get to see the place because I got there a few minutes after closing not knowing what time it closed but I did hear a bunch of animals hooting and hollering and that was kind of neat for a free zoo I'm sure it's worth all the freeness there is

Easy access to walk your dog. Enjoy a picnic! Visit the Zoo!

We really like going to the zoo. It's less than a mile from our house. We frequent it often.

Can't believe the amount of trash people leave behind after visiting and using the park areas.. appalling

Fun place for the kids with lots for them to do. That being said the animals seem miserable and some non existant even. Awesome play ground for the kids though.

A nice green space in Lafayette, IN. Makes for a great escape for lunch.