Fresno Chaffee Zoo Reviews

been there a couple times my kids love it. and just went with my son's class and looked like his classmate enjoyed it.

The new exhibits are amazing!!!! Me and my family love the zoo!!!

Always a fun, educational, family time, joyous adventure at the zoo. Every visit is a different exciting experience.

Super fun place to take the kids, unfortunately alot was closed but still fun. Super clean and really enjoyed the fish tacos in the safari cafe

Their new African Adventure exhibit is really nice and seems a lot more enjoyable for the animals too.

Super cute fun friendly staff lots to do and see! Feeding the giraffes is always a fun thing!

Very pact with people and its always a hassle finding parking . They charge $5 per car to enter the Zoo just to park plus your entree cost to see the animals. Price is $13 per person to enter zoo.Staff are nice. I would recommend having several Fans around the park that constantly spray water . With the long walks and with the kids it woulf be nice to get some fresh air and get sprinkled with cool water. Poor animals they always look depressed and they lack proper shade from the sun. Overall like always it was something the kids wanted to see and they enjoyed it.

My family always has an amazing time. Very clean and hard working staff

Always finding new exhibits and animals! Staff are friendly and welcoming.

We love the Fresno Chaffee Zoo! The exhibits are beautifully done and they keep making it better and better. I'm just waiting for them to get a panda!

Loved our visit here today. Happy to see the larger enclosires added, and the stingray bay was fun.

It's not so enjoyable because of all this covid-19 stuff going on. Reptile house is closed. Some animals are being moved to another place/exhibit, so they're gone . MUST wear mask entire time. Signs throughout the park to try & control the direction of traffic. Not the best thought out plan for "flow of traffic".

Honestly it was really fun , haven't been their since I was a little girl .

African animal enclosures are better than anything you'll see in LA or San Diego, Santa Barbara Zoo. Fresno Zoo has more space than any big city and they're using it very wisely.

As big as Roading Park is, the dogs should have a bigger space to run in.

Excellent for families with younger children. I recommend getting the Family membership! Plenty of Zoo Events, but are always really crowded.

Edit- we've moved out of CA, and our new local zoo cannot compare to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo! Fresno's zoo has TONS of activities that many other zoos don't (Dino Dig, Stingray Bay, the bird show, giraffe feedings, Small Wonders petting zoo..) in addition to the best exhibits I've seen in nationwide (African Adventure, Sea Lion Cove ..)

Great place to take the family old young smiling all day

Looking better every time kids love the new attractions.

Looking good love the upgrades. Last time I came it was back in 2010 and I can see they are doing a good job extending it.

Chaffee Zoo it's an amazing place to visit with family. Best experience it has a lot to offer!

The food as well as the drink is a bit pricey but tasty, healthy options are also available for the kids.

This place always has great animal attractions and they are always building and improving

Great views of the animals in nice looking habitats

They have great exhibits for us to learn about the animals only downfall is that there should more staff spread out at the zoo

A nice place to take the whole family!!I love to explore all the animal exhibits!!

Love this place my daughter always wants to come and see the animals.

It was very nice zoo .I love it .I had so much fun.

Took my to sons we ate at this nice restaurant inside in total I spend like 80 bucks spend all day there was good call my boys love it would recommend to go if u never been.

It was amazing the tour is putting many new attractions

Had a good experience here. A lot of different animals to see. The zoo cafe has good and affordable snacks and food. The only problem is the heat in summer so just keep some water.

Parking is HORRIBLE!!! And the majority of the animals look pretty sad (pathetic almost, which sucks for the animals).

Great place. Fun for the kids and having family time. Great for birthday parties for little kids

Awesome experience!
The zoo was clean. The staff are very helpful and friendly.
The exhibits were not only educational but fun.
Most importantly, the animals look healthy and have adequate room, water, shade, misters, and fans. This is very important in this valley heat.

My 6 y/o had a blast.

I don't want to tell you why I love it so much, because more people will go and it'll become too crowded. But if you ever have a chance to go, make sure you go deep into the rain forest part...

I love this place. The Safari area is fantastic. Go feed the giraffes!

So awesome. Perfect company picnic idea! I think everyone had a great time.

It was great. Winged wonder show was awesome. Workers were very polite.

Great place to take my family to. Employees are always willing to stop and educate everyone about the animals!

Zoo lites is wonderfully cheerful when shared with family !

Went here for my sons 11th birthday and it was a blast. I would recommend everyone take a trip to the zoo.

Great time with kids,the zoo is taking good caution due to covid19

The yearly family pass is a great value. My family goes almost weekly in the summer. One of the best things Fresno has to offer for families.

Really good experience for kids. Will come back
Again

Such a wonderful place to visit and learn how to be a help to our animal friends

Excellent to enjoy a family day, my daughters love to come

Love the zoo..my kids love and loved it and now my Grandson...great place. Lots to do

This was a very amazing outing for the family we all had a gret time

It's lovely and small, but wide open. Informed and caring staff. Just lovely.

As zoos go I'll as far as to say it's a C+. To start, at it's busiest parking is impossible. The lot arrangement is poor due to it's single entry/exit point, lack of room, and the fact that it is shared by the amusement park across the street. Parking was $5 but I could see it being free when it's not so busy.

The membership to the zoo for a whole family is $99, if you can't decide if you want to buy it in line you can actually pay your normal entry fees and then comeback and have that day's fees go toward the membership if you do decide to get one. There are, of course, different levels to membership but the gist is you can stroll in on the member line and get 10% off purchases in the zoo.

The zoo itself does have some great exhibits, most of what you'd expect to find at a zoo but some are just a bit lacking. I've only been here a few times so there may be other ways around but from what I can tell there are at least two, maybe more, exhibits that so not have handicap/stroller ramps on one or both sides.

The dining facilities range from a medium sized quick bite spot to a large shaded, artesianal foods with an amazing view of the zoo's largest exhibit containing many African favorites cohabitating in one area. There aren't many food stands or generally opportunities for snacks besides these two spots and the gift shop - wouldnt want to tempt people to feed the animals I guess...I still wish they had Dippin' Dots..

Animals seem well taken care of and there are certainly a variety to be seen. If I could change one exhibit, I'd give the Tiger much more space. Seems a shame but you be the judge.

This zoo is well kept and popular with locals but it really doesn't have that something to it that I would needed to want to keep coming back. It's not bad by any means, just average I think.

We had a blast with our kids! One of the best zoos we have visited.

So much to see now that they've been updating and building new areas. The new water play area is a nice place to cool off but to my 5 year old it makes the zoo more about playing in the water rather than about the animals. But a great addition for those with annual memberships looking for a way to cool off in the summer months.