Potawatomi zoo Reviews

Love this little quint zoo. Well kept and maintained

Had a good time .... lights were beautiful!! Could have been more signage on how to get around....

Very enjoyable zoo but quite small compared to most.

The animals were very active! The workers are friendly!

Love taking my kids here in the summer! They love the playground and the splash pad that is located right in front of the entrance of the zoo!Yes. Potawatomi Zoo. It is a great dining a few hours kinda zoo. Affordable family fun, friendly staff, and a nice mix of animals to see. Parking can fill up fast, but if you aren't a lazy butt, there is plenty of Parking on adjacent streets.

Beautiful new and improved Potawatomi Zoo! My boyfriend and I loved our visit. So many wonderful animals.

This is a lovely zoo. Great place for a family outing

A great place to take your kids and see all of the zoo animals. They have alligators too, what a treat. We were also able to purchase popsicles for a dollar and it was a hot day when we went so it was nice that the refreshments were not overpriced.

What's not really impressed with this Zoo. The Australian exhibit is still closed and everything is under construction. You can't even go into the petting zoo anymore for the kids to pet the animals.

My children and I absolutely love this Zoo and the membership makes going so much easier.

Several animals were not on exhibit and no signs indicated that. Otherwise it was a typical zoo. The kids had fun and I was happy.

A lot of closed exhibits for zoo improvement. Hopefully they get then back open soon.

It's a cute well taken care if zoo. I wasn't expecting much from a small city, but it's great for young children! Will stop each time I'm back in S.B. with the kiddo.

A great zoo. Better than many zoos in much larger metropolitan area. Plan to spend at least 3 hours.

Loved it, quiet. Animals were more active and seemed almost friendly. Only bad thing, they have No mobile carts. Only wheel chairs, and many inclines and declines around the zoo.

This is a great place for kids and adults. There are two inclines at the zoo entrance, but they do have wheelchairs available. They have a photo booth, carousel, train, play ground, and gift shop for entertainment. They have a petting zoo during the summer. All year you can feed the fish or ducks. I recommend bringing a little spending cash and quarters. They do have food and snacks inside the zoo. Remember, it's a zoo so be prepared to have no lid or being a water bottle for your drink. This really is great for a few hours of enjoyment or if you're first visit you could stay most of the day checking out all the animals, keeper talks, and stops I mentioned.

A wonderful local zoo. Always looking to update their facilities and animals.

Love this place. But alot of the exhibit windows need replaced or cleaned.

Lovely place for kids and adults alike. Well cared for property and animals.

It is better priced than several other zoos in the immediate area .People were helpful but not a lot of animals. Petting zoo was fun. Wallabies were adorable and up close!

small but nice and clean zoo, always a good place to visit with the family

A little small but a great zoo for kids, the park in front is great for picnics

Fun experience for the whole family. 1st time season members and know we will get every dollar worth. Good for a quick little trip to get our son outside while enjoying the animals.

Mainly come here for Pokemon but the bathrooms need help

Love this place! Always a clean environment and the animals are Too Cute!

Close to home love all the animals... Kids enjoys our zoo trips...

Typical zoo in the spring, things were closed oh, there was construction. We couldn't find a bathroom and when we did it was closed. But what was open was nice. Had several lions and tigers. Not crowded and not too big for smaller kids. ride on the carousel and train were reasonable. Only $2 extra per Rider and you could buy multiple tickets at a discount.

We love this zoo! It's the perfect family zoo, not too big, not too small. If you live close by at all, a family annual pass is totally worth it!

They've made some good improvements since I've been there last. Would still love to see more

Nice small zoo that doesn't take ALL day to go through. Kids had a blast

This is a neat little zoo to visit. There is a train and carousel as well which makes it unique compared to other zoos. The only downside about this popjlar place is the parking is usually very full so you'll need to park about a block away. However, the exhibits are awesome and designed well to see the animals. The membership is very very affordable so I suggest getting one if you are going to visit more than twice in a year. We look forward to frequently visiting this zoo.

We had a company picnic we walked around the park all day it's very nice very clean

Great little zoo with some great diversity in animals!

Well, the zoo has changed alot since I've last been, and even more so now that covid took over. The price of admission is still fairly decent but the attractions are lacking at best. No camels, bears, kangaroos, zebras or koi fish. No petting zoo, pony rides or feeding the fish, but to compensate for the lack of funds coming into the zoo, you can now consume beverages from the winery, huh, who knew. My one request, bring back the penguins.

Grew up going to this zoo. They continually improve and update it so you have new and interesting animals to visit!

Company picnic. Very good day, family friendly for sure.

The zoo is a nice little place to visit, clean, beautiful area.

While I love the zoo itself, the parking is just atrocious if you are visiting anytime over the weekend. Be prepared to spend 20-30 minutes circling around the parking lot or stop and hold up traffic waiting for a car to leave. The exhibits are usually pretty great, especially for the kiddies. Gift shop is crazy expensive, but that's pretty standard for Zoo and Museums.

It was cute however not alot of animals were on display. I liked how the animals all seemed happy and healthy.

This is not the first time I seen rescued animal in neglect. Some of the people runnng these places are sick! Don't forget about these animals. There are
places that give open space to wildlife. It's important that wildlife live in a natural environment for them. Arboreal primates can't live in Plains or deserts without trees. It's like a neglected prison to them with no way out unless you provide it.

Loved it. Beautiful animals, landscape, plenty of food and rest options. This is a definite must see if you are in the area.

It's nice to have close zoo to go to but when the glass to the animals cages are so dirty you can't even see the animals that is pretty sad, and then you hear the train station engineer yelling at a child, I really wonder if it would be worth the drive to go to Fort Wayne or Indy.

We have not been to the Potawatomi Zoo during the day but we will be going back for sure. We decided the weekend before Christmas to go find some good Christmas lights and the Zoo popped up on Google so that is where we went. Luckily the weather was on our side and it was not freezing and our trip here was awesome! We paid about $50 for 4 of us to get in and that came with 4 tickets for hot chocolate and light up snowflake head bands, also we paid a little extra for train tickets. The lights were great and we got to see some of the animals and Mr. and Mrs. Cluase. The best part for me, other than the wine and adult beverage that they sold, was that the staff were extremely helpful and so enthusiastic. Everything about our trip to the zoo during Christmas gets me excited about taking my kids back when it warms up again in the spring or summer.

Who doesn't like the zoo. Easy to get to and Worth the money and time.

Awesome place place to go
My wife and i spent my birthday there

For being a small Zoo, it's still very nice to go to and enjoy. They do have a wide variety of animals.

Great small town zoo that keeps getting bigger....snack bar has great burgers at good prices

All the animals were sleeping when we went, about 2pm.

Had a great time with my grandson and his class' field trip.

Very enjoyable me and my family went on a Saturday and yes it's a little late in the season so we didn't get to see every single animal we wanted to but they had a lot of cool animals out there and it was really enjoyable like the train ride and they even have concession stands around so you can get food and drinks it was a very great experience for my whole family

Not bad for a little zoo but the annual membership gets you up to 50% off of almost every other zoo out there.

Under construction at the moment but still able to access mostly all sites. New updates looking really nice! Staff members friendly.

it is quite simply a great little zoo to take the family to.

A few new attractions and a bigger gift shop is under construction.

Cool place to spend the day. Not too expensive either

Clean well maintained park for kids of all sizes. Bonus close to the zoo.

Not enough bathrooms and they need more animals you can see from the train!

Small but good local zoo. Always a good time for the young ones.