This is one of my favorite zoos! I have been to many zoos around the country and this one seems so unassuming; but the more I go the more I love it. You can see many rare animals very closely, it makes it feel special for the kids. Go in cooler weather, the animals are more active then. This zoo is hardly ever busy so you can spend a lot of time observing and reading and talking about each animal. The staff, especially in The Hive building, are very knowledgeable and will tell you many interesting facts about each creature. The natural play places are so fun. I like the relaxed feel each time we visit. I have kids ages 15-3 years old.

Great zoo for kids. The remodels have done alot to add to the interest of the zoo. The play areas are a great addition. I love that so much of the old section is shady so it isnt so hot in the summer. You can see most of the zoo in a few hours, so it isnt too much for the kids. My kids especially love the butterflies where they get to let butterflies land on their hands.

Great place to spend time with children. Me and my granddaughter love the giraffe. She could sand and watch them eating and interacting with guests for hours. For a child of 18 months that is something. She also likes the turtles and goats. The gibbon monkeys are are special treat. The white face gibbon love children. While the polices and restrictions related to COVID 19 have change some great parts of the zoo it is still fun. I would recommend and encourage membership and supporting the Zoo.

I cannot wait for more new animals and remodel to be done! It isnt just for kids learning but also adults who just enjoy going to zoos even! I will spend some of my money here anytime I get a chance going eastward!

Great place for kids and adults. As adults we were able to leisurely stroll thru in 1 1/2 hours. Zoo does a great job following covid-19 safety guidelines with a one way path marked.

This is such a fun place to take kiddos and their updates are fantastic! We enjoyed feeding the giraffes and goats, looking at all of the cool animals and spending some time outside before the weather cooled off.

Overall a good visit. There is still plenty to see, but all of the buildings were closed and all the side shows were not taking place. However, you can still feed the giraffes and see a lot of different animals and rare monkeys. Overall still enjoyable for an hour or two walk through, but maybe the price should be lowered.

2hr 30 min (with stopping to eat a picnic lunch). Great timing between nap times and a solid mix of experiences. Unfortunately the train broke down before we could ride it but still a great day at the zoo!

They had some things closed off for covid but it was still nice to get out and see all the animals at the zoo.

It was great to finally see the new exhibits. It is worth every penny!

Its a small but intimate zoo. Only complaint is that since the Rona has overtaken the world, tickets for anything must be purchased when you first walk in. The ticket booth boy did not let us know that so we had major backtracking to do. So dont forget if you want to ride the train or the ponys buy the ticket at the front before you start the trail.

Due to the weather some animals were unable to be outdoors during our visit. We loved seeing the giraffes which were still indoors during our visit. This zoo is a very nice place to visit. We spent 2 hours walking through it.

Very enjoyable. Some very unusual animals. Very comfortable terrain for All ages. And a train to ride if you choose!

The Lincoln Childrens Zoo is an awesome facility, catering to children but equally wonderful for adults. You can spend an hour or three, as there are a number of opportunities to be interactive with exhibits. If you are in or around Lincoln, NE, you should seriously consider a visit to the zoo.

We love boo at the zoo! We always have so much fun!

Nice sunny day. Not crowded at all. Paths set so you go a specific direction. Hand sanitizer available for patrons to use at various spots.

BEST TIME WEVE HAD IN A LONG TIME.. REASONABLY PRICED AS WELL

Liked the exhibits. Wish I could have freedom to roam more w/out distancing. That ruins everything. But the zoo is doing the best they can.

Very busy. People are not distancing from others. Mask are required for buildings only, if that. Im not sure why they are still doing timed entrance. Looked like any other time before Covid. People bunch up in groups as they talk on the sidewalks. Love the animals and the kids had fun otherwise.

A bit underwhelming for a first time visitor. A good variety of animals and we got very lucky that most of them were out! During the current restrictions, it only takes about 2 hours to walk through so no need to dedicate a whole morning/afternoon.

We had to take precautions, of course. You make an appointment and go asst that time. A one way walk through, but you are able to see a lot of animals. I was dismayed at how many people were not keeping social distance. But, all in all, it was fun and even though very hot, there was plenty of shady areas with a light breeze.

Its a small zoo but nice. Went as a child and now I take my kids. Great new additions have improved things. Kids love feeding the giraffes and the play area elephant.

Havent been here in a while but they have done some nice changes to the beginning of the zoo. Like that there is an equal amount of hands on, visual, and play activities. While it is not as big as Omaha zoo its good enough to keep the kids entertained and learning more about animals eating habits, habitats, and more. Would recommend to any visitor or returnees.

Nice little zoo tucked away in the middle of the city. My kids loved feeding the giraffes and just running around. The train could use a good line but all and all it was a great time.

Fabulous! The park itself and the animals are VERY well kept! The staff is naturally happy and has a good attitude. Would definitely recommend this park, and I plan on coming back- all the way from Florida!!!

We love the Zoo! Perfect size so you can enjoy and see everything and not spend all day if you dont want. Playground and a splash stream to cool off when its hot. Very interactive and kid friendly.

This is the perfect place for an evening outing! The grounds are well maintained, there are lots of opportunities to learn about the animals and watch them. Feeding the giraffes is definitely the best! The train ride is fun too and if you enjoy corney jokes, you might get the engineer wholl share some. Other honorable mentions...

A lot of the new animals and additions are great! Its a nice zoo for little kids. We have had fun exploring the different places and feeding some of the animals.

In normal times, this zoo seems like it would be fantastic, especially if you have young children. However, right now while they are technically limiting the number of people in, they are doing it in a way that promotes people crowding at the start of the gates and near certain exhibits (90 people every 15 minutes at the time we went). It would honestly be better if they just opened fully to prevent the waves. They also were not recommending masks, which they really should have as many didnt wear one and it was about impossible to keep 6 ft in the congested areas.

They have done a great job with all of the updates that make this zoo so much more fun than when I went as a kid. Plus they have great policies in place to try to help with social distancing.

They have a great collection of rare species. I especially liked all of their tortoises, pythons, chameleons, pygmy marmosets and lemurs.

Boo at the Zoo was wonderful! They handled the social distancing with the kids great!

The zoo is great. The new upgrades really take it way beyond what it what it ever was before. If you havent been since they added the giraffes and tigers then you should go this year. They offer appointments now for your walk through to allow for social distancing and it makes it more enjoyable anyways.

We attended a birthday party there and had a great time. The kids loved the indoor play area and feeding the giraffes.

The REALTOR Association of Lincoln sponsored a night at the Zoo for families after our Inaugural festivities. Was enjoyed by all !

Great for younger children. Its a small zoo, easy to see in 2-3 hours, but includes many play areas and interactive exhibits that keep kids engaged. There are some great updates and additions underway, too. Kids can get up close to many animals and interact in a lot of ways (feeding, holding, petting, etc). For a family of 5, its worth a membership, since it would pay for itself in two visits.

Great zoo for kids under 10. Train ride is always great. Highly recommend. Small zoo.

Very nice for a smaller zoo. You could be in and out in 1-2 hours - great for the younger ones. Love the new giraffe and red panda exhibits. Go early to feed the giraffes!

Lights were fantastic but a bit pricey to get in to aee.

Its an amazing zoo!! We love it perfect for young families just the right size not to overwhelming! Perfect for an afternoon outing!!!

If you go to the zoo mixture and feed the giraffes the four are awesome

Nice small zoo! Fed the giraffes and goats! Nice shady play areas.

For a childrens zoo very nice. Still improving also.

It was awesomely amazing! A wonderful, calming place with beautiful animals.Very clean. Volunteers and staff are very friendly, knowledgeable and efficient!I will enjoy coming again.

Love this place. The additions are GREAT! So many new animals and new activities! My daughter and her grandma have a membership and go weekly. She knows the place like the back of her hand! Still doesnt get old either! She loves the playground

Kids loved it. Got in 50% off with our zoo membership.

Had fun with the family, glad they have some of the attractions open now!

Great place to take kids plus good walking and biking trails beside it.

Up close animal encounters and different unique animals /critters. Very clean and fun!

We loved visiting the zoo! The giraffe exhibit was by far our favorite, but all of the animals were great! I loved that there were opportunities to interact with the animals throughout the entire zoo. We will be making this a frequent stop when were in Lincoln!

Great zoo! Under considerable construction right now but 2019 the place will be better than ever! My daughter had a blast! Loved the animals, and all the things for kids to do! Definitely worth a visit!

My whole family just loves it here. I am so happy that they are open year round now. Price is affordable for such an amazing experience and sweet memories for the kids to look back. Thank you so much for your hard work and kindness. We, local people really appreciate your contribution.

Great morning! Love the adjustment for covid. Everything theyve added makes this zoo such a great value!

Great zoo. Nice and shady, bring the bug spray.

Small zoo but easy to get to and walk around. Not crowded at all.

No requirement for masks opening back up during a pandemic, so about 95% of patrons didnt bother wearing them. Also, their method for allowing patrons to enter caused crowding and lack of social distancing at the entrance and through out the zoo. No thanks, I wont be back.

This place is awesome for us adults an kids. An the teenagers should work here. There is so much to learn..

I enjoyed this zoo. I dont have kids but it was still had a good time. We walked the whole zoo in about 2 hours and it only cost about $10 for adults and $8 for children/seniors. Theyre doing some adding on right now (8/2018), and it looks like itll be a cool addition. Id recommend going here and taking the kids. It has a lot of trees and shading so its not too hot in the summer.

This zoo is a great place to take kids as it is just the right size. The path through the zoo is very straightforward and kids usually seem to stay on the path. This makes managing your little ones easier! The Omaha zoo is a pretty cool place but I like the layout of the Lincoln zoo much better for smaller children. The new attractions are great (tigers, giraffes, red pandas, etc.) and the summer time brings a lot more volunteers to actually touch some of the animals. Its a great zoo for children.

I have been going to the Lincoln Childrens Zoo now ever since I was a toddler myself. Ive seen the Zoo change over the years. This recent additional growth has allowed the Zoo to grow and add many new items for people to see. They have a program with the Lincoln Public School to offer Zoo School. The Zoo has its own train and recently laid new track to replace the 30 year old track. They have a beautiful Zoo Gift shop and I now have been told that they have a new restaurant in the Zoo. I look forward to taking my nephews this summer to the new and improved Lincoln Zoo.

Great place to enjoy with the grandkids, recently added new exhibits and more to come. Got to see and learn about lots of neat animals

It was fun for my wife and I. It makes for a solid impromptu Saturday activity.

Had a great time there! Got to relive some childhood memories and then new exhibits were a ton of fun!

A fun day at the zoo! Perfect size to get through it all in one day.

Well laid out. Lots to do. Perfect for small children. With all the new additions, we could easily spend an entire day there. It also makes a membership a no brainer. We can stop by for just an hour or 2 after church or after school & play in the indoor playground & splash around a little. All screen free!

Wonderful Zoo, the staff is really helpful and friendly. The animals always look happy and have lots of things to keep them entertained and cubbies to hide in when they want a nap.

The Childrens Zoo is centrally located in Lincoln. Lots of construction going on in and around the zoo currently, but it is open to the public and there is plenty of parking. My husband and I spent a very nice afternoon there, seeing the animals, checking out the flora and people watching. The staff works hard to keep the grounds and exhibits looking good. A leisurely walk-through takes about an hour and a half.

Feed the giraffes. Best part of the whole zoo.

Nice improvements! Had lots of fun with the kids.

So many improvements have been made. Its so nice! Great family day!

The train was good and you still have to follow the trail to get around everything was sanitized as well with was a plus with the kids

Fantastic zoo. Great for small children. The expansion is wonderful.

All the new additions are great. I purchase a membership every year because of my 1 now 2 daughters. Its a fantastic place especially for kids 10 and under.

The new giraffes are so beautiful! Ive been going to this zoo for years, and it just keeps getting better!

Great experience lots of things for the kids to interact. Note bring cash for pony ride and animal feed

The Lincoln childrens zoo has really grown up. Super nice and attentive employees.

Great place to take the kids for a nice day and love the animals of course

This zoo was lovely. I would highly recommend esp with younger children. Plenty of places to stop and rest of play. Lots of shade to help with the hot days. Not overwhelmingly large. The buildings were spaced out nicely to give a reprieve from the heat.

The Lincoln Zoo is great. I hadnt been for awhile so I took my 5 year old. We had a great time. The staff everywhere we went was amazing and super friendly!! My ONLY reason for 4 not 5 stars is because I felt some of the animals had such small living spaces. The life of a zoo I suppose and I know Lincoln takes excellent care of their animals.

Been going for over 7 years. Amazing place for the kids!!

My daughter had a great time! And it was a nice place to spend some time outside as a family!

I was there when it first opened, and it just keeps getting bigger and better..

Feeding the giraffes was fun . The animals cages were clean but kind of small. What little animals they had seemed to be fairly happy.

Nice little zoo for a short day trip.

Love it when its fully open. The zoo walk during covid was still fun

The zoo will always put smiles on anyone’s face.

Great zoo to take a young family out and about. Large enough to wear out the little ones and keep everyone entertained for a few hours. Train tracks need some oil or grease though, pretty squeaky. Cant wait until the expansion gets done...

Disclosure, I havent actually been to the zoo during normal operating hours...but did check it out for the first time last night for Zoo Lights & it was a fabulous experience! The event was well organized and put together & the lights were great! I will definitely be making a visit back to the zoo to check out all the exhibits & such! :)

Perfect balance of fun and manageable. Great for kids and plenty of shade

So much fun I loved it

Its time to release animals into the wild, stop keeping them in cages

Their expansion is going well. Both my 7 and 4 year old loved playing in the secret jungle where they could climb around the play place and watch the monkeys from the top of it!

For a small zoo this really is a great one. Yes I’d love for the animals to be able to live in the wild sure, but I feel these critters are being well cared for. You are now allowed to feed the giraffes, which is sooo cool!!I love the little center where you can go in and talk to the lady and hold & talk about whichever critter she’s holding at the time. I’ve been in there when she had a snake and then this day she had a tarantula not for meYou learn so much about them.The children can feed the goats and you can stand in a life size eagles nest. WoW They are expanding their zoo so that’s super cool!It is a fun place to go indeed, to help your kids to appreciate the wonderful creatures God has put on this planet. It is a lot pricey though. Some kids probably can’t afford to even come to the zoo. I find that very sad.

Was a safe fun place to go. Was fun to feed the goats & .

You get to feed Giraffes! So much fun spending an afternoon here and at reasonable pricing (:

Just the right size for Grandmas & GrandpasSo much fun remembering 60 years of changes & fun times. I felt like kid again!

Lovely small zoo good for lil ones and those who dont to walk miles on end

In normal times, this zoo seems like it would be fantastic, especially if you have young children. However, right now while they are technically limiting the number of people in, they are doing it in a way that promotes people crowding at …

Whats not to like at the zoo?!?! They have penguins, monkeys, camels, otters and much more. We fed the goats and you can get pony rides too.The zoo is expanding! They currently close for the winter but the new expansion will allow them to be open year round! They reopen the beginning of March but the expansion wont be ready till at least May.We will be buying family passes for next year because it will be so worth it!

Ive lived in Lincoln for ten years and never been here until I took my son. This is a great zoo, my boy had a blast. He lost his shoe in the giraffe enclosure, but they got it back.