Good to have a place open to take our 2 year old who loves animals. Every one was abiding to the mask rules. Walkways are one way. All the zoo employees were also cleaning surfaces and doing things correctly. Even the merry-go-round/carousel was cleaned between each ride. Some exhibits closed but it is fall. Lots of walking. Bring a stroller for the kiddos and rent a electric wheelchair from the zoo if you need one.

My wife and I decided to take our first trip to the Nashville Zoo, and it was so delightful. Seeing all sorts of endangered species of animals being well taken care of was the best part. The Zoo was laid out very well with the paths only being one way and staff were continuously cleaning. We weren’t able to see all the animals due to it being colder the day we went, but that was to be expected. I’d highly recommend the Nashville Zoo to anyone that loves animals and nature!

Loved the Zoo. Weather was perfect and some amazing animals! The kangaroo exhibit was amazing. Never expected to get to touch a kangaroo. Amazing! Would definitely recommend it to anybody! Snacks and stuff was over priced, but can carry a cooler in with you. Plenty of places to rest and take a break at. Truly wonderful trip!

Nice cozy zoo. Really nicely spread out. Animals look like they are really taken of. Would definitely recommend visiting if you are in Nashville. Bonus for Fridays have a Kroger card buy one admission get one free. Would say stay for 4 or 5 hours and take it all in.

The zoo is gorgeous. They obviously take care to give the animals ample space, in appropriate settings, and beautiful walkways between exhibits. My only concern was with the large amount of people not wearing masks and obviously coughing and sneezing right next to us and our kid. If were getting temperature checked to go out to eat, the zoo could do that too.

Though quit a bit was closed because of the pandemic this is an amazing experience. I am so glad we came from NC to enjoy it

Good zoo, especially for a family outing. Convenient location with plenty of free parking. Nice animal exhibits especially of the elephants and the bird house is nice. Over the years they have added a few rides which kids will enjoy. If you go at least twice the zoo membership is worth it as the membership is about the same price as two visits.

The Nashville Zoo has an interesting variety of animals; some of which Ive never seen in a zoo before (such as guinea pigs). Nonetheless, it was a fun experience. They have rides as well and the gift shop has excellent products.

The covid precautions are amazing, one way around, and staff around to make sure everyone is following the directions.Went to see the Corpse Flower and my goodness it was beautiful. Just super cool.The zoo is solid, friendly staff and some beautiful Flamingos!!!!

The Nashville Zoo is such a beautiful place to go & spend your time with your friends or family. My neighbor & I went. We got there when they opened & left @ 1 p.m. We had such wonderful time that we will definitely be going back soon!!!

This place was awesome. We went after 1pm to take advantage of a deal. $30 for three people. The place was not very crowded, which was nice. We got to see all the animals we wanted to except for the red panda, but he was in for the night. We understand. Id definitely recommend this place if youre in the area.

Visited the zoo on a sunny Sunday noon, it was a bit crowded. Ticket window had a long queue, we bought the tickets online which saved some time. Zoo management has taken lot of measures to take care of social distancing and sanitizing. Zoo is really beautiful. We get to pet kangaroos. We watched most of the animals from close distance including Rhino and tiger. My son liked it a lot. We spent 3 hours there. Will definitely visit again :)

I went to the zoo today with a group of 10 (7kids & 3adults). I was very happy with the way they had barriers up to have people coming or going a certain way. Also everyone waa wearing a mask & they had hand sanitation stations everywhere. It also wasnt packed like it usually is. We had a great time!

Went to Boo at the Zoo on a Friday and my kids loved it. The Zoo looked awesome with some giant, brightly colored and lit up decorations that brought scenes to life. They had trick or treat stations set up all over the Zoo. Not to mention all the animals. My boys loved the tiger and bear! We will definitely go again next year and highly recommend this to others!

The last time we was there they were putting in new animals. That was in 2015. Today we wasnt let down. Even the tiger incloser was much better. We enjoyed ourselves. Thank you.

The ambassador animal show and the guinea pigs were the highlights of my visit! Every employee I worked with was extremely friendly and helpful. My only suggestion would be to space out the entrance area or limit the number of folks checking in at once. Other than the bottle neck at the entrance, the pandemic procedures are great!

Nashville Zoo is very nice... They have alot of Zoo exhibits and animals to see. The Zoo is relaxing beautiful landscape... I Loved seeing all the different animals. Takes awhile to walk through I loved the way the Zoo is laid out. It was a great experience! Happy I dont live too far away! My husband and I enjoyed are visit for the first time at the Zoo September 16, 2020 on a Wednesday. Been going to Nashville through out the years we never made to the Zoo. This trip I had to go to Vanderbilt Clinic this week... It was a great trip and going to the Zoo made me happy.

A pretty nice zoo. I expected a few more animals, but it could be that we missed them. We didnt see any elephants or lions, but they had THE MOST GORGEOUS flamingoes I have ever seen in person in my life!!! They were so colorful! I have added a few pictures of them, but they dont do them justice. They also had an area with kangaroos where you could go in and pet them! There were even 7 Joeys there as well!It did seem like there was a lot of walking area between exhibits, where you just see trees or bamboo.

We took our little guy for his 3rd birthday! Such a great zoo even during a pandemic we had a blast! Masks are to be worn and social distancing is practiced on the busy exhibits which can cause a little bit of a wait but well worth it! We will be back again!

My wife and I just visited the Nashville Zoo during their reopening from quarantine and had a great time. I just realized I never left a review for this amazing place either, so I’m finally doing that here! We’ve been members of the zoo for years and have both been coming here even as kids. The growth we’ve seen in this place has been amazing to watch over the years as well. Whenever we visit it always brings back memories from fun times and there’s always something new to see no matter how many times you visit here. The animals seem to have the highest quality care they could ask for and the keepers are always eager to educate and speak about the animals in their care, too. We love coming here as often as we can and highly recommend you visit at least once whether you’re from out of town and just looking for something to spend your day doing or you’ve lived here for a while and just never got around to coming yet.

The zoo never gets old. Weve gone many times and its always fun. All you need is some comfortable shoes. The monkeys are the family favorite. The gift shop is nice. The drinks and snacks are on the high side, but its worth it for the experience.

It was great. Very clean and is set up in a one direction so no crossing paths with other guest. Make sure you check out the mens room at the entrance and the womens by the award-winning Andes Bear exhibit. Staff is helpful and friendly.

What a beautiful zoo! Love that wherever possible they have tried to pair the animals so they get some interaction.Right now it is open but you have to book your time slot in advance. Once inside there is no limit on how long you can stay barring the hours of operation of course.Kids will love all of it but of course the up close interaction with kangaroos would be top of the list.The animals were very active and its a lovely place to spend the day with family or friends.The zoo administration has done a great job trying to make the walkways and surroundings as natural as possible.It was a little bit more crowded than I would have liked and so for that reason I would recommend going on an off day instead of the weekend. That being said the zoo is struggling a bit right now and could use our support so donate or go visit but lets help this local gem.

Love seeing all the animals. The staff could be a little less flippant and please dont yell at the guests.

Great little zoo. Wonderful enclosures. Might be lacking in the traditional megafauna (no , , or ) but what they have is well thought out, clean, and educational.

10 Stars! Absolutely LOVED our day at the Nashville Zoo! From the carousel ride, to petting a kangaroo, to eating cotton candy, dip-n-dots and yummy food! Was a great experience for the whole family. So much fun, that my lil girl is already planning our next trip back.

This place is so lovely! Such a wonderful selection of animals. The setup is fantastic and well-spaced for everyones safety.Bonus points: the gift shop is the perfect place to find your Humblewood themed token for your D&D starter campaign. Andean Bear Bunch for life!

It is so wonderful to be able to take the family here during this pandemic. Clean park and impressive service would recommend to all families.

This is a beautiful, clean and well maintain zoo. It has very attractive enclosures and great landscapes. It has a rope bridge over a river which is a lot of fun. They have areas for petting animals, including a kangaroo petting zone. A kangaroo petting area is something I hadnt seen before. It is a great place to take the kids or for adults that want to go for a walk and enjoy nature.

Was ok. The one was was good and helped the traffic flow of people not be piled on top of each other. Hand-washing and sanitizing stations around the park but defeats the purpose if everyone is touching on the same pump for sanitizing and hand-washing. Didnt see any giraffes. Masks were required but staff didnt seem to enforce it, as there were several people walking around without them on. Overall was just ok!

Wait until after 1 pm for 50% off tickets! We bought our tickets for 3:30 entry and had no issues entering 15 minutes earlier than our scheduled time. Plenty of shade and nice weather made it a great afternoon for animal watching.Note that at this time there are no reptiles for now along with other displays. Still, at 50% off, you shouldnt miss this zoo.

All good but most of the animals were not out. Need to come early if you want to possibly see activity. The more interesting stuff was closed due to the China Flu. Think they need to drop the price a bit but doubt they will

My family and I had a great time. I appreciated that the employees would ask others to put their mask on when in enclosed places - I know that has to be a tough thing to do but I applaud them for doing it. Better safe than sorry! Cant wait to go back again.

It was a pretty good zoo! My family had a great time!

Nice well shaded zoo. Not as many animals as wed hoped. The pandemic probably had something to do with that.Kangaroo petting area was the highlight of the tour. Very neat.

Nice clean zoo... cant wait to go again and see what we didnt get a chance to this time around

Wonderful place to take the family for a day trip. We did not like how all the animals were not available to see. Understandably things happen, but when you pay $60+ just to walk through the gates it seems the animals the Nashville Zoo has would be available for showing. There were several animals that were sleeping or away according to the workers, at the time we were there. We even went back through to see if some animals were back or available the second time and again it was the same bigger animals that were not available. We have visited other zoos that had most if not all animals available that were advertised. The workers would interact with the animals to make them available. There was none of that at Nashville except for the kangaroo exhibit. We had a good time and it was neat and clean. Next time, we will probably try a different zoo.

Are you looking for a place to take your younglings? What about going out with a couple of buddies? How about enjoying a day out with family and such? Due to it being the cold winter months, some of the animals only come out if its sunny outside. Even then, its subjective at best. However, during the summer and more warmer months, youll be seeing more animals out and about.If you love to see animals of any kind, this is go to place. I recommend coming here.

One of the best zoos out there! Really feels like you are in the animals environment! Always make time for it when in town :)

So much fun seeing a variety of animal. Had a good time.

Very well maintained zoo.We came later afternoon after 1 (no children) and was able to see the entire zoo in a few hours.With covid accomodations definitely recommend buying tickets online for a time slot to start the visit. Saves time and ensures they wont be sold out. Experience has you walking the zoo in a one direction loop.Keep in mind (at least when we were there) many food stalls were closed, limited animals in each display (covid related?), and some places were closed altogether.Overall an enjoyable afternoon. Lots of staff at displays for safety purposes and to answer questions.Some of the animals seemed to get fed/enrichment around 3 so we got to see the red panda and a few other critters eating.*They were having boo at the zoo after 5pm so there were lots of fun decor/displays*

Outstanding Customer Service by Zoo Staff Member Leon! He helped us find a lost purse from the previous day by providing escort and wheel chair access to inquire at each vendor and shop.Zoo was a great experience apart from the mishap. Excellent Covid attention with marked one way trails, timed entry to reduce people pile up. Zoo staff friendly, relaxed animals in uncrowded natural enclosures.Recommend to others and will return.

We are so happy to be back at the zoo. I will admit a mask in 100 degree heat stinks but is a necessary evil. The kids didnt have too but this momma did. We had a blast though. I wish there was a way for them to have more misting stations like they used too.

Drove 3hrs and couldnt get in they even let us wait in line for about 45min. When we got to the window they said only people who have tickets in advance. Poor customer service. Worker who were standing around the entrance could have made everyone aware.

We have a membership here. It’s a quiet zoo, quite a few big gaps between animals though, they could fill that in with other things. I LOVE the one way design right now, they could keep that up all year and I’d be fine with it. The mask mandate will end and I’ll be very happy to go more often.A lot of things are closed, I seen one food station open in the entire park and it is towards the exit. No access to water and no vending machines for drinks until almost at the end. I would’ve expected to see some MAJOR progress with the jungle gym area for kids, but it looks the same each time we come. I’d also expect we get more extended time from our membership because of everything closed.Staff are friendly. The carrousel and zip line are fun. Not sure if we will renew next year or not. We have to see how the play area goes with getting finished and when other things open up.... Zoo doesn’t have as many animals as we thought when getting membership, the one tiger and bears are the most entertaining part of it.Moved here from Michigan and They should take some note from the Detroit zoo.....

Its a cute little zoo. Im from OKC, so it had quite a bit to live up to, but I enjoyed it very much. The habitats were well maintained and the animals were active on the cloudy day.

Its a great place. The only problem is if you go when its busy, you cant look at anything with out exposing yourself to who knows what, but thats the peoples fault, not the zoos.

Honestly during the summer is the only time to go that is fun. Ever since covid we got a membership and we go often and they never have any animals out its like u just go for the work out.

Having been to some of the biggest and best zoos in the country, I wasnt sure what to expect. This is hands down the most beautiful zoo I have ever seen. It is so clean and well maintained. There are not even words for how breath taking the landscaping and habitats are. It is a must see!!

These people ate always great. Did a great job spreading out the crowds. And keeping everyone safe. Everyone is super knowledgeable and nice as can be

It was okay, I have been to much larger Zoos around the USA. But my granddaughter really enjoyed it when she was here.

The Boo Zoo was a joke. A few scattered pumpkins does not make a Halloween event. Many of the decorations could have been for any childrens event. Though the walkways were impeccably clean and tidy, the insides of several enclosures were a disgrace. Cardboard boxes out in the open, scattered paper, non-native bushes and plants, broken wires. I do not think I have ever seen such large group of surly workers. No greeting at the ticket scanner. Attitude in the souvenir area. Snarles and eye-rolls from an ice cream vendor. Dont get an attitude with me that someone has a five-year old and would like a napkin. I cant help if you havent had any all day. Families were just wandering around wondering where to go without any Zoo workers for guidance all the way through the exhibit. It was like a traveling carnival event at the end of the season. Everything is a little shop-worn, it is all a little stale and the only thing the workers want is to get out of there. You know what would have been nice? Just someone saying thank-you for spending money with us. It was an embarrassment for the Nashville patrons and sponsors.

Beautiful place. My favorite section is the reptile area. The tiger and bear areas are also super well done. Love it. Visit several times a year, love the special seasonal events like Boo at the Zoo.

This zoo is BEAUTIFUL some of their bathrooms have exhibits in them. The exhibits are gorgeous. I went on a day where it was super cold so kinda sucked bc almost nothing was out but i loooved the old home stead. Also the red river hogs were the HIGHLIGHT of the zoo so cute and talkive little things. The kangaroo walk thru was awesome. I sat down and two came over and hung out with me for a bit.

Love the zoo. That being said many many people not wearing masks and you can forget about social distancing. If you don’t care about those things go have a blast otherwise I’d stay away until post COVID or they start enforcing mask rules.

Smart thinking about staggering times. Glad to see they cleaned Merry go round after each use!Tidy surroundings. Food stand great! It was enjoyable experience!

Had lots of fun as always, but miss seeing the elephants. Loved seeing rhinos, tiger, and kangaroos

We have been to zoos all of the country and this one was really one of the least impressive. Actually it was disappointing for us. We paid $50 during a pandemic and the most exciting animal we witnessed were the rhino. And we are very positive about, You get what you get, but I can not lie about this zoo being a very disappointing experience overall.

Wonderful experience, nice outdoor excursion during these covid times

This zoo is STUNNING! The exhibits are so well maintained and unique. We got there an hour before close during Covid just to go really quick and the staff let us in for free! Such amazing customer service and the zoo is so unique and well maintained. I definitely recommend a visit for locals and tourists!

Great, low key family fun with plenty of depth. Many animals I could sit and watch for hours, and also a great place to go for a nice walk just to see which animals are putting on a show. Definitely worth getting a membership, so you dont have to force it, no need to try to get your moneys worth from a single visit or try to see everything. Just head over and enjoy yourself for a while. We get the family membership with guests, so we take the kids friends or visiting family. And we always jump on the zipline ride for a little adrenaline; included free with the membership. Certainly worth just going once, but the nature of zoos is that exhibits change by the hour and you never know what animals are going to be showing off at any point in time. We love this zoo.

Animals in great clean places and the managed traffic flow very well for us to see most animals

Boo at the Zoo was a lot of fun with my 4 year old grandson. They had different candy areas set up for the kids to trick or treat at, I believe 10 in all. They had a merry go round, a zip line, a small hay maze, Gourdon, the talking pumpkin, a DJ with lights and music, some concessions, and hay, pumpkins and lighted areas for picture taking. A few adults with the zoo were walking around in costume. All of that was included in the price of admission except the concessions and the zip line. I wish we could have seen animals too but it was dark.

This is a gorgeous, really well designed zoo. We strongly recommend it if you have kids or care about the welfare of animals in captivity.Where we had trouble was with some of the narrative surrounding its history and how it was presented.Its no secret that the zoo moved to this location after a historic family sold it. You can see plaques all over one area talking about how slaves were needed, for the original farm to run. A few years ago, in 2014, many of the slaves graves had to be relocated. You would think this would be a good opportunity to show these people more respect, but instead they received regular stones as grave markers instead of any identifying or anything more presentable. Meanwhile, the masters still have an elaborate graveyard, filled with obelisks and nicely carved markers.Why not something to honour these nameless slaves who built and ran this farm? And why not a more suitable narrative surrounding them, the family that owned the land, and the farms history? It felt as though the narrative here was okay with and sympathized with these slave owners.We were glad that the historic home estate was the last part of the zoo we saw, because the rest was absolutely lovely and still very much recommended.

People are just ridiculous - this zoo has NEVER had only two animals out, and if anyone had so much as checked the website they’d have seen you are required to purchase tickets ahead of time. I’ve been coming to this zoo since I was in diapers and have yet to have a bad experience. They’ve added some amazing exhibits and have great shows for kids! Masks are required, which is a minor inconvenience, and you are still able to purchase food/drinks and gifts from the gift shop. We love the zoo!

Some exhibits are shut down cuz of covid

The place was clean and they had hand sanitizer stations everywhere. All staff were nice and wearing masks. Unfortunately the worse part was the public, you can’t fix stupid. Several individuals not wearing masks, some seemed not to know how to wear one at all. At times seemed impossible to keep a safe distance for other people.I would recommend going on a week day when there should be less people.

Sad to see so many of the animals by themselves and most were hiding from being seen. Everything was clean and run smoothly. Wishing brighter days ahead for them

The animals are usually easy to view and walking around in the enclosures. Even when it is crowded in the parking lot, the walking trails are spacious and easy to navigate. They are doing a great job cleaning and keeping guests safe. The new exhibits are a must see. The bear exhibit is a favorite and dont forget to visit the bath at this exhibit or you will miss the monkeys!

It was a very nice day light jacket nice. That was about it. The grandkids did not see the animals roaming around except for the rhinos which we had to view from a distance because the zoo had the walkway roped off. No Tigers, no Bears. Nothing. I can go on and on but Im sure Im limited to a certain amount of characters in this box. The only attraction that was popular was the damn zip line.... really! You go pay a bunch of money and you get on a damn zip line or ride a carousel or ride a want to be Dollywood train. If you want to go to a nice zoo hit the Cincinnati zoo. Your kids/grandkids will have a great time.

A great zoo! I adore rhinos, so that was my favorite exhibit. I was so happy to see that there were several rhinos. There are several things closed right now due to the pandemic, but there were lots of animals out to see!

Love it, went with family and we all had a blast.

Nice small zoo, decent assortment of animals, but definitely not a top tier, go out of your way type of zoo.Not many large mammals which is a bummer and the enclosures leave something to be desired.Right now w covid19, masks required for 13+ and one way walkways mean youre forced to walk basically the whole zoo. Difficult to decide to leave halfway if you have an overtired toddler.All of the stands were closed throughout when we went so if you missed the front for food or drinks and dont have dollar bills to get a vending machine item- out of luck.All water drinking fountains were turned off.

We went during a rainy, cold day. We didnt see another family until we made it 3/4 through the zoo. That was great not only because it seemed like a VIP experience for us, but you could go into the bathrooms that had animal exhibits in them. This was our favorite zoo we have been to.

Had a great visit last day of Boo at the Zoo. Everyone was so kind and happy... Missed the Giraffes.. Enjoyed all the Animals!

Boo at the Zoo was so much fun. Lots for the kids to do, just wish we could have seen some animals. Still a really great night.

It was nice, was a beautiful morning. Our tour was right at 9 when they opened, so it was still fairly cool out so the animals werent hiding out in their A/C. The vendors didnt open while we were there for the 2 hrs we walked around which was unfortunate, some ice cream would have been nice. All the staff were quite friendly and the park wasnt crowded, assuming because of covid 19.

Zoo was nice. It seems like we didnt get to see a ton of animals. The buildings were understandably closed. They had 1 way paths through the zoo. In terms of covid they made it feel safe. Its just a smaller zoo than I was anticipating.

We thoroughly enjoyed our time here. Even though it was close to 100°, it was shady on almost every pathway so it was not bad. The kiosks were open with cold drinks to buy. The price is good. There are things to do in addition to looking at and learning about the animals. It was a fun experience with our grandchildren. Will definitely go again.

I and my family enjoy the zoo so much we cant wait to go back again. The people that work at the zoo are really nice. Had a great time. Came home with some souvenir from the zoo.

One of the coolest things Ive ever seen. The light displays are hard to describe, you just have to see for yourself. Even the San Diego Zoo at home doesnt have anything this cool. The footprint for this attraction is small and there are no animals to see but it doesnt take away from the experience. The dragon is jaw dropping and makes you appreciate the time and dedication that went into putting this exhibit together. If you are on the fence about this, the pictures below should tilt you in the must go direction.

Has changed a lot since Covid 19. Statees MASKS REQUIRED when entering. But once you enter we saw numerous people including children over 2 there without masks including employees with their masks under their noses instead of covering their noses as Davidson County requires. Otherwise the zoo was good .

Took my family to the zoo, we had a great time. There is. Huge variety of animals here. We went in December and all the animals were out and about jumping around and having a good time. They seemed very happy and well cared for.

The Nashville Zoo is already amazing and while they are not the biggest zoo their exhibits are to notch.

It was beautiful there but a bit confusing with the one ways and what animals were available. But the gentleman in the kangaroo exhibit was amazing and answered everyones questions.

It was a lot of fun and I was surprised that most people were wearing masks (however there were a few people not wearing masks)

Always a great day!! The half price offer is perfect while they navigate the one-way paths and indoor exhibits being closed. It was a wonderful day!!

I always enjoy this zoo!! LOVE all the animals. They did a great job encouraging social distancing and limiting the number of people in the zoo at one time. Remember to purchase tickets online since they only let you in at certain times.

Our family loved it, we have been a few times. Sad that the indoor exhibit was closed due to covid and the bird house as well as the jungle gym. Safety is a priority though so we understand. We try and visit once a year and will be back.

My kids really loved getting out and going to the zoo after being cooped up for so long

The zoo was not what I expected at all. I would say it’s a great place for kids, since many seemed to have a great time here. For adults, it’s really just a ton of walking. I expected a lot more animals for the amount of land occupied by the zoo. The tickets themselves and gift shop is on the pricey side. Also be prepared to pay for parking.

Such kind staff. Beautiful grounds and of course amazing animals. Wednesday is free carousel rides which is a great deal if you have little ones!

Busy but we still had fun good family trip

Went and visited the zoo today and have to share there are a few new things going on. I purchased my tickets online ahead of time which you must do before you go. Be prepared! They ask that you wear a mask while you are there. If you arrive and dont have one they sell them at the entrance. Kids are$8 and I think adults are double. The maps are now ready for you to download and paths are one way. The employees are cleaning after those that ride the eagle ride. Some exhibits are closed but they dont take away from the great time youll have

Awesome experience. A wide variety of animals. A few things are closed down due to Covid and the stages of re-opening places. Nice employees and decent customer service.

We decided to meet Winsol this year on a visit to the zoo and let me tell you he was more amazing than any of us could have anticipated. Casey and his other handler were very personable and accommodating to our onslaught of random questions. We got to see him somersault, and snort and dig up his mat and munch, munch, munch. It was awesome. He is such a little ham (well a rather large ham). The zoo never disappoints and Winsol is a legend.

Took my daughter here and she loved it. Not as expansive as the Louisville Zoo, but seems to have a nice atmosphere. Wish COVID was less of a thing when we went, but it is what it is. Will definitely return!

Loved the Nashville zoo. Will be coming back soon. The exhibition were well thought out. Wish i could of seen it before all this covid-19 hit.

The backstage tour was great! Josh did an amazing job. We loved our trip

This place is fantastic and very family friendly. A LOT of parking and lots of cool exhibits! Also it has a lot of shaded paths so even on hot days it is not too bad.