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Join us for this program specifically designed for young minds! Enjoy an early morning learning walk through the Zoo focused on different animals each week, followed by time in the Snow Leopard Cub House presented by PNC. This event includes animal information, free play, and other age-appropriate activities.
Experience Wild Lights: Around the World – with NEW lanterns at the Louisville Zoo! Our popular lantern festival is back in a WHOLE NEW WAY! Experience unique locations from around the world as you stroll through the Zoo under the light of enormous, handcrafted, silk-covered lanterns. Don’t miss the thrilling sights of the region’s largest lantern festival with thousands of lanterns aglow with more than 50,000 LED light bulbs.
Get your garden ready with high-quality ZooPoopyDoo compost. Scoop Guidelines: 17.8 cubic feet per scoop, small pick-up truck (Ford Ranger): 1 – 2 scoops, Full-size pick-up (Ford F-150): 2 – 4 scoops, Trailer: depends on size (4×8 is typically 1 scoop; 6×12 is typically 2 scoops)
Louisville Zoo
1100 Trevilian Way, Louisville, KY, United States
Each weekend in April, the Zoo will host a different conservation organization to offer ways for guests to help our environment! Organizations and programs that help the air, water, land, and, of course, animals will be featured each of these … Find Out More
Experience Wild Lights: Around the World – with NEW lanterns at the Louisville Zoo! Our popular lantern festival is back in a WHOLE NEW WAY! Experience unique locations from around the world as you stroll through the Zoo under the light of enormous, handcrafted, silk-covered lanterns. Don’t miss the thrilling sights of the region’s largest lantern festival with thousands of lanterns aglow with more than 50,000 LED light bulbs.
Experience Wild Lights: Around the World – with NEW lanterns at the Louisville Zoo! Our popular lantern festival is back in a WHOLE NEW WAY! Experience unique locations from around the world as you stroll through the Zoo under the light of enormous, handcrafted, silk-covered lanterns. Don’t miss the thrilling sights of the region’s largest lantern festival with thousands of lanterns aglow with more than 50,000 LED light bulbs.
Make your Monday a fun day! Enjoy $7.25 admission, powered by LG&E and KU Foundation. Twenty-five cents from every ticket sold supports species survival activities through the Zoo’s conservation work with regional, national and global partners such as Monarch Watch, … Find Out More
It’s International Flamingo Day!
What better way to observe this day than by celebrating the recent arrival of the newest members of the Louisville Zoo family — 49 stunning Chilean flamingos! With this addition, the Zoo now boasts a “flamboyance” (that’s a group of flamingos) of 87 birds. That’s the largest flamboyance of Chilean flamingos in North America!
Experience Wild Lights: Around the World – with NEW lanterns at the Louisville Zoo! Our popular lantern festival is back in a WHOLE NEW WAY! Experience unique locations from around the world as you stroll through the Zoo under the light of enormous, handcrafted, silk-covered lanterns. Don’t miss the thrilling sights of the region’s largest lantern festival with thousands of lanterns aglow with more than 50,000 LED light bulbs.
Join us for this program specifically designed for young minds! Enjoy an early morning learning walk through the Zoo focused on different animals each week, followed by time in the Snow Leopard Cub House presented by PNC. This event includes animal information, free play, and other age-appropriate activities.
Experience Wild Lights: Around the World – with NEW lanterns at the Louisville Zoo! Our popular lantern festival is back in a WHOLE NEW WAY! Experience unique locations from around the world as you stroll through the Zoo under the light of enormous, handcrafted, silk-covered lanterns. Don’t miss the thrilling sights of the region’s largest lantern festival with thousands of lanterns aglow with more than 50,000 LED light bulbs.
Get your garden ready with high-quality ZooPoopyDoo compost. Scoop Guidelines: 17.8 cubic feet per scoop, small pick-up truck (Ford Ranger): 1 – 2 scoops, Full-size pick-up (Ford F-150): 2 – 4 scoops, Trailer: depends on size (4×8 is typically 1 scoop; 6×12 is typically 2 scoops)