Dallas Zoo Full Tour and Monorail Tour - Dallas, Texas
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Dallas Zoo is a 106-acre (43 ha) zoo located 3 miles (5 km) south of downtown Dallas, Texas, in Marsalis Park. Established in 1888, it is the oldest and largest zoological park in Texas and is managed by the non-profit Dallas Zoological Society. It is home to over 2,000 animals representing 406 species. It is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), and is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).
Since 2009, when the Dallas City Council voted unanimously to turn the zoo over to private management under the DZS, attendance and community support for the zoo has surged. In 2015, the zoo achieved an all-time annual attendance record of 1,000,000+ visitors. The Dallas Zoological Society is supported by over 25,510 membership households and growing. The DZS manages all fundraising, membership, special events, food services, retail operation, volunteer programs, marketing, and public relations for the zoo under management contract with the City of Dallas.
The zoo is divided into two major regions: ZooNorth and Wilds of Africa. ZooNorth is the original and oldest section of the zoo. The Wilds of Africa region was constructed seventy-eight years after ZooNorth and is accessed from ZooNorth via a tunnel beneath Clarendon Drive. It includes Giants of the Savanna, which was opened in 2010. Visitors can download the Dallas Zoo iPhone app to assist them in navigating the zoo. The zoo app is free and provides information about hours, admission, parking, directions, animals, membership, educational programs, and special events, as well as maps. The zoo is the first in the United States to offer visitors such an app in both English and Spanish.
Wilds of Africa Adventure Safari Monorail Tour:
The Wilds of Africa Adventure Safari is a 20-minute, one-mile, narrated monorail ride, which travels around the watering hole (hippopotamus) rain forest (okapi), mountain (Nubian ibex), woodlands (Grévy's zebra), river (waterbuck, greate white pallicans, Goliath herons, blue cranes), arid desert (scimitar-horned oryx, addra gazelle), semi-arid desert (addax, gemsbok, ostrich) and bush (gerenuk, red-crowned cranes, greater kudu, Thomson's gazelle, marabou storks) exhibits. The monorail features aerial views of the Simmons Hippo Outpost, Chimpanzee Forest, Nile crocodile, and Penguin Cove exhibits, which are also accessible via the Nature Trail. The monorail originally opened in 1990 but after two decades of use and over a million passengers, the attraction began to show its age with aging infrastructure and several electrical outages that left passengers stranded on the tour. The final incident in August 2014 prompted zoo officials to shut down the attraction for evaluation. Following the evaluation the DZS decided a $3 million renovation was in order. On March 25, 2016, the Monorail Safari reopened as the Wilds of Africa Adventure Safari featuring a new sound system, an upgraded station, air-conditioning, upgraded mechanical and electrical components and new graphics on the individual cars. Additionally, a diesel powered tug is now on standby to nudge the trains back to the station in the event of a power failure.
I had a great time last month of July 15. And the good news I want Dallas Zoo for the first time.
Very Nice, that's a fun zoo
@@TomsRoadTrippin Yes indeed pal.
@@austinjolley8623Have you ever been to the Austin Zoo Caldwell Zoo Cameron Park Zoo El Paso Zoo Ellen Trout Zoo Fort Worth Zoo Gladys Porter Zoo Houston Zoo or San Antonio Zoo before
Awesome video! Great work 👍
Thank You, I'm happy you enjoyed the vid.
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I am going here tomorrow! So excited!!
Very nice zoo, I hope you have a great time.
Beyond Walt Disney Planet I just got back! It was so much fun, and my favorite part was the Elephants!🐘
@@yepitsjustme2067Have you ever been to the Austin Zoo Caldwell Zoo Cameron Park Zoo El Paso Zoo Ellen Trout Zoo Fort Worth Zoo Gladys Porter Zoo Houston Zoo or San Antonio Zoo before
Those koalas 🐨 are chilling.
I always enjoy watching the Koalas
Did you hear the Dallas Zoo recently added toucans sloths maned wolves leopards alpacas and klipspringers to their collection
Very nice, those are some great additions
Did u know that they got rid of their Mandrills and sent them to the Phoenix Zoo
Must of been a goos reason
Did you hear that they got rid of their last Giant Anteater
Geeze that zoo is gonna be overwhelming by ants now
Have you been to the Houston Zoo? I recommend it to anyone visiting the fourth largest city in the United States.
I have not as of yet but would like to go some day.
Actually its not the fourth largest zoo
Did u know that they got rid of their Australia exhibit
I wasn't aware of that, must be expanding another area.
@@TomsRoadTrippinactually no they aren't it's permanently closed
@@TreySarver-p5x perhaps it wasn't popular enough or the animals moved to other facilities for various reasons
Do bronx zoo in New York
I plan to next year's road trip