Nashville Zoo has grown in leaps and bounds over the years. I visited once (2010), but since then the facility has added Flamingo Lagoon (late 2010), the Wilderness Express miniature train (2011), Kangaroo Kickabout (2013), Cassowarries (2014), a brand-new Entry Village and zip line (2016), Spider Monkey: Treetop Passage (2017), Expedition Peru: Trek of the Andean Bear (2018) and Tiger Crossroads and a Veterinary Center (2019). Wow!
Even with all the additions, the zoo's website states that "we recommend setting aside between 2 and 3 hours for your visit". With young children, I think that the Jungle Gym playground alone is a 2-3 hour visit!
However, for a zoo nerd, the zoo is still only a half-day establishment and so obviously it is hugely exciting that a 40-acre African Safari section will be added over the next decade. On a side note, I know that when @Tim Brown was there 5 years ago, the zoo had numerous Giant Anteaters, Okapis and Banded Palm Civets all behind the scenes. It would be neat to see those species incorporated into on-show exhibits in the future.
Too late to edit but this is obviously supposed to say civet.
