Denver Zoo Planning a Trip to Denver

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I will be in Denver next week for an unrelated event and we happened to book our stay fairly close to the Denver Zoo, so I have convinced a friend of mine at the same event that it would be worth our time to go there. I am pretty excited; besides a glance through the website this is a fairly blind trip to a new zoo for me.

Elephant Passage and the Primate House are the two big priorities, with aye-ayes one of the main unique species I'd like to see -- also hoping to see bighorn and cape buffalo. My friend is interested in elephants and big cats as he has not been to a zoo in much much longer than me. I'm coming from Chicago so any species not present in LPZ or BZ's collections are a plus!

I'm looking for any advice about the facility and what exhibits may be best to check out, or tips on when to be by certain species? Thanks in advance.
 
JVM said:
I will be in Denver next week for an unrelated event and we happened to book our stay fairly close to the Denver Zoo, so I have convinced a friend of mine at the same event that it would be worth our time to go there. I am pretty excited; besides a glance through the website this is a fairly blind trip to a new zoo for me.

Elephant Passage and the Primate House are the two big priorities, with aye-ayes one of the main unique species I'd like to see -- also hoping to see bighorn and cape buffalo. My friend is interested in elephants and big cats as he has not been to a zoo in much much longer than me. I'm coming from Chicago so any species not present in LPZ or BZ's collections are a plus!

I'm looking for any advice about the facility and what exhibits may be best to check out, or tips on when to be by certain species? Thanks in advance.
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Indian Rhinoceros and Nile Hippopotamus are both must-see animals, and there aren't any at both Lincoln Park Zoo and Brookfield Zoo. The 3 Indian Rhinos are in Toyota Elephant Passage, while the Nile Hippo can be found in the Pachyderm Habitat.
 
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Try to fit in the aquarium, too! It's open much later than zoo. It's bigger than you'd expect. I visited during a few hours between flights. There was no way to make the zoo work, but the aquarium's later hours worked in my favor.
 
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Indian Rhinoceros and Nile Hippopotamus are both must-see animals, and there aren't any at both Lincoln Park Zoo and Brookfield Zoo. The 3 Indian Rhinos are in Toyota Elephant Passage, while the Nile Hippo can be found in the Pachyderm Habitat.
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Part of my excitement for Elephant Passage is also the Indian Rhinos and Malayan Tapirs -- very excited to see all three pachyderms.Definitely hoping to stop by the hippos as well.

@TinoPup Thank you for the tip! I'll keep that in mind if there's extra time Friday. I know nothing of the Denver Aquarium I must admit.
 
I really hope you like the Denver Zoo! There is a baby Golden Lion Tamarin in the same building as the aye aye’s and a baby otter in a reddish- orange building near the elephants.
 
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