NC Zoo Brochure - Heart of North Carolina

WILD YEARS
1974–2014
ASHEBORO
Visit nczoo.org to plan your visit!
Lace up your most comfortable shoes and explore
the world’s largest natural habitat zoo with more
than 1600 animals throughout 500 wooded acres.
Come eye-to-antenna
with 13 giant animatronic
bugs, then encounter the
live critters in our new bug dome.
Learn more about these unusual creatures
that make up 96% of animal life on earth.
TRACK US
Asheboro
Greensboro
Raleigh
Charlotte
800.488.0444
336.879.7000
NC Zoo
Fayetteville
Gather your friends and family
and make a beeline to the Zoo
for an EPIC adventure!
Wilmington
4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27205
HOURS Open all year except Christmas Day
April–OctoberNovember–March
9a.m.–5p.m.9a.m.–4p.m.
From the wilds of Africa to the
shores of the icy Arctic, there are
plenty of discoveries for all ages!
ADMISSIONS
Explore nature’s playground in our newly
renovated space, crafted especially for
kids! Climb to the sky in a canopy walk,
order up some fun at the ever-popular
Mud Café, and search
for water creatures
in the kidzone
stream.
Choose the Fun Package (best value)
or the Day Pass.
FUN PACKAGE
Available April-October
$18$16$14
Includes:
• General Admission to Park
—plus—
• 3 FUN TICKETS for use
at Bugs Exhibit, Rio 4-D
Theatre or Carousel
DAY PASS
$12 $10$8
Sales end one hour prior to closing Includes:
• General Admission to Park
Rates subject to change without notice
Memberships to the NC Zoo Society can be purchased at Park
gift stores, or through the Society: 336.879.7250 or nczoo.com.
The Park offers stroller, wheelchair and electric mobility chair
rentals on a first-come, first-served basis.
The NC Zoo is a non-smoking facility.
The NC Zoo is an agency of the NC Dept of Environment & Natural Resources, Pat McCrory, Governor.
250,000 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $11,165.00 or .04¢ each.
Rev. Feb. 2014.
World’s largest
natural habitat zoo
2014 Visitor Guide
Prairie
bison, elk
Come for a full day of outdoor fun at the world’s largest natural habitat zoo!
Black
Bears
Garden
Friends
Playground
cougars, alligators,
waterfowl, amphibians
Streamside
otters, snakes,
fish, bobcat
Red Wolves
Hot Dog Diner
Rhinoceroses
trop ical birds and
plants, poison dar t frogs
Gorillas
Junction Plaza
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N. America
Parking
Lockers
North America
Plaza
Picnic
Areas
Picnic Area
Solar Pointe
Know before you go!
Find feeding
more schedules are posted
• Animal
atpark
Zooinfo
website,
andentrances and exhibits.
trip tips:
•helpful
Free parking
at both entrances.
nczoo.org
• Free transportation throughout Park.
• Picnic areas open all year. Sorry, no grilling.
Rangers/
Lost & Found
The center of the Park
ATM
Cash
Points
Open Daily April-October:
Lemur
Island
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Zebras,
Ostriches,
Giraffes
Chimpanzees
Lions
Carousel
Entrance & Exit (Entrada/Salida)
ATM
Bus
Parking
Honey Bee
Garden
Elephants
Open Daily; April-October
10am-2pm; $2 per person
polar bear, harbor
seals, sea birds
Marsh
Watani Grasslands
Reserve
Baboons
roadrunners, ocelots,
reptiles, bats, cacti
Rocky Coast
Plan on two to three hours
to tour Africa region.
Forest Aviary
Sonora Desert
Education
Center
to Africa
trop ical
plants
Open Daily April-October
$5 per person or
included in FUN Package
Prairie
Outpost
kidzone
Shuttle
Pavilion
Grizzly
Bears
Plan on two to three hours to
tour North America region.
Cypress Swamp
Antelope,
Ostriches
African
Theatre
Red
River
Hogs
Akiba Market
Africa Entrance & Exit*
Entrada/Salida
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Corporat
Hippo
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Rangers/
Lost & Found
Africa Entrance & Parking Lot
*Open April-October
Africa Parking*
Shuttle
to North
America
Bus
Parking*