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Riverbanks Park and Zoo

500 Wildlife Pkwy, Columbia SC 29210

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+1 803 771 8722, 001-803-779-871

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www.riverbanks.org

Riverbanks Zoo & Garden is home to more than 2,000 magnificent and fascinating animals and one of the nation's most beautiful and inspiring botanical gardens. The lush 170-acre site features dynamic natural habitat exhibits, scenic ... more on Columbiacvb.com

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The zoo is always well-kept and very clean. more on Judysbook.com

As an animal lover by nature, I enjoy watching wildlife eat and sleep (and the other boring stuff). more on Epinions.com

It was worth money and time they even have a garden. more on Yahoo! Travel

The exhibits are varied and interested. more on igougo

The elephant exhibit is a great deal larger than the older one. more on Epinions.com

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The zoo is a fun sized zoo, lots of animals and animal noises, the lights during Christmas are just stunning. They really keep ... more on TripAdvisor

The exhibits are interesting; there are interactive places where you can feed, touch and get "up close and personal" with the animals which is great for the kids and the adults. The zoo staff is frien ... more on TripAdvisor

There are plenty of animals and a wide variety. Tons of things to do for children, including a playground and carousel. The botanical gardens are just across the river and included in the cost. There ... more on TripAdvisor

My family and I have been to this zoo several times and we love it. A response to people comparing Riverbanks to San Diego Zoo and other world famous zoos, of course it's not as spectacular as those. ... more on TripAdvisor

We are fortunate to have a top notch zoo like Riverbanks so close. You can spend the entire day and never run out of things to do and ... more on TripAdvisor

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I am a big zoo fan and my daughters love animals so whenever we travel we visit the local zoos. We visited the Riverbanks Zoo for the first time 2 years ago when ... more on Epinions.com

I haven?t been to a zoo since I was about (pointing to her hips) yay tall, but I certainly didn?t find it exciting this time around. As an animal lover by nature, I ... more on Epinions.com

We live 90 miles from Columbia, in Charlotte, NC. We took the drive to Columbia (an easy shot down I-77) last October. The weather in Columbia is great in the early ... more on Epinions.com

My parents and I took my two boys to Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC this past summer. My boys, aged 18 months and 3 at the time, are both animal lovers and this would ... more on Epinions.com

When my family moved to SC in July 2006 we had 2-3 weeks where all we had to do was keep the kids occupied. We hopped on the internet and found that the Riverbanks ... more on Epinions.com