Austin Zoo - Austin Zoos and Aquarium

  • Address: 10807 Rawhide Trail, Austin, TX 78736-2716
  • Phone: 8002911490
  • Email:
  • Website:www.austinzoo.org
Average Rating
2.5
 28+ reviews
from 3 sources
Frommers
0.0
 1+ reviews
Yahoo! Travel
2.0
 20+ reviews
Epinions.com
4.0
 7+ reviews

Estimated Price: From $2

Austin Zoo
10807 Rawhide Trail
Austin, TX 78736-2716

Austin Zoo Details

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • Zoo in Austin featuring many animals. more on TripAdvisor
  • Enjoy a hill country setting in a family environment. This privately owned home originally started with a small selection of farm animals and has now grown into a wild animal sanctuary and zoo. See Bengal tigers, lemurs, a butterfly garden and more! The picnic areas are perfect for a birthday par... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • Hangin' around with our wild bunch is fun for the whole family. At Austin Zoo, both adults and kids can enjoy our Hill Country setting and experience a close-up visit with animals from around the world. Austin Zoo serves as a sanctuary for our animal ... more on Epinions.com
  • This small zoo, some 14 miles southwest of downtown, may not feature the state-of-the-jungle habitats of larger facilities, but it's easy to get up close and personal with the critters here. Most of the animal residents, who range from turkeys and potbellied pigs to marmosets and tigers, were mis... more on Frommers
  • The Austin Zoo is a rescue sanctuary and features walking trails leading by natural habitats that house lions, tigers, exotic ... more on Weather.com

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1.0
Awful

(December 06, 2007 00:00)

I took my son here about a month ago, because we had been to the San Antonio and Fort Worth zoos and he loved them. We live in Austin and so we decided to head down there. I was excited about the fact that all of the animals had been rescued, but upon arrival, saw that the places they were kept w... A Yahoo! User, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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1.0
Parents Beware... Not of the Animals, but of the owners

I was very disappointed in the owner's reaction to a child chasing lizards. She went ballistic rather than using the occasion as an opportunity for educating the child. Time and time again she came screaming at him, even though his parents and grandparents were working with him to prevent his hur... a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

5.0
You gotta see the Austin Zoo!

I am an Austin, Texas resident and have been for 21 years. It took me 5 years before I got up and headed out to the Austin zoo. I didn?t expect too much from a small zoo but I was in for a ... Mininut, a user of epinions.com. Read full review on Epinions.com

Frommer's | Frommer's Review

This small zoo, some 14 miles southwest of downtown, may not feature the state-of-the-jungle habitats of larger facilities, but it's easy to get up close and personal ... frommers.com, a user of frommers.com. Read full review on OpenList.com

Austin Zoo

This is a decent place to take your kids to see a few different types of animals. They have tigers, some ... a user of Trekaroo. Read full review on Trekaroo

Directions

Take Hwy. 290W to Circle Dr., turn right, go 1 1/2 miles to Rawhide Trail, and turn right

Hours

Daily 10am-6pm

Miscellaneous

  • Year Built: 1990

Other Web Resources

  • Read more about Austin Zoo on Yahoo! Travel
  • www.austinzoo.org
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