Zoo · Austin, Texas
🦒 Austin Zoo
Hill Country rescue zoo — big cats, bears, tortoises, free-roaming peacocks; not a megafauna safari.
- Timehalf day
- Settingheat
- TicketsRescue zoo (not AZA megafauna). Expect lions, tigers, bears, wolves, tortoises, hoofstock feed — no elephants/giraffes/hippos.
- Get thereSouthwest Austin; car.
Local shortlist · confirm on arrival · 2026-08
No printer? Open the sheet on your phone, or print later. Classic · Bonus · Alpha (extra-hard cool finds).
Short on time? Start here
Do these 3 in order if you can — enough for a short visit. Tap a stop for talk tips & photos. Create and print your mission is above.
More if you have energy
More stops if you have the energy.
- 🐆 Cheetah — Cheetah chats on the rescue schedule — often still.
- 🐻 Black bear — Rescue black bears — keeper chats / feedings listed.
- 🐺 Wolf — Wolf feedings on the daily schedule.
- 🐊 Alligator — Alligator feeding times on the schedule.
- 🐒 Ring-tailed lemur — Lemur hop energy; lemur feedings listed.
- 🐹 Capybara — Largest rodent — private encounters offered.
- 🦓 Zebra — Zebra/ostrich chats on the schedule.
- 🪿 Ostrich — Big flightless bird with zebra yard energy.
- 🦚 Peacock — Free-roaming peafowl — look underfoot and on roofs.
- 🐐 Hoofstock feed yard — Sheep, deer, goats, llamas, alpacas — feed area.
What the sheet may include
Print from the button at the top of this page. No app at the venue.
Example finds
- Find an animal taller than a grown-up
- Spot stripes or spots
- Watch something swim or splash
- Find a long neck, trunk, or horns
- Hear a loud sound (or a quiet one)
- Point to where an animal might sleep
- Find a bird with bright feathers
- Pick your favorite — draw it later
Also look for
Flexible backups if a favorite is closed, crowded, or napping — no fixed path.
- Something taller than you Point up — buildings, necks, trees, rockets…
Official site: Austin Zoo website. Always check hours and tickets before you go.