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Zoo · Dallas, Texas

🦁 Dallas Zoo

Giraffe Ridge feeding plus Penguin Cove and a hippo window.

  • Timehalf day
  • TicketsBuy tickets online; weekends can sell out.
  • Get thereDART Red Line — Dallas Zoo station.

✓ Verified with venue website · 2026-08

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No printer? Open the sheet on your phone, or print later. Classic · Bonus · Alpha (extra-hard cool finds).

Zoo map Visitor map Official site · Dallas Zoo · tap to enlarge Open PDF on official site ↗

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.

  • 🐧 African penguin — Penguin Cove — waddle, then zoom in the water.
  • 🦛 Nile hippo — Simmons Hippo Outpost — watch the underwater window.
  • 🦩 Caribbean flamingo — ZooNorth pink flock — long legs in the shallows.
  • 🐆 Cheetah — Savanna sprinter — spots, not stripes.
  • 🐢 Galápagos tortoise — ZooNorth giant — slow steps, huge shell.
  • 🐯 Sumatran tiger — Endangered Tiger Habitat — orange stripes in the trees.
  • 🦍 Western lowland gorilla — Strong gentle ape in family groups.
  • 🦓 Zebra — Striped grassland runner — every pattern is unique.
  • 🎠 Children's Zoo — Play yard after the savanna — goats and a breather.

What the sheet may include

Print from the button at the top of this page. No app at the venue.

Example finds
  1. Find the Giraffe Ridge feeding platform
  2. Watch a penguin zoom underwater in Penguin Cove
  3. Look through the hippo window
  4. Count pink flamingos at ZooNorth
  5. Spot cheetah tear marks — not a lion mane
  6. Point to a tortoise as big as a boulder
  7. Hear a lion or a quiet savanna
  8. Pick your favorite Dallas Zoo stop — draw it later

Official site: Dallas Zoo website. Always check hours and tickets before you go.