Top rated Zoos in Chico, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Zoos in Chico

Experience the best that Chico has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 16 places from Zoo category.

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California Trail at Oakland Zoo

Zoo

👍👍 In my opinion, the best part of the Oakland Zoo. It's a self-walking tour of the best of California's nature at the top of the hills. As soon as you ride the Gondolas to the top of the hills and get off, you are in the California Trails area, there is the majestic Bald Eagle sitting in the tall oak...

4.80 (924 reviews) (~221.35 km from centre)

Butterfly Habitat

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Amazing tropical butterflies flying all around you. Beautiful trees, and plants in the room really add to a breath taking experience. We love this attraction at Discovey kingdom!

4.80 (130 reviews) (~180.14 km from centre)

Penguin Island

Zoo

👍👍 Penguins are very close, easy to see for children. The feeding time is an additional bonus.

4.70 (741 reviews) (~229.3 km from centre)

B Bryan Preserve

Nature preserve

Cottages & carriage house with fireplaces, some with hot tubs, in an endangered animal sanctuary.

4.70 (285 reviews) (~183.39 km from centre)

Knowland Park Open Space

Zoo

👍👍 Open trails, amazing views, pleasant surprises around every turn

4.70 (204 reviews) (~220.7 km from centre)

Oakland Zoo

Zoo

Long-standing zoo features 850+ native & exotic animals, a wildlife theater & educational programs.

4.60 (12K reviews) (~221.76 km from centre)

CuriOdyssey

Science museum

Museum for kids focusing on environmental science & wildlife with indoor exhibits & an outdoor zoo.

4.60 (1.7K reviews) (~241.37 km from centre)

Insect Zoo

Zoo

👍 Very cool place to visit! Inside it's a bit creepy, a lot of tagging around and some odd stuff you'll find there! The place is abandoned not many people go there less at night, you'll should find someone walking around though.

4.60 (131 reviews) (~229.19 km from centre)

SeaQuest Folsom

Aquarium

Up-close encounters & feeding sessions in a zoo home to stingrays, capybaras & two-toed sloths.

4.50 (5.3K reviews) (~134.79 km from centre)

Sequoia Park Zoo

Zoo

Historic spot with pandas, primates, aviary & a petting area plus a shop & redwood forest education.

4.50 (2.7K reviews) (~227.87 km from centre)

Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary

Zoo

Quaint zoo with an educational bent providing sanctuary to varied animals, from monkeys to tigers.

4.50 (2K reviews) (~129.88 km from centre)

San Francisco Zoo

Zoo

Families come for the more than 2,000 animals, kids' zoo, steam train, carousel & special exhibits.

4.40 (12.5K reviews) (~229.28 km from centre)

Micke Grove Zoo

Zoo

Modest 5-acre animal preserve including monkeys & iguanas in a park featuring other kid attractions.

4.40 (2.8K reviews) (~189.83 km from centre)

Sequoia Park Zoo Cafe

Cafe

🫤 I got a hamburger with fries and we split an order of onion rings. The burger was so greasy that I finally took the meat out and patted it down with the paper napkin and then began to eat it by itself. I'm not sure I've ever had hamburger meat so tasteless. The onion rings too were too greasy. We ac...

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4.40 (187 reviews) (~227.87 km from centre)

Hearst Grizzly Gulch

Zoo

👍👍 This was our favorite exhibit. We were so close! My boys loved watching the grizzly swim and play with it's ball.

4.40 (71 reviews) (~229.21 km from centre)

Sacramento Zoo

Zoo

Longtime, 14-acre animal park housing native & endangered species, plus a giraffe encounter exhibit.

4.30 (7.3K reviews) (~135.33 km from centre)

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Top rated Zoos in Chico, United States