NiabiZoo

I recently took my daughter to the Niabi Zoo in coal valley il because it's close to home. It cost 8.25 per adult plus 7.25 per child. They give you a token credit for their wildlife fund of four random animals such as butterflies snakes snow leopard and frog. Awesome so the 25 cents goes to one of these animals. That we don't even have at our zoo. On top of this its 4 dollars to feed the giraffe lettuce, two dollars for the train per person 2 dollars for the carousel per person riding and 4 dollars per horse ride when they have them available (about 6 weeks). So we had to purchase two adult tickets one child three train one giraffe feeding and one carousel ride. There are no animals when you walk into the zoo about a football field away you have monkeys (2) in small enclosure. Go to the right you have the petting zoo with a handful of animals you can feed but they are rarely hungry so waste of. 50 cents there. Out of the way past open exhibits is the duck pond that has been over run by Canadian geese. These things are vicious. 50 cents you get to fend off the geese and feed the ducks and fish in the pond that is so green you can not see anything. Continue back past the petting area and in the distance past an open enclosure you see giraffes. There are two, two died a year ago you don't want to know how it's tragic. Three zebras and two ostriches. Two lions 10 colobus monkeys two camels a new animal, red wolves that are never outside, an eagle, another huge exhibit that's open, four small cat cages mountain goats, a long walk to the carousel followed by a long walk past nothing toward the train and exit. Needless to say it was a lot of money for very few animals in very small cages. Not impressed at all