During our road trip to Alberta we stopped off to visit some family in Calgary and had a chance to visit the Calgary Zoo. Since childhood, I’ve been a few times to the zoo and each and every time I’ve had an amazing experience. Trish from the Zoo kindly gave us some tickets to come and review the zoo.
Unfortunately at the end of June the city of Calgary, along with many Southern towns, suffered a devastating flood that destroyed many homes, towns and even parts of the zoo (requiring the zoo to relocate some animals). Fortunately for us, about 1/3 of the zoo was still open and we had a chance to explore the new Penguin exhibit, the Great Canadian North and the Dinosaurs.
From the moment you walk into the zoo, you are greeted by friendly and helpful staff. The entrance is beautifully decorated with different animal sculptures and have these amazing colourful lights in the walkway (one of my son’s favourites).
Our first stop was the Penguin Plunge. It’s one of the zoo’s newest exhibits featuring an indoor area that mimics Antarctica, complete with icy water and below zero temperatures. The Penguin exhibits also includes an outdoor area for those Penguins who don’t live in the subzero temperatures of Antarctica. Take a look:
Through out our visit the staff was extremely friendly and helpful in answering our questions.
The next area we visited was the Prehistoric Park where they have life size Dinosaurs. Our first stop was an archeological dig for Dinosaur bones. My son had a blast digging through the sand for bones. I say we may have a future Archeologist on our hands :)!!!
Through out this area, they had interesting kiosks including one where they had fossilized Dinosaur poop.
Another kiosk had an oven mitt the actual size of T-Rex’s arm.
Take a look at all the cool Dinosaurs they had. It was like walking right into the Badlands of Alberta.
The last exhibit that was open was the Canadian Wilds. We had a chance to see a Grizzly Bear, Moose, Owls and many, many different other animals that call Northern Canada home.
We ended this amazing Zoo experience with a little game of Connect 4.
A big Thank You to the Calgary Zoo and Trish for being such amazing hosts and for giving me and my family such an amazing experience. If you live in the Calgary area, the zoo is open so please make your way down and support them. If you don’t live in Calgary but are planning a trip to Alberta, the Calgary Zoo is a definite must see.
Although this is a sponsored post, all opinions are my own.
May this blog inspire you to check out your local zoo.
Happy Friday and Long Weekend Everyone!!!!!!!
and I’m kind of sad actually. I love wearing my Summer things, especially since our Summer is so short here. Anyways I had to take out my Fall pants yesterday, but I don’t mind too much because they are super comfortable. I wore these fabulous burgundy jeggings (yes burgundy is back for Fall), my Tory Burch flats, a white tee and my J Crew Beaded Rose necklace. I can’t say enough great things about these fabulous jeggings (I also have them in grey) from RW & Co. They are super comfortable (very stretchy) and will be perfect to carry me through until next Spring.
