Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Summer Camps

I can't believe I've never been here. This zoo feels so spacious and well designed with sections of diverse landscape and sprawling layout on the side of the mountain. I'd easily spend 5 hours here with the family and feel like I'm out in the wild with animals roaming the common areas. Super interactive with a lot of volunteers that can help with fun facts and background on the animal's history. What a lovely place and definitely worth the extra drive from Denver.

This Zoo was not impressive to me. I have seen Zoos all over the world, and these enclosures were small, and the animals we saw did not seem very active. There were also a lot of hills and walking, but not much space on a busy day, as the paths felt pretty narrow compared to other Zoos. I do acknowledge they are on a mountainside, and this may be why. Also, they have only 40 acres, which is small, and for the price, not a lot to see. I don't want to pay for "views of the city," and every animal activity costs an extra $39. The hippo's water was unnaturally green. There may be a reason, but it didn't look clean. The giraffe feeding was fun, but one poor momma was isolated, just licking branches as if she were trying to find leaves to eat, as she would in the wild, but they were just bare branches, and it was a little heartbreaking. The budgie feeding was awful, and the birds seemed overwhelmed. There was no management on how many people could be in the area at once. The sky coaster is in complete disrepair, with the seats of almost all of them torn. The staff was helpful and friendly in all other areas, which is the only real positive I can say.

I would like to rate this higher but perhaps I visited at a bad time. For one, construction was going on near the entrance and I think they may have been relocating the giraffe/elephant exhibit? I couldn’t locate it during my visit and the zoo isn’t that big. It should have been easy to find all the animal exhibits with a map or better signage. I was disappointed because I really wanted to feed the giraffes during my visit but was too worn out at the end to ask an employee and then backtrack. To make the best of it I kept a positive attitude as I had nice weather. I arrived in the morning but many animals couldn’t be seen in their exhibit. I also heard others comment on this. I thought mornings were the best time for viewing? Fortunately I did get to see an orangutan behind glass but it looked awfully sad. Same for the pacing hippo. Enclosures in that area were not happy ones. On the positive side, the zoo location is stunning with the mountain backdrop. I hope if I’m ever in town again my experience will be better.

I have been going to this zoo almosty entire life. It's great! I have so many memories here, and more recent photos as well. They have been doing a lot to expand lately which is great. Also, the events and decorations during certain times of year are awesome and very enjoyable. I have visited many times during the electric safari and I highly recommend it! There are certain kinds of passes, memberships, and tickets. I have never been responsible for buying tickets for a group before but I do know I have some kind of membership that has to be refreshed yearly, I think? Anyway, great zoo, highly recommend. P.S. only REAL OG's remember the pre-penguin era 😎

It was an excellent adventure! I went with family who were from out of town. They thoroughly enjoyed it. From the far reaches of Australia, to the remote parts of Africa and India, you will see exotic animals and various species that everyone will love. This includes the American Alligator and the Mountain Lions! They are beautiful and known as the cougar or puma. The cougars are by far are my absolute favorite animals. They are so majestic. They, as well as the wolf, and many others, need more space. This is the one thing I find a little bit sad, but the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo takes time to care for and maintain the world’s most amazing animals for us to see. The zoo has an American bald eagle who will never fly again. Seeing the nation's treasured bird being taken care of because it will never survive on its own, made my heart sore with pride and love the fact we as a nation will celebrate our 250th birthday this coming July 4th! Amazing!