Sarasota Jungle Gardens

We are all settled with the move and baby is here so we are able to go through some of the old pics and get back to ZooZooReview. We have about 6 zoos to do that we visited this year before the year is out and will post about each zoo every couple of weeks.

Sarasota Jungle Gardens

Sarasota, FL

Website

Hours: 10 AM-5

Admission: $15.99

Date of Visit: 2/7/2015

Highlights:
A few weeks earlier our visit to the Gulf World Marine Park was the closest we had been to flamingos. However, at this park you can walk among the flamingos and even feed them. I enjoyed their Koi Pond as I love those fish. The American Crocodile was pretty cool and not expected at this place. I expected the alligators and the pets, but not the crocodile. The spider monkeys were also really neat.

Disappointments:
Not a lot of variety and the birds were mostly macaws. I enjoy macaws, but I thought there would be a wider variety of birds. There was a lot of empty space that was used for just plant life as well. They could do some really cool things with the extra space they have, but some of it was wasted space.

Additional Tips:
Do not buy lunch there. Pack a lunch and eat it as they will let you bring it in. We wasted money on lunch and I felt sick afterwards.
The shows are cool, but not a necessity.

Pictures

Sign

They May Have Had An Alligator or 2

And a Big Ol' Crocodile

This fake one bit my son

My son loved mommy time

And family time

Also this cow

This show was his favorite though

Until the Iguana

And of course the flamingos!

Final Rating

We gave this zoo 2.5 out of 5 Elephants
There were some really cool experiences and the zoo does great work. However, the zoo didn't really have too much of a wow factor. There was no super crazy animal or new animal. It was all stuff we had seen before. Since all of the animals were exotic pets there were no huge surprises. However, some of the stuff was really neat for what it was. It was cool for what it was. If you are comparing it to a major zoo though you will be disappointed. I do not plan on going back.

-Noland