Welcome back to the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford, FL
CHEETAH
Look carefully you can see both cats.
Asian Lantern Festival: Into the Wild Tickets
This particular episode of my blog is dedicated to that return!!!!!!!!!!!!
2019- The Inaugural Asian Lantern Festival: Into the Wild, was held at the Central Florida Zoo. In partnership with Tianyu Arts & Culture, 35 hand crafted illuminated lantern elements transformed the Zoo and more than 38,000 guests took part in the event.
Asian Lantern Festival: Into the Wild
November 18, 2022 – January 15, 2023!
The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens will transform at night into the Asian Lantern Festival: Into the Wild!
Experience the Zoo like you’ve never seen it before! See over 30 different, hand-constructed illuminated lantern displays around the Zoo on a 3/4 mile path. Celebrate the art, beauty and wonder of traditional Asian lantern festivals. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
Guests of all ages can enjoy this unique event. Tickets must be purchased online. Limited tickets are available per night.
Select nights November 18, 2022 through January 15, 2023, 6-10 p.m.
Please note the main picture above is the entrance to the zoo with it’s decor for this Asian event
The little ghost —smaller picture above is left from Halloween which the staff where picking up on the day of my visit.
Flooding forces Central Florida Zoo to close
Central Florida Zoo still closed due to Hurricane Ian flooding; here’s how you can help
CENTRAL FLORIDA ZOO & BOTANICAL GARDENS TO REOPEN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26
And the pictures you see here are from our visit to the zoo on that opening day.
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All veterans and active military get in the Zoo FREE on Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November 12. Veterans and active military members will also get buy-one-get-one tickets for up to 6 tickets (buy 3, get 3)*. Thank you for your service!
Know Before You Go – Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Seminole Aerial Adventures Tickets
It’s at the zoo
I was so glad to be there the first day back and was over-joyed at the number of people that attended in the middle of the week—it was wonderful……
I even got to pet a snake—I don’t have problems with snakes as long as they don’t have fangs and are not big enough to wrap around me 10 times—Oh and I forgot what kind it was….but its one of the C admission.
Where we are located
LENGTHY LIZARD
Of course Alligators are mandatory for Florida—infact as close as they are to Lake Monroe I’d be suprised if they could keep them out.
REPTILES
RARER AND RARER
Discovery Courtyard for Storytime at the Zoo!
Enjoy animal stories at the Zoo along with a special visit from one of our ambassador animals. Programs will be presented by the Orange County Library System storytellers. This free program is designed for pre-school-age children.
Please note that this event is rain or shine, and will be moved inside during inclement weather.
Zoo admission is not included or required to attend.
MEET PJ
PJ is the Central Florida Zoo’s resident greater one-horned rhino. There are five extant species of rhinos: black rhino, white rhino, greater one-horned rhino, Sumatran rhino, and Javan rhino. Today, few wild rhinos survive outside of national parks and reserves.
From zoo website:
DID YOU KNOW?A rhino’s horn is not bone, but rather made of a protein called keratin. Keratin is found in your hair and nails, the feathers of birds, and the quills of porcupines!
FACTS
I have seen this animal twice and both times he was in the water….the last time a mother was trying to tell her young son that this was a rhino—while he kept insisting he was a hippo.
THE WORLD’S BIGGEST POLLINATOR
Giraffes are the tallest land mammal in the world, and serve an important role in their environment as a pollinator and seed disperser. As giraffes move from treetop to treetop, pollen gets stuck to their ossicones, and is transferred between trees, aiding in pollination! Giraffe droppings usually contain seeds that can germinate and grown into a new tree.
There are two giraffes but I only got pictures of my fav who was hanging out where he was easy to photograph. He’s actually messing with a small limb that Ian put at the side of his enclosure and he seemed to enjoy it as much as many of the dogs I have had who also enjoyed chewing on this type of thing.
MAMMALS
Giraffe Feeding Attraction | Meet the Zoo’s Tallest Residents
PRIVATE EXPERIENCES: Make the most of your next Zoo visit.
WHARTON-SMITH TROPICAL SPLASH GROUND A splashing good time for the whole family.
SOUTH AMERICA’S PACK ANIMAL
THE MOST CRITICALLY ENDANGERED BIG CAT
AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE
BIRDS
GET INVOLVED
Gardens throughout the Zoo
EDUCATION
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FUN IN THE BARNYARD
