Whether you're looking for a fun way to entertain the kids or enjoy an educational outing, visiting a local zoo is a great idea. To help us find the country's best zoo, we invited a panel of travel experts and industry professionals to nominate facilities that excel in the fields of animal care and enrichment while also facilitating meaningful interactions between animals and human visitors. Then, readers voted for their favorites. Here are the 10 best zoos in the United States for 2023.
No. 1: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium - Omaha, Nebraska
Continued investments have allowed Henry Doorly Zoo to continue to offer one-of-a-kind exhibits to guests, including the world’s largest indoor desert where arid plants and animals – meerkats, peccaries, quail, death adders, rattlesnakes and inland taipans, the world’s most venomous land snake – are visible inside a geodesic dome year-round in the heart of the Midwest. The $73 million African Grasslands exhibit features 28 acres of habitats and exhibit spaces for giraffes, elephants, lions, cheetahs and sable antelopes.
Read the full list at 10Best.com.