On our vacation to Colorado Springs, we decided to visit Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.  I have a cousin who lives in Denver and she and her family met us there in the morning.  We wanted to get an early start before it got too hot outside.  Even though we were in Colorado, it can still get very hot in the summer.  Especially if you’re not way up in the mountains.     Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is actually on a Mountain, so there was a lot of hiking up and down hills on our visit.  We rented a stroller for our youngest, but she was just getting feet mobile and wanted to do lots of walking herself.

Animal Encounters

One of the first things we did was the giraffe feeding, they are pretty close to the entrance.  They are super friendly and it’s fun to watch their long tongues reach out for food.  Both girls enjoyed feeding the giraffes.   My cousin’s two girls are a little older and they both had fun too.  We also fed several birds in the bird sanctuary they have.  That is always neat for kids to do, and I enjoy it myself along with my husband.  If you go to the zoo’s website you will find several “animal feeding experiences” listed.   You have to pay extra for all of the animal feedings.

Rides

My cousin’s husband, her girls and my oldest road the Mountian Sky Ride.  It is a like a ski lift that goes high over the zoo.  It looked pretty cool, but I’m not sure how I would have handled the height!  I was never scared of heights until I got older.  I think I was in my late 30s that heights started making me a bit dizzy.  You do have to pay extra to ride.  My youngest had to ride the carousel while we were there.  Always a good ride for the younger kids and even the bigger kids enjoy it.

Food and other Zoo Stuff

Visit the Zoo’s website for current pricing on all of the extras.  The food at the zoo was pretty good.  Your standard zoo food.  We had some delicious ice cream.  It may have tasted so good because we were all hot, sweaty and tired when we ate. The views were fantastic!  Everywhere you turned were beautiful views of the mountains.  My biggest negative for me was the zoo set up is not user-friendly.  You go into one section, then have to circle back out before you can move on to the next section. We still had a very good time.

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is a fun little zoo to visit with family.  Be prepared for a lot of up and downhill hiking!

Have you been to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo?  What was your favorite part?

Sharing Ice Cream

Feeding the Giraffes