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About a ninety minute drive away from Charlotte is the North Carolina Zoo, which is a must-visit for any zoo lover and anyone with even a slight interest in animals and wildlife. Why? Well, for starters it's actually the biggest walk-through zoo on the entire planet! Covering more than 500 acres of ground in total, the North Carolina Zoo is simply enormous and represents one of the best zoo experiences in the Charlotte area.
More than 1,600 animals can be seen here from over 250 different species in total. The zoo is open almost non-stop and welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. It features the biggest collections of chimpanzees in the US, as well as many other iconic species from polar bears to rhinos, African elephants, gorillas, lions, and more.
Address: 4401 Zoo Pkwy, Asheboro, NC 27205, Phone: 800-488-0444
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