The Louisville Zoological Gardens is a 134-acre facility in Louisville, Kentucky in the Poplar Level neighborhood. The Louisville Zoo has about 1,700 animals that live in naturalistic habitats and exhibits that have mixed species representing different geographical areas as well as diverse habitats. The zoo has six zones: Africa, the Islands, Glacier Run, South America, Australia, and HerpAquarium. The most popular exhibit is award-winning Gorilla Forest, a four-acre circular sanctuary with eleven western lowland gorillas, two pygmy hippopotamus, and five patas monkeys. Visitors are separated from animals by glass only, allowing them to get very close. There are several vantage points that allow visitors to observe the gorillas playing.

1100 Trevilian Way, Louisville, KY 40213, Phone: 502-459-2181

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