Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park
1101 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37404-2303
Tel: (423) 697-1319 Fax: (423) 697-1329
E-Mail: dlongwpz@aol.com
Knoxville Zoological Gardens
PO Box 6040
Knoxville, TN 37914-0040
Tel: (865) 637-5331 Fax: (865) 637-1943
E-Mail: knoxzoo@knoxville-zoo.org
There’s always something new at Knoxville Zoo! Experience wildlife up close as you come face to face with more than 800 of the Earth’s most fascinating animals. See meerkats, giraffe, elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, lions, and more as you travel through Grasslands Africa and the African Forest. See reptiles, river otters, rhinos and so much more! And don’t forget to visit Kids Cove – a Zoo place to play!
There’s so much to see, so much to ZOO!
Memphis Zoo
2000 Prentiss Place
Memphis, TN 38112
Tel: (901) 725-3400 Fax: (901) 725-9305
E-Mail: zooinfo@memphiszoo.org
In 2006 the Memphis Zoo celebrates its 100th anniversary and the opening of the new Northwest Passage exhibit. The Memphis Zoo, located in Memphis, Tenn., is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. The Zoo has completed over $77 million in renovation and expansion since the early 1990s, making it one of the finest zoological parks in the nation. Located on 70 acres in Memphis' Overton Park, the Zoo's animal inhabitants reside in one-of-a-kind exhibitry, such as Once Upon A Farm, Commercial Appeal Cat Country, Primate Canyon, Animals of the Night, Northwest Passage and CHINA - home to giant pandas Ya Ya and Le Le. The Memphis Zoo, a non-profit organization dedicated to wildlife conservation and education, is an accredited member of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. Memphis Zoo, Ya Ya and Le Le are trademarks of the Memphis Zoo. www.memphiszoo.org.
Nashville Zoo, Inc.
3777 Nolensville Road
Nashville, TN 37211-3711
Tel: (615) 833-1534 Fax: (615) 333-0728
E-Mail: pr@nashvillezoo.org
Ditch the daily grind, and escape to tumbling waterfalls, rolling savannahs and lush bamboo forests. At Nashville Zoo, you can hang loose like the gibbons while you see animals from across the globe in natural habitats resembling the many environments of our world. Discover clouded leopards and red pandas along Bamboo Trail, see elephants and giraffes wandering through African savannahs and splash around the Unseen New World with some of the wildest things you’ve never seen, like poison arrow frogs and hellbender salamanders. You can also monkey around our 66,000-square-foot Jungle Gym, take a spin on the Wild Animal Carousel or be surrounded by more than 50 Australian parrots at Lorikeet Landing. Answer the call of the wild, and plan your Nashville Zoo escape today!
Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies
88 River Road
Gatlinburg, TN 37788
Tel: (865) 430-8808 Fax: (865) 430-8818
E-Mail: info@aquariumofthesmokies.com
Tennessee Aquarium
PO Box 11048
Chattanooga, TN 37401-2048
Tel: (423) 265-0695 Fax: (423) 267-3561
E-Mail: webmaster@tennesseeaquarium.org
The Chattanooga skyline features six magnificent glass peaks that top the Tennessee Aquarium's River Journey and Ocean Journey buildings. River Journey is the original Aquarium building and features stunning freshwater creatures and habitats from the Southeast and around the world. Visitors can explore two living forests under glass and get face to face with feisty otters, giant catfish, prehistoric sturgeon and American alligators.
Ocean Journey takes visitors beneath saltwater waves where guests get face to face with playful penguins, 10-foot sharks, fierce barracuda and graceful stingrays. Other galleries showcase cuttlefish, squid, crabs and jellyfish. An indoor rainforest showcases the fluttering jewels of nature - butterflies.
Passengers aboard the Tennessee Aquarium’s River Gorge Explorer, a water-jet propelled high-speed catamaran, experience nature within the protected habitat of “Tennessee’s Grand Canyon."