If you are wondering what to do in San Diego there is one top attraction that usually comes out among the first on most lists. The well known San Diego Zoo, located in San Diego California is one of the best zoo’s in the USA and is also highly rated internationally. For many people the San Diego Zoo is one of the main reasons they choose to visit San Diego.

 

The Zoo has around 4,000 animals for visitors to see. Among the animals on display at the Zoo, the rare pandas are perhaps the best known attraction. They are one of the main reasons why the Zoo is so popular. Everybody loves watching the cuddly and playful pandas. It is best if you check out when their feeding times are scheduled so you can see them at their most active.

 

Besides the pandas, the Zoo has an impressive variety of animal species on display. There are gorillas, springboks, wildebeests and more from Africa. There are tigers from Asia and camels from Arabia. Pretty much any animal that you can think of will be represented.

 

The animals on display have plenty of room to roam and play in their enclosures. The San Diego Zoo is well known for its efforts to recreate the natural habitat in which the animals live. The Zoo is located in spacious Balboa Park, one of the finest public parks in North America. Both the animals and the people who come to see them enjoy the garden surrounds of the Zoo.

 

You can view the animals in several ways. There is an overhead cableway that gives a wide overview of the zoo from above. For photographers the view from the top level of the double decker bus tours gives you an unobstructed view right into the animals enclosures. You are, of course, free to walk about the Zoo in your own time, but it is a good idea to be there for the scheduled feeding times of the various animals.

 

Even if you are looking forward to a beach vacation in San Diego, you should make sure you spend a day at the Zoo. Especially if you have not visited a zoo before, a visit to the San Diego Zoo will be a memorable family experience.

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