Top rated Zoos in San Mateo, United States to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Top rated Zoos in San Mateo

Experience the best that San Mateo has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 21 places from Zoo category.

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Bunny Gurus (Therapeutic Mobile Bunny Petting Events)

Zoo

👍👍 The Bunny Gurus made our birthday event one of the most wonderful and memorable afternoons ever. The gurus guided us through feeding, petting, and then holding seven friendly and adorable rabbits. Their knowledge of and passion for rabbit rearing really shows in their mobile petting zoo service!

5.00 (206 reviews) (~38.71 km from centre)

California Trail at Oakland Zoo

Zoo

👍👍 In my opinion, the best part of the Oakland Zoo. It's a self-walking tour of the best of California's nature at the top of the hills. As soon as you ride the Gondolas to the top of the hills and get off, you are in the California Trails area, there is the majestic Bald Eagle sitting in the tall oak...

4.80 (924 reviews) (~26.63 km from centre)

Butterfly Habitat

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Amazing tropical butterflies flying all around you. Beautiful trees, and plants in the room really add to a breath taking experience. We love this attraction at Discovey kingdom!

4.80 (130 reviews) (~64.46 km from centre)

Penguin Island

Zoo

👍👍 Penguins are very close, easy to see for children. The feeding time is an additional bonus.

4.70 (741 reviews) (~24.42 km from centre)

B Bryan Preserve

Nature preserve

Cottages & carriage house with fireplaces, some with hot tubs, in an endangered animal sanctuary.

4.70 (285 reviews) (~191.48 km from centre)

Knowland Park Open Space

Zoo

👍👍 Open trails, amazing views, pleasant surprises around every turn

4.70 (204 reviews) (~27.21 km from centre)

Giraffe Feeding

Zoo

👍👍 Very Kid Friendly! I suggest being a member so the lettuce isn't very pricy but the giraffes are beautiful! Worth every bit of the experience! A+ Experience 😇

4.70 (77 reviews) (~239.74 km from centre)

Oakland Zoo

Zoo

Long-standing zoo features 850+ native & exotic animals, a wildlife theater & educational programs.

4.60 (12K reviews) (~26.02 km from centre)

Fresno Chaffee Zoo

Zoo

An assortment of wild animals, including public giraffe-feeding sessions & a stingray touch pool.

4.60 (11.9K reviews) (~239.36 km from centre)

CuriOdyssey

Science museum

Museum for kids focusing on environmental science & wildlife with indoor exhibits & an outdoor zoo.

4.60 (1.7K reviews) (~3.12 km from centre)

Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo

Children's museum

Child-oriented venue with animals like birds & turtles, plus interactive educational exhibits.

4.60 (1.2K reviews) (~20.73 km from centre)

Insect Zoo

Zoo

👍 Very cool place to visit! Inside it's a bit creepy, a lot of tagging around and some odd stuff you'll find there! The place is abandoned not many people go there less at night, you'll should find someone walking around though.

4.60 (131 reviews) (~24.73 km from centre)

SeaQuest Folsom

Aquarium

Up-close encounters & feeding sessions in a zoo home to stingrays, capybaras & two-toed sloths.

4.50 (5.3K reviews) (~160.39 km from centre)

Happy Hollow Park & Zoo

Zoo

Small zoo with an array of animals & rides, plus an education center, petting zoo & puppet theater.

4.50 (4.5K reviews) (~48.81 km from centre)

Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary

Zoo

Quaint zoo with an educational bent providing sanctuary to varied animals, from monkeys to tigers.

4.50 (2K reviews) (~160.57 km from centre)

Monterey Zoo

Zoo

👍👍 We LOVE the zoo! We're former annual pass owners (pre covid) and after going again recently (5-15-22) we will DEFINITELY be getting them again. They have made incredible renovations to the zoo and now you can free roam with your family. So much better! Love the picnic area and the new alligator exhi...

4.50 (704 reviews) (~124.4 km from centre)

San Francisco Zoo

Zoo

Families come for the more than 2,000 animals, kids' zoo, steam train, carousel & special exhibits.

4.40 (12.5K reviews) (~24.52 km from centre)

Micke Grove Zoo

Zoo

Modest 5-acre animal preserve including monkeys & iguanas in a park featuring other kid attractions.

4.40 (2.8K reviews) (~108.68 km from centre)

Hearst Grizzly Gulch

Zoo

👍👍 This was our favorite exhibit. We were so close! My boys loved watching the grizzly swim and play with it's ball.

4.40 (71 reviews) (~24.27 km from centre)

Sacramento Zoo

Zoo

Longtime, 14-acre animal park housing native & endangered species, plus a giraffe encounter exhibit.

4.30 (7.3K reviews) (~130.22 km from centre)

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Top rated Zoos in San Mateo, United States