The zoo is split into two sections, one south of Clarendon Drive called Wilds of Africa which we went to first. We saw a cheetah, two hippos in the water (we saw one enter the water which was cool), okapi, klipspringer, chimpanzees, a crocodile, many birds in aviaries, and gorillas.

We then entered the Giants of the Savanna section and saw an expansive elephant enclosure with African elephants including a baby elephant. A couple warthogs nestling together was next followed by giraffe feeding where you can watch people feed giraffes just a few feet away (or stand in line to presumably pay to feed them yourself). The restaurant in Giants of the Savanna provides a good view of the lion enclosure, but from the walkway the lions were hard to spot. We could hear one loudly huffing and almost roaring, but could not see him. Next to the lions was an empty exhibit of African painted dogs (perhaps they were hiding).

We then returned to the main entrance via the tunnel under Clarendon Drive to get to ZooNorth (the other half of the zoo) and headed for the tiger enclosure because we saw signage that Destination: Dinosaurs (a temporary exhibit) was near the tigers. We saw flamingos before we got to the tigers. The tigers were making grunting noises (I couldn't see which one was making the sounds) and one was getting into a large cylinder and rolling it a little. That tiger then came out of the cylinder and grabbed the side with its mouth and dragged it several feet. I've never seen tigers so active before at a zoo.

Past the tigers is the Destination: Dinosaurs exhibit which was $6 per person ($4 with membership). A number of dinosaur sculptures line a meandering loop. Most of these sculptures are robotic in that they have some moving parts with limited range - a mouth that opens and closes slowly, a neck that swivels or rotates, a tail that lifts a little, etc. Sounds play from speakers to complete the effect. The dinosaurs themselves appear heavily borrowed from the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies (they only have real dinosaurs - not the ones created for the movies) because they look more like movie dinosaurs than modern understanding of how these dinosaurs looked. For example, their velociraptors are as big as grown adults and their T. Rex has no attempt to acknowledge feathers or proto-feathers. Still, it was a fun exhibit. Strangely, I was both pleased and disappointed in it at the same time. (In a quasi-Westworld moment, there was one exhibit which was a deconstructed dinosaur so you could see the pistons inside and control it from a control panel. It mostly worked.)

We then proceeded to view some gibbons, an empty otter enclosure, the red back of a maned wolf (not a wolf), a pacing giant anteater, an empty Galapagos tortoise enclosure, two chatty toucans, some vultures, and a harpy eagle. Signage is sparse with several birds lacking signs and other animals requiring hunting for signs. Not a bad zoo, very pleasant to walk through and spend an afternoon, but even though it's over a 100 acres, it feels small for such a big zoo.

Members of another AZA Zoo gives half off admission (pay at membership kiosk at entrance). Adults $12, Youth $10. No discount on parking ($12) or special exhibits like the Destination: Dinosaurs exhibit ($6 per person).