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Zoo Frankfurt

Top ways to experience Zoo Frankfurt and nearby attractions

Zoo • 1 min walk
Merianplatz • 8 min walk

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ZOO FRANKFURT: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

(0.05 mi) Am Zoo Hotel
(0.04 mi) Admiral Hotel
(0.10 mi) Hotel ARENA am Zoo
(0.26 mi) Hotel Alexander am Zoo
(0.35 mi) INNSiDE by Meliá Frankfurt Ostend
(0.03 mi) Kaffeehaus am Zoo
(0.03 mi) Pizza Hut Frankfurt, Zoo
(0.10 mi) Bella Sena Restaurant
(0.09 mi) Home Ramen
(0.07 mi) Cafe Bohne

Current information for your zoo visit
Opening hours

Day tickets

Annual tickets
Online Tickets
Frankfurt Pass
'Kultur- und Freizeitticket (KUFTI)' - Culture and Leisure Ticket
Feeding times
Address and directions
Service for families
Your event at the zoo
Safari from zoo to zoo

Tickets are also available in the online ticket shop . Online tickets are valid for 28 days from the date of purchase!

Make your visit to the zoo more valuable with the voluntary Nature Conservation Euro

You can support six selected nature conservation projects with the voluntary Nature Conservation Euro every time you visit the zoo: two in Hesse and four more worldwide. The Nature Conservation Euro is a voluntary, earmarked donation that visitors can give when buying admission tickets for adults, families, groups and when buying annual tickets for adults and families. Further information on the Nature Protection Euro >her e

* Entitled to a discount are: Children and young people from their 6th to 18th birthday, pupils and students with valid ID, severely disabled persons with a degree of disability of 50 or more with valid ID.

** Family day ticket: max. 2 adults and up to 4 children aged 6 - 17 years

*** The category "Free admission" is valid for: Children up to 5 years of age, accompanying persons (B) of severely disabled persons registered in the ID, Annual Pass holders, JuleiCa, refugees, holders of the Culture and Leisure Ticket and other persons entitled to free admission. The corresponding valid ID (proof of eligibility) must be presented at the entrance together with the admission ticket.

You can find current information about your visit to the zoo here

After-work rate

Summer time daily from 5 pm. Winter time daily from 3 pm.

* Eligible for discount: Children and young people from 6th to 18th birthday, pupils and students with valid ID, severely disabled persons with a degree of disability of 50 or more with valid ID.

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How do zoo animals get their names? Here's what they do at the Milwaukee County Zoo

Trish Khan, the Milwaukee County Zoo's curator of primates and small mammals, has worked at the zoo for more than 30 years, and in that time, methods for naming animals have changed.

"It used to be a hard, fast rule that whoever found the baby in the morning got naming rights," Khan said, laughing. "That's why a lot of older animals have names like Tommy (an orangutan at the zoo) because the person who found them named them after themselves and got bragging rights."

Khan said it's also been popular over the years to name animals according to a theme. There are Baja Blast and Baja Splash, two Baja blue rock lizards named after popular sodas. And Khan recalls mongooses named after the Golden Girls.

Respectful names that represent the story behind the animals

But these naming conventions are becoming less common as zoos "move more toward names of significance around either a conservation message or that represent the animal in a dignified way," Khan said.

For the primates she works with, that has translated into giving animals names in the languages that are common in the regions their species are from.

For example, the zoo's spider monkeys — Hue Hue, Chimal and Momos — were all named after cities in Guatemala, and the zoo's first bonobos were named after two major rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Maringa and Lomako. And when new bonobos are born at the zoo nowadays, their names are in one of three languages spoken in the Congo: Swahili, Lingala or French.

Milwaukee's zookeepers also add some meaningful quirks to the animals' names. Since 2000, bonobo babies have been given names that start with subsequent letters of the alphabet — "A" for a baby born in 2000, "B" for 2001 and so on.

"That's helpful for me because when people ask me how old a particular bonobo is, I can count on my fingers," Khan said, laughing.

And the names often have further significance to the zookeepers' relationships to the animals. For example, bonobo Kitoko — which means "beauty" in Lingala — is quite beautiful according to Khan, and another bonobo, Zomi, was named after the Lingala word for 10 because, according to Khan, "she's definitely a 10."

Even when the zoo opens up naming rights to the public in social media contests — that's how gentoo penguin Pepper and Bactrian camel Leilani got their names — the animal care staff choose the options for visitors to vote from.

These intentional naming methods reflect a desire to respect the animals in their care and to help zoo visitors relate to and empathize with the animals as they learn more about where they come from and the importance of conserving their habitats.

"We want people to see the animals' intelligence, their beauty, to relate to them and want to make a deeper connection," Khan said. "And names are significant; they help define what we think about these animals, and they follow them through their entire lives.

More than 2,000 animals live at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Here are the names of some of them.

Animals in Adventure Africa

Hippos: Happy and Patti
Giraffes: Marlee, Ziggy, Maya and Kendi
Elephants: Belle, Brittany and Ruth
Greater kudu: Chula, Imani and Hasani

Animals in the Aquatic and Reptile Center

Grand Cayman blue iguana: Digger
Baja blue rock lizards: Baja Blast and Baja Splash
Green anaconda: Olive
Ornate box turtle: Norm

Animals in the Camel Yard

Bactrian camels: Leilani, AJ (Addie Jean) and Stan

Animals in Florence Mila Borchert Big Cat Country

Snow leopards: Choto and Orya
Amur tigers: Natasha, Kash and Tula

Animals in the Herb and Nada Mahler Family Aviary

Gentoo penguins: Pepper, Oscar and Fiona

Animals in the North America Exhibit

Grizzly bears: Ronnie, Bozeman, Chinook and Brian

Harbor seals: Mira, Leia, Cossette and Ringo

Badger: Oscar

Brown bear: Boris

Animals in the Northwestern Mutual Family Farm

Various species of cattle: Trinity, Martini, Sadie, Brandy, Miley, Bailey, Harper and Carnation

Miniature Mediterranean donkey: Giuseppi

Norwegian fjord horse: Nelson

Animals in the Primates of the World exhibit

Orangutans: Tommy and Alex (Alexandra)

De Brazza's monkeys: Heri, Holly and Hugo

Japanese macaques: Emi, Sora and Tomaru

Black-handed spider monkeys: Topaz, Hue Hue, Chimal and Momos

Animals in the Small Mammals building

Prehensile-tailed porcupine: Guillermo
Pygmy slow lorises: Henderson and Chantu

Animals in the Otter Passage exhibit

North American river otters: Emerald, Clover, Shamrock and Larkey

Animals in the Stearns Family Apes of Africa exhibit

Western lowland gorillas: Nadami, Azizi, Dotty, Hodari and Maji Maji

Bonobos: Zomi, Kitoko and Noki Noki

Did we miss any of your favorite Milwaukee County Zoo animals? Email me at [email protected] to tell me their names and why you love them.

Tonka, Zoo Knoxville’s last remaining elephant, euthanized after being at zoo for 43 years

Tonka, the last remaining African elephant at Zoo Knoxville, has died. The 46-year-old elephant was “humanely euthanized” May 8, according to the zoo. Tonka had been at Zoo Knoxville for 43 years and was beloved by guests and zookeepers.

“We are heartbroken and grieving,” Drew Rowan, interim Zoo Knoxville president and CEO, said in a message shared on Facebook May 9.

“Tonka was beloved by our staff and our community and we are grateful for the compassion they have shown us. We were very committed to making sure Tonka left this world with all the dignity and love we could surround him with, and I hope that offers some comfort to everyone he touched,” Rowan continued.

The caregivers who knew and treated Tonka were by his side when he died to ensure it was peaceful and comfortable.

The 15,000-pound elephant was one of the oldest and largest African elephants in North America, according to Zoo Knoxville. He is remembered for his “easy-going nature and intelligence,” and being an “iconic ambassador” for the zoo over the past 43 years.

What happened to Tonka at Zoo Knoxville?

Tonka’s health rapidly declined in the days before he died. His veterinary team from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine had made the decision to transition to hospice care.

The veterinary team had been managing chronic conditions that are common in older elephants for a while, then Tonka suddenly developed acute pain and swelling in his front leg. He was treated with antibiotics, anti-inflammatories and pain medication. But once maximum dosages were given and all other treatment options had been performed, hospice care became the best option for the aging and ailing elephant.

“This is certainly not the outcome we had hoped and planned for,” Phil Colclough, director of animal care, conservation and education, said at the time in a Zoo Knoxville Facebook message on May 6.

“However, as difficult as this decision was, it is the most compassionate thing we can do for Tonka. As we are faced with end-of-life decisions, we will consider his wellbeing every step of the way to make sure that we are doing what is best for him.”

The initial plan had been to move Tonka to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. He was being trained to be prepared for the move to the sanctuary in Hohenwald, but his health declined before his barn was completed.

Tonka would have joined Edie and Jana , two other African elephants previously at Zoo Knoxville that were moved to the elephant sanctuary in 2023. Jana was euthanized at the sanctuary in October.

Devarrick Turner is a trending news reporter. Email [email protected] . On X, formerly known as Twitter @dturner1208 .

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Zoo Frankfurt

Top ways to experience Zoo Frankfurt and nearby attractions

Zoo • 1 min walk
Merianplatz • 8 min walk

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Zoo Frankfurt - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024) - Tripadvisor

(0.09 km) Am Zoo Hotel
(0.07 km) Admiral Hotel
(0.16 km) Hotel ARENA am Zoo
(0.42 km) Hotel Alexander am Zoo
(0.56 km) INNSiDE by Meliá Frankfurt Ostend
(0.04 km) Kaffeehaus am Zoo
(0.05 km) Pizza Hut Frankfurt, Zoo
(0.15 km) Bella Sena Restaurant
(0.14 km) Home Ramen
(0.11 km) Cafe Bohne

Am Zoo Hotel

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Finding an ideal hotel in Frankfurt does not have to be difficult. Welcome to Am Zoo Hotel, a nice option for travellers like you.

As your “home away from home,” the hotel rooms offer a desk, and getting online is easy, with wifi available.

Guests have access to 24 hour front desk, a concierge, and baggage storage while staying at Am Zoo Hotel. In addition, Am Zoo Hotel offers a lounge, which will help make your Frankfurt trip additionally gratifying. And, as an added convenience, there is paid private parking available on-site.

Close to some of Frankfurt's most popular landmarks, such as Eiserner Steg (1.2 km) and The Hauptwache (1.4 km), Am Zoo Hotel is a great destination for tourists.

While in Frankfurt, you may want to check out some of the restaurants that are a short walk away from Am Zoo Hotel, including Ebbelwoi Unser (1.4 km), Muku (1.1 km), and Lokalbahnhof (1.5 km).

If you’re looking for something to do, Main Tower (1.9 km), Romer (1.3 km), and Sachsenhausen (1.4 km) are a nice way to spend some time, and they are all within walking distance of Am Zoo Hotel.

Am Zoo Hotel puts the best of Frankfurt at your fingertips, making your stay both relaxing and enjoyable.

Excellent 13
Very Good 41
Terrible 18
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English ( 55 )
German ( 42 )
Italian ( 14 )

" Plenty of cafes nearby "

" Go to a different hotel "

" Double rooms better, even for single occupancy as single rooms are very compact. "

" Impolite front desk lady "

" The only suggestion II have is that if you are likely to be disturbed by the occasional "ding" from a passing tram, you should ask for a room at the rear of the main building - but with the windows closed, you can't really hear anything from outside. "

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Zoo Frankfurt

Top ways to experience Zoo Frankfurt and nearby attractions

Zoo • 1 min walk
Merianplatz • 8 min walk

Most Recent: Reviews ordered by most recent publish date in descending order.

Detailed Reviews: Reviews ordered by recency and descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as waiting time, length of visit, general tips, and location information.

Zoo Frankfurt - All You MUST Know Before You Go (2024)

(0.09 km) Am Zoo Hotel
(0.07 km) Admiral Hotel
(0.16 km) Hotel ARENA am Zoo
(0.42 km) Hotel Alexander am Zoo
(0.56 km) INNSiDE by Meliá Frankfurt Ostend
(0.04 km) Kaffeehaus am Zoo
(0.05 km) Pizza Hut Frankfurt, Zoo
(0.15 km) Bella Sena Restaurant
(0.14 km) Home Ramen
(0.11 km) Cafe Bohne