May 9, 2025
We’re excited to share that the pathway from Aldabra tortoises to Macaw Landing Grille is now open! This means guests can once again access Africa, the Helmerich Playground and Zoorassic World: Frozen in Time from both directions.
Our teams have worked hard to minimize the impact of construction on your visit. Only two species remain off exhibit due to construction: meerkats and southern ground hornbills.
We look forward to sharing more progress on the William S. Smith African Wilds Complex. Thank you for your continued patience as we build a bigger, better Tulsa Zoo!
April 22, 2025
We’re excited to share that our new guest pathway to Africa is now open! This means you can once again visit giraffes and rhinos. Our Giraffe Feeding Experience is also being offered again during its normal hours.
With this new pathway open, only two species remain off exhibit: meerkats and southern ground hornbills. We’ll be posting a POV walkthrough of the new construction pathway soon, so you’ll know exactly what to expect when you visit.
For the next couple of weeks, the pathway from Aldabra tortoises to Macaw Landing Grille will be temporarily closed. During this time, to reach areas like the Helmerich Playground and Zoorassic World: Frozen in Time, guests must follow the west route past the Robert J. LaFortune WildLIFE Trek and the Children’s Zoo pictured in the accompanying map. Once construction crews finish work in this area, guests will once again be able to reach these areas from both directions.
Thank you for your patience and support as we continue to build a bigger, better Tulsa Zoo!
April 1, 2025
We’ve got some important construction updates to share as we continue improving and enhancing the zoo for all our guests.
We appreciate your patience as we continue working on the main entrance bridge. During repairs, we discovered additional issues that required more extensive work than originally anticipated. Unfortunately, this means the timeline for reopening has been extended into the fall. While this isn’t ideal, safety is our top priority, and we want to ensure the repairs are done to the highest standards. In the meantime, all guests will continue to enter and exit through our West Gate.
Our crews have officially started putting up the fencing around the worksite for the William S. Smith African Wilds complex. For the next few weeks, the guest pathways from Lost Kingdom to African Plains will be temporarily blocked off. The animals in this area, including giraffes and rhinos, will be inaccessible to guests and our giraffe feeding experience is temporarily unavailable. We’re setting up a new guest pathway, and once it’s complete, guests will have access to this area again. We’ll provide another update when the construction pathway is open for guests and our giraffe feeding experience resumes. Our team has worked very hard to minimize the impact of construction on guest experience. Once the new pathway is open only two species will be off exhibit due to construction — meerkats and southern ground hornbills.
Last but not least, we’re excited to announce that the construction of our Clayton and Gina Hughes Family Giant Anteater Habitat has officially begun! Kingsford, our Dexter cow, moved from his home in the Children’s Zoo to the yard behind our WildLIFE Trek Cold building. Guests can still catch glimpses of him while entering the zoo from our west entrance, on the bridge between the Trek Cold and Desert buildings and on the ONEOK Safari Train. We plan to share photos of Kingsford settling into his new space soon!
As always, thank you for your continued support and patience as we work building a bigger, better Tulsa Zoo!
