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Brevard Zoo

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Brevard Zoo

Melbourne, FL · Space Coast$$Adults $34.95 online, $36.95 at the zoo; kids 3 to 11 $22.95

About

Brevard Zoo lets you paddle a kayak past white rhinos and giraffe in its Expedition Africa wetland, the only place in the country where you can. Hand a leaf up to a giraffe from the feeding deck, walk through a free-flight aviary thick with lorikeets and cockatiels, or clip into the TreeTop Trek ropes course and cross above the alligators. Built and largely funded by the community since 1994, it spreads more than 900 animals across 75 acres of Space Coast scrub and lagoon.

Highlights

Kayak past giraffe and white rhinos in Expedition AfricaGiraffe feeding from the savanna deckTreeTop Trek aerial ropes course over the alligatorsFree-flight aviary with lorikeets and cockatielsOver 900 animals across 75 acres, AZA-accredited

Getting there

8225 North Wickham Road, Melbourne, FL 32940

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