Hours & Directions

Today’s Hours — 1pm- 9pm
Reservations required.

Plan ahead…Reservations Available Now

Now – November 20 – 10am – 5pm

November 21 – January 3 – 1pm – 9pm (PNC Festival of Lights)

January 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 – 10am – 5pm

January 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 – 1pm – 9pm (PNC Festival of Lights BONUS NIGHTS!)

Getting Here

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is located at 3400 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45220. You can also take Metro routes 1, 46, 38x, 78 or hop on a Red Bike.

The I-71 Martin Luther King interchangeis now open! Use this from exit 3 off of I-71. Coming from I-75? Try exiting at Hopple Street.

Zoo Parking

The main Zoo lot is open! Please pay attention to signage in the event this parking lot fills, we will begin directing to the overflow lot on Louis Avenue.

Visitors may enter the Zoo using the Pavilion Entry Building from the Main Parking Lot, equipped with stairs, elevators and escalators to get to bridge level. Our new Erkenbrecher Entrance will also be open as an alternate walk-in entry.