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Riverbend Zoo, the visitor map

An illustrated visitor map: animals grouped by continent, with talk times and conservation status.

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The savannah · Giraffes and plains zebras

A mixed paddock where giraffes and zebras graze together, as they do in the wild. The feeding platform puts you at a giraffe's eye level.

Animals
Giraffes and plains zebras
From
Africa
Keeper talk
11:00
IUCN status
Giraffe: Vulnerable · Plains zebra: Near Threatened

Lion ridge · African lions

A pride of five on a sun-warmed rock ridge. They are most active late in the afternoon.

Animals
African lions
From
Africa
Keeper talk
14:30
IUCN status
Vulnerable

Gorilla forest · Western lowland gorillas

A family troop led by a silverback, in a planted forest with an indoor house for cold days.

Animals
Western lowland gorillas
From
Africa
Keeper talk
12:15
IUCN status
Critically Endangered

Hippo river · Common hippopotamus

An underwater window shows the hippos walking along the river bed - they cannot swim.

Animals
Common hippopotamus
From
Africa
Keeper talk
15:15
IUCN status
Vulnerable

Tiger trail · Sumatran tigers

A raised boardwalk through long grass. Tigers like water, and often cool off in the pool below the bridge.

Animals
Sumatran tigers
From
Asia
Keeper talk
13:00
IUCN status
Critically Endangered

Elephant valley · Asian elephants

The largest enclosure in the zoo, with a bathing lake and a sand yard. A herd of four, all female.

Animals
Asian elephants
From
Asia
Keeper talk
10:30
IUCN status
Endangered

Red panda wood · Red pandas

Look up: red pandas spend most of the day asleep in the treetops.

Animals
Red pandas
From
Asia
Keeper talk
16:00
IUCN status
Endangered

Orangutan towers · Bornean orangutans

Climbing towers and ropes high above the path, so the apes can travel through the canopy as they would in the forest.

Animals
Bornean orangutans
From
Asia
Keeper talk
11:45
IUCN status
Critically Endangered

Jaguar rainforest · Jaguars

A pair of jaguars in a humid forest with a stream. Jaguars swim well and hunt in water.

Animals
Jaguars
From
The Americas
Keeper talk
14:00
IUCN status
Near Threatened

Capybara marsh · Capybaras

The world's largest rodent, living in a marsh they share with ducks and turtles.

Animals
Capybaras
From
The Americas
Keeper talk
12:45
IUCN status
Least Concern

Macaw aviary · Scarlet macaws

A walk-through aviary. The macaws are loudest at feeding time.

Animals
Scarlet macaws
From
The Americas
Keeper talk
15:45
IUCN status
Least Concern

Penguin beach · Humboldt penguins

A rocky beach and a deep pool with underwater viewing. Humboldt penguins come from the coasts of Peru and Chile.

Animals
Humboldt penguins
From
Ocean
Keeper talk
11:15 and 15:00
IUCN status
Vulnerable

Sea lion bay · California sea lions

A bay with a seating amphitheatre for the daily keeper talk.

Animals
California sea lions
From
Ocean
Keeper talk
13:30
IUCN status
Least Concern

Aquarium · A coral reef and its fish

An indoor reef tank and a tunnel underneath it. Warm and dry on a wet day.

Animals
A coral reef and its fish
From
Ocean
Keeper talk
Every hour
IUCN status
Reef corals: many threatened

Kangaroo walk · Red kangaroos

A walk-through enclosure: stay on the path, and the kangaroos come close.

Animals
Red kangaroos
From
Australia
Keeper talk
10:45
IUCN status
Least Concern

Koala house · Koalas

Koalas sleep up to twenty hours a day. The best time to see them awake is the afternoon talk.

Animals
Koalas
From
Australia
Keeper talk
14:45
IUCN status
Vulnerable

Flamingo lake · Chilean flamingos

A flock of Chilean flamingos on the lake at the heart of the zoo. Their pink comes from the carotenoids in what they eat.

Animals
Chilean flamingos
From
South America
IUCN status
Near Threatened

Main entrance

Tickets, maps and buggy hire. Open 9:30 to 17:30.

Visitor information

Talk times, lost children and the day's announcements.

Lakeside café

Hot food and a terrace over the flamingo lake.

Elephant valley kiosk

Snacks and drinks.

Toilets

With baby change and an accessible toilet.

First aid

Staffed all day, beside the savannah viewing deck.