Smaller metro zoo - alot of areas to walk and view the animals…read more Various kids areas for breaks for families! Nice walking trails in nature.

Did you know you can visit the Louisville Zoo for free? I recently discovered this and wanted to…read moreshare this great tip with others. The zoo offers a wonderful program called the Louisville Zoo Walking Club, which runs from March through October. On your first visit, you can get a Walking Club membership card at the entrance gate. After that, you simply show your card on future visits. It's a fantastic way to start your morning, enjoy a peaceful walk, get some exercise, and see animals along the way. Visiting early in the morning makes the experience even better. If you enjoy walking and nature, this program is definitely worth checking out. It's one of the best community programs offered by the zoo! You can find detail information at : https://louisvillezoo.org/plan/walking-club

Fun adventure for kids and adults! Animals engaged and were…read moreobviously well cared for.

The best Animal encounter in Indiana bar none! Got to hang out with an elephant and do a safari…read moreride where you feed multiple animals from the window of your car. Highly recommended!

Nina African petting zoo is the longtime petting zoo located inside of the Lousiville zoo…read more This attraction comes with the cost of admission and does not cost anything. Extra. Which is always nice. The petting zoo is medium sized and enclosed and consists mainly of goats and sheep. The Animals always seem friendly and well taken care of. They do have large sinks and sanitizer stations to clean up after petting the animals. Overall fun and nice perk at the Lousiville zoo that my kids have loved doing for years.

There's a nice petting zoo inside of the Louisville zoo. We go in here and pet the goats and the…read moredifferent types of animals. My daughters have a good time every time we go in here to pet all the different kind of animals

Five Star Review for our walking tour and for our tour guide, Ezra. They were knowledgeable and…read moreengaging. The walking tour is accessible to people of most abilities, with a bit of uneven ground in some spots. Cool, comfortable temperatures. (Maybe have a light sweater.) Cool/interesting history of how the carven transitioned from a massive limestone mining facility that started in the 1930s, to its multiple uses today. The zip-lining looks like a lot of fun, but that was not for us on this day.

This is the only man-made cavern in the area that has a ropes course and zipline in the cavern. The…read moreMega Quest Cavern Challenge is pretty cool, but I would keep your expectations in check. We thought that meant that you'd be exploring and ziplining all through the cavern, but no. It's a ropes course, and the course is pretty small, and you're not really going into the cavern, which is a bummer. They do have a separate zipline tour, which is maybe more adventurous, but I wouldn't know because we didn't do that one. The ropes course is for ages 5 and older. Louisville Mega Cavern also offers a walking cavern tour and a tram tour, plus a drive-through Christmas lights display around the holidays. Be sure to book your activities in advance! This place is very popular and gets very busy. One thing to note is that outside food and drink are supposedly not allowed. (Oops, my bad. I didn't find that out until I had finished my tasty little tuna-and-crackers snack.) They also have lockers to put your things in if you don't have someone hanging back at the tables to hold your stuff.

Excellent tour. I had this on my things to do list and passed it in the morning. Since my other…read moretour was short I decided to hit this up. I called just before 4 pm and the man said I would make the last tour. I was the only one but how sweet to let me go through. Malory was my guide and she did an excellent job. She was probably surprised at all the notes I was taking. I even had to have her spell some of the words. It is a little scary when you go to the door in the side of a mountain and it is pitch black. You only have to walk a few feet and then you enter another door to the cave. It can get cold and drops do fall on you so wear appropriate clothing or hats. You also have to go down (I think she said 73 steps) and the stairs are narrow. Wear good tennis shoes or boots. Very interesting cavern and this was my first. Interesting fact: Squire Boone is buried in the cavern. Truth and interesting story as to why. There are a lot of things to do but because I came late and spent an hour on the tour all the other shops were closed down. There is a large gravel parking lot, so you park wherever. They have animals you may feed too. This is at least a two-three hour visit, so get there by noon. I visited May 31, 2023. $24 entrance

Really great tour--informative and enjoyable! Definitely worth a visit. I came during the…read moreoff-season, so it was a bit slower, but still an awesome experience.

The islands is a set of 3-4 different small hut buildings near the main entrance of the Lousiville…read morezoo. The exhibits has always had a rotation of different animals including my favorite animal at the whole zoo the orangutan. He has always been very active and interactive. Will meet you face to face at the glass and put palm to palm with you. Also every playful. The other animals they have in these exhibits are unique and cool to look at as well. This exhibit has been around at least since I was a kid so it isn't newer but it it still holds up. Overall I'm a fan of Thai area. Always the fists thing we visit at the Lousiville zoo as we always tend to walk in and go to the right. Also one of my all time favorites of my oldest daughter (now a teenager) on her first zoo trip getting very excited to see an orangutan.

The islands is one of the first attraction to see you as you walk into the mall zoom. Soon as you…read moreenter the park is to the right and it offers a wide variety of animals that are in the islands. Birds chimpanzees different animals like that. One of the better parts of a zoom opinion is the islands. They have a lot of neat things to say like my daughters favorite the penguins

As a parent, I find this place completely overwhelming and chaotic, but my 5.5y/o and 18m old both…read morelove it. Do yourself a favor and arrive as soon as it opens, before the crowds, and it's lovely! Best kept secret is the construction zone. You can access it from the 2nd or 3rd floors, using the side staircases nearest the portland side of town. It's a less busy, fun space to decompress and my kids will play with the shovels and forts for an extended time. Outside drinks and snacks are permitted, but remember that you're traveling up and down stairs/elevators with whatever you bring in. Their snack options are basically just a vending machine, so we don't usually buy anything there. If you're able to buy a membership, I love having the dual membership with the zoo!

In short: fun for kids, not so great for adults…read more This isn't a museum but more of an indoor science play area for kids. We've been here twice in the last several years and both experiences were exactly the same. Same exhibits and the same 'old' feeling of worn out and dirty 'exhibits.' Some things are even broken. I was personally bored in here quickly. On the flip side, my son loves this place. He loves making paper rockets to shoot out to the floor below, building things in the construction/fort area, and watching the balls roll in the watershed exhibit. Making the weatherman video was a blast, as was playing with the air tubes that pushed out scarves. We spent a decent amount of time on each floor, with the exception of the top floor that didn't hold our interest at all. Then he was ready to go. We spent maybe four hours here each visit. We live about an hour and a half from here, so it's a bit of a drive. I was determined that we stay here longer than the time it takes to drive here. Might be worth the drive once or so to bring your kids, but not frequently unless you live nearby and your kids love this place.

Early November was a great time to visit this nature preserve. It was not overcrowded and the…read moreentry fee was just $5 for me and free for my 3 year old. It was the perfect amount of exhibits/animals for a young kid/toddler. We explored at a very leisurely pace and we were there for about 2 hours.

This is a hidden gem in Frankfort, KY. More than twenty years ago I visited this site with my…read morehusband and kids. I put it off of my bucket list of places to revisit at that time. It was next to nothing but a nice place to stroll around a lake and feed the ducks. This summer when my daughter and grandson came to town they requested that we forego our annual trip to the Louisville Zoo and give the Salato Wildlife Education Center a try. We went there and my expectations were extremely low. I was pleasantly surprised at the changes that occurred since I was here last. The small museum utilizes every nook and cranny with exhibits It is very informative yet fun for all. Then after making the circle through the museum we exited the rear door to the outside and began our leisurely stroll down paths and around loops to see all the live wildlife. Even though there were multiple families visiting at the same time the grounds absorbed the people so you didn't feel like you were in a crowd. There are many opportunities for kids to have a hands on feel for the subject matters. So the $5. for adults and the $3. for kids was well worth our afternoon visit to the center. Woohoo, I'll be back on my own just to walk the grounds again.

We came here for the first time and had a blast! The paddle boats are a lot of fun and doable with…read morejust one person (if your other passengers are kids). The canoes are also great to rent but it was a windy day and it kept blowing us around lol. Prices for rental are reasonable as well. The lake is big but you can basically see the whole thing from one end to another. Which is nice if your family is on multiple boats. There is a disc golf course but I only played on a couple holes. The kids playground is a lot of fun and has some unique features. There is a petting zoo as well, basketball and tennis / pickleball courts. So much to do! Looking forward to going back and trying the camping!

We brought our 3 boys here (2,6,9) and they had a blast. They loved the playground and water…read moreactivities. We rented a paddle boat and canoe. We didn't get to swim, pet the animals, or walk the path around the lake, but we will be back! We could see the campsite and it looked pretty full. It seems like a nice place to camp with many activities. We did eat some food here and it was a bit overpriced, but it was worth it and supported the park.

(This review is for the Joe Creason Parkrun, an event series, not the park itself. For whatever…read morereason, the site defaults to putting the review on the park page.) Parkrun is a free, weekly, timed 5k run, and the local chapter organizes the event in Joe Creason every Saturday at 9 a.m. On a typical Saturday, you'll see a few dozen people gather, everyone from competitive runners to walkers, and plenty of hacks like me somewhere in between. The local chapter is just one of about 100 around the country (and more globally), and it's completely run by a dedicated group of socially-minded volunteers. Sometimes they wear cute outfits. Sometimes they bring snacks to share with finishers. And they always bring a lot of energy. It's easy to sign up online and all you have to do is arrive by 9:00 and have your barcode on your phone. The Creason course can be a little confusing at first -- it's essentially a big figure 8 that you run 2 1/2 times. You find yourself at the center of that 8 no fewer than five times. And you have to run up a sizable hill twice, so you'll get your pulse working. As of this writing, I've done the Parkrun 11 times in the past couple of years (I've only volunteered once so far, but I hope to do better next year). Highly recommend it for anyone looking to either train for a bigger race or just mix up their own running routine. You'll be rubbing elbows with a lot of other nice people.

We have had the opportunity to visit this park several times in the past few months and enjoyed its…read moreproximity to the zoo and a busy urban area. A friend hosted her son's birthday party for a fairly large group and this was the perfect venue as opposed to the tight quarters at a nearby home. We were able to have access to four large sturdy picnic tables for a few hours in order to decorate, throw a party, and then relax and visit. The playground equipment is modern and safe with soft surfaces underfoot. The equipment was in close proximity so that the kids could enjoy playing while under the watchful eye of the adults. Plenty of trash cans. Plenty of parking. Well maintained grounds with nice lawn to run without fear of falling into a chuckhole and getting hurt. This location also is the local host for the weekly Park Run organization on Saturday mornings, which is a timed 5K, and further info and signups can be found online for Park Run.