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VISITOR GUIDE www.sfzoo.org Photo: Marianne Hale RED IVORY by Henry Jackson THE ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE An artistic visual narrative playing inside the Primate Discovery Center beginning March 25 François’ Langur Trachypithecus francoisi SPRING 2017 Monthly Member Mornings Enjoy early access to the Zoo with free rides on our historic Dentzel Carousel, complimentary hot beverages, and exclusive access to special opportunities. Apply today’s admission towards a Zoo Membership and enjoy 365 days of unlimited access to our park and Member-only special discounts on popular programs. Visit the Membership Office for details. IT PAYS TO BE A MEMBER! Wild Walks A one-hour guided tour for audiences of all ages, weekends at 10am, 12pm or 2pm. Enjoy fun facts, animal stories, and an animal encounter. Register online or in person 10 minutes prior to tour start times in Entry Village. VIP Wild Walks A 90-minute customized tour to your liking offered every Saturday and Sunday at 3:30pm. Beginning with an animal encounter and ending at our Bernard Osher Giraffe Lodge, where you get the opportunity to feed our giraffes. Pre-register for these tours through our calendar online. Click on “VIP Wild Walk” on your desired visit date! Private Wild Walks A 75-minute tour highlighting 3-4 exhibit areas of your choosing with a personal tour guide ending with an up-close animal encounter. Private Wild Walks require two week’s notice for book- ing and payment. Email [email protected] to register. Questions? Call 415-753-7073 ext 8137 or e-mail [email protected] HOP, SKIP, or JUMP into an animal-themed early childhood class for children 18 months - 4 years. For more info email [email protected] (Rides seasonal, weather permitting) • Enjoy our beautifully restored Dentzel Carousel. • Ride our enchanting Little Puffer Steam Train. • Listen to animal stories with a Zoo Key at Storybooks. • Explore through touch at the Sculpture Learning Plaza. • Explore three bio-regions at the Playground. MUST SEE EXHIBITS FUN ACTIVITIES MADAGASCAR EXPERIENCE Come eye-to-eye with seven species of lemurs at Lemur Forest and learn about the threats to the biodiversity hotspot. Catch the leaping lemurs, Coquerel’s sifakas, bouncing and playing in their newly built exhibit. AFRICAN REGION • Be surrounded by animals in the African Savanna, including zebras, giraffes, ostriches, and kudu. • Don’t miss our gorilla troop. EXPLORATION ZONE • Delight in the social interactions of the meerkats and the prairie dogs. • Discover the Insect Zoo and Animal Resource Center. • Pet a goat or sheep in the Family Farm. CAT KINGDOM See endangered tigers, snow leopards, lions, and fishing cats. Watch the antics around Penguin Island. Learn how to tell the difference between two species of endangered rhinoceros. GRIZZLY GULCH Get nose-to-nose with our beloved grizzly bear sisters and watch them swim and fish in their pool at Hearst Grizzly Gulch. Meet our wolves, Chacoan peccaries, and rescued bald eagle. TROPICAL RAIN FOREST & AVIARY Features a realistic rainforest ecosystem, full of colorful free-flight birds, exotic plants, a two-toed sloth, and the Zoo’s first significant herpetological collection. RED PANDA TREEHOUSE Find our adorable red pandas in the tree house custom designed by Animal Planet’s Treehouse Masters. THANK YOU TO OUR NAMED EXHIBIT DONORS Baker Family Foundation Fred Carroll Family Sea Lion Pool Coulter Family Acacia Plaza Thelma & Henry Doelger Primate Discovery Center Fisher Family Children’s Zoo Elinor Friend Playground Friend & Taube Family Entry Village Eugene Friend Dentzel Carousel Richard & Rhoda Goldman Courtyard Hearst Grizzly Gulch Jones Family Gorilla Preserve Koret Animal Resource Center Koret Foundation Lipman Family Lemur Forest Connie & Bob Lurie Education Center Eleanor Hammer Oates Conservation Plaza Bernard Osher Giraffe Lodge Leanne Bovet Roberts African Region Taube Family Foundation Valentine Family Savanna Wells Fargo Wildlife Theatre San Francisco Zoo Sloat Blvd. at Great Hwy. San Francisco, CA 94132-1027 Tel: 415-753-7080 TTY: 415-753-8141 (Telecommunications device for the deaf only. No operator.) Visit www.sfzoo.org/ adopt or call 415-753-7173 An adoption of one of our animals makes a great gift for friends, family, or yourself! www.sfzoo.org MAKE YOUR NEXT EVENT SPECIAL AT THE SF ZOO! Birthday Parties • Corporate picnics Email [email protected] or 415-753-7055

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VISITOR GUIDE

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THE ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE

An artistic visual narrative playing inside the Primate Discovery Center beginning March 25

François’ Langur Trachypithecus francoisi

SPRING 2017

Monthly Member Mornings Enjoy early access to the Zoo with free rides on our historic Dentzel Carousel, complimentary hot beverages, and exclusive access to special opportunities.

Apply today’s admission towards a Zoo Membership and enjoy 365 days of unlimited access to our park and Member-only special discounts on popular programs.

Visit the Membership Office for details.

IT PAYS TO BE A MEMBER!

Wild WalksA one-hour guided tour for audiences of all ages, weekends at 10am, 12pm or 2pm. Enjoy fun facts, animal stories, and an animal encounter.Register online or in person 10 minutes prior to tour start times in Entry Village.

VIP Wild WalksA 90-minute customized tour to your liking offered every Saturday and Sunday at 3:30pm. Beginning with an animal encounter and ending at our Bernard Osher Giraffe Lodge, where you get the opportunity to feed our giraffes.

Pre-register for these tours through our calendar online. Click on “VIP Wild Walk” on your desired visit date!

Private Wild WalksA 75-minute tour highlighting 3-4 exhibit areas of your choosing with a personal tour guide ending with an up-close animal encounter.

Private Wild Walks require two week’s notice for book-ing and payment. Email [email protected] to register.

Questions? Call 415-753-7073 ext 8137 or e-mail [email protected]

Hop, skip, or jump into an animal-themed early childhood class for children 18 months - 4 years.For more info email [email protected]

(Rides seasonal, weather permitting)

•EnjoyourbeautifullyrestoredDentzel Carousel.•RideourenchantingLittle Puffer Steam Train.•ListentoanimalstorieswithaZoo Key at Storybooks.•ExplorethroughtouchattheSculpture Learning Plaza.•Explorethreebio-regionsatthePlayground.

M U S T S E E E x h I b I T S

F U N A C T I V I T I E S

MADAGASCAR ExPERIENCE• Come eye-to-eye with seven species of lemurs at Lemur Forest and learn about the threats to the biodiversity hotspot. Catch the leaping lemurs, Coquerel’s sifakas, bouncing and playing in their newly built exhibit.

AFRICAN REGION • BesurroundedbyanimalsintheAfrican Savanna, including zebras, giraffes, ostriches, and kudu.• Don’tmissourgorilla troop.

ExPLORATION ZONE• Delightinthesocialinteractionsofthe meerkats and the prairie dogs.• DiscovertheInsect Zoo and Animal Resource Center. • PetagoatorsheepintheFamily Farm.

CAT KINGDOM• See endangered tigers, snow leopards, lions, and fishing cats.• Watch the antics around Penguin Island. • Learn how to tell the difference between two species of endangered rhinoceros.

GRIZZLy GULCh• Get nose-to-nose with our beloved grizzly bear sisters and watch them swim and fish in their pool at Hearst Grizzly Gulch. • Meet our wolves, Chacoan peccaries, and rescued bald eagle.

TROPICAL RAIN FOREST & AVIARy•Features a realistic rainforest ecosystem, full of colorful free-flight birds, exotic plants, a two-toed sloth,andtheZoo’sfirst significant herpetological collection.

RED PANDA TREEhOUSE• Find our adorable red pandas in the tree housecustomdesignedbyAnimalPlanet’s Treehouse Masters.

ThANK yOU TO OUR NAMED ExhIbIT DONORS

Baker Family Foundation Fred Carroll Family Sea Lion Pool

Coulter Family Acacia PlazaThelma & Henry Doelger Primate Discovery Center

Fisher Family Children’s ZooElinor Friend Playground

Friend & Taube Family Entry VillageEugene Friend Dentzel Carousel

Richard&RhodaGoldmanCourtyardHearst Grizzly Gulch

Jones Family Gorilla PreserveKoretAnimalResourceCenter

Koret FoundationLipman Family Lemur Forest

Connie & Bob Lurie Education CenterEleanor Hammer Oates Conservation Plaza

Bernard Osher Giraffe LodgeLeanneBovetRobertsAfricanRegion

Taube Family FoundationValentine Family Savanna

Wells Fargo Wildlife Theatre

San Francisco Zoo Sloat Blvd. at Great Hwy. San Francisco, CA 94132-1027

Tel: 415-753-7080 TTY: 415-753-8141 (Telecommunications device for the deaf only. No operator.)

Visit www.sfzoo.org/adopt or call 415-753-7173

An adoption of one of our animals makes a great gift for friends, family, or yourself!

www.sfzoo.org

MAKE YOUR NEXT EVENT SPECIAL AT THE SF ZOO! • Birthday Parties •Corporatepicnics

Email [email protected] 415-753-7055

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KEEPER TALKS(Subject To Change)

10:15 am Red Panda, Exploration Zone10:30 am Grizzly Bear, Hearst Grizzly Gulch (feed only) Barnyard Stampede, Family Farm Penguins, Penguin Island11:00 am Big Cat, Lion House11:15 am Hatchery Tour, Family Farm (weekends) 12:00 pm Fishing Cat, Cat Kingdom (weekends)12:30 pm Prairie Dog & Meerkat, Exploration Zone12:45 pm Sifaka, Primate Discovery Center 2:00 pm Sea Lions, Fred Carroll Family Sea Lion Pool (feed only) 2:30 pm Incredible Insects in Action, Insect Zoo (weekends) Big Cat, Lion House 3:00 pm Chimpanzee, Chimp Habitat Polar Bear, Bear Country White Pelicans, Pelican Beach 3:30 pm Penguins, Penguin Island 4:00 pm Raptors,KoretAnimalResource Center(ARC) 4:30 pm Giraffe Lodge Open House, Bernard Osher Giraffe Lodge

OTHER ATTRACTIONSEvery 15 min. Red Ivory, Primate Discovery Center (3/25-9/1)11:00 -2:00 Storytime Station, (Saturday & Sunday, times and locations may vary)

11:00 -4:00 Tropical Rainforest & Aviary

2:00 pm ARC Animal Encounter, Koret AnimalResourceCenter (weekdays 2:00 - 2:30, weekends 2:00 - 3:00)

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NatureTrail

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LittleLearnersCabin

Cassowary

Koala Crossing

Birds

Aviary

Chimpanzee

Lion & Tiger Yards

Snow Leopard

Fishing Cat

Sloat Boulevard

Mandrill Patas Monkey

EagleIsland

Capybara

Chacoan Peccary

Greater Rhea

BlackRhino

Hippo

PenguinIsland

AsianRhino

Wolverine

The Station Pizza Parlor

Little PufferSteam TrainDepot

Puente al Sur

AustralianWalkAbout

Anteater

Anteater

Bobcat

ConservationPlaza

Giraffe Lodge

Patas LawnAcacia Plaza

DongaHoofstockBarn

PolarBear

WolfCanyon

Sifaka

CAT KINGDOM

BEAR COUNTRY

GrizzlyGulch

Café Playfield

PrehistoricGarden

Flamingo

PRIMATEDISCOVERY

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Family Farm

Meerkat

PrairieDog

Red PandaTreehouse

Insect Zoo

GatehouseThe Gift Shop

Guest/MemberServices

RentalsBicycleParking

PaidParking

Parking

AccessibleParking

PaidParking

River Otter

PelicanBeach

Komodo Alley

The DepotGrillDentzel

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Lion HouseGiraffe

Zebra

Kudu

AFRICANREGION

AfricanSavanna

Ostrich

AfricanAviary

1906 EarthquakeShack

MonkeyBusinessShop

Greenie’sConservationCorner

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VISITOR SERVICESENTRy VILLAGE

Guest/Member Services Office First Aid Lost Children Lost & FoundZoo Memberships RentalsWheelchairs Strollers

Restroom Dining TTY Telephone

ATM AED (Defibrillator)

ShOPS Gift Shop Gifts, Souvenirs, Apparel, EspressoBar Monkey Business* Gifts, Souvenirs, Apparel

CAFéSLeaping Lemur Café Grill,Deli,International Specialities,PizzaThe Station Pizza Parlor* Pizza,Snacks,&DrinksThe Depot Grill* OutdoorGrill&BeerGarden Café Playfield Sandwiches,Salads,Kids’Meals,EspressoDrinks

ZOO hOURS Subject to change Open every day, including holidays.Spring/Summer Hours 10 am - 5 pmWinter Hours10 am - 4 pm Family Farm opens at 10:30 am

Last admission sold one hour before closing time; last Member entry 30 minutes before closing.

*seasonal hours

ZOO MANNERSuPlease respect the animals. uReport any disturbance of the animals to 415-753-7069.uPlease do not feed Zoo animals, peacocks, gulls, or squirrels. uPlease do not let children stand on railings and fences.uPhotography is welcome, but no selfie sticks. Please stay safely behind barriers and only in public areas. uThe Zoo is a non-smoking facility.uSMILE! Today you may be videotaped or photographed by a San FranciscoZooemployee,authorizedguest,orelectronicsurveillance. Admission serves as permission for use of your image by these parties. uSome animals may not be on exhibit the day of your visit. They have indoor/outdoor access. Not all animals at the Zoo are shown on the map.

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