Central Park Zoo Tickets with Penguins and Children's Zoo

With Central Park Zoo tickets you can spend a few hours among animals without leaving Manhattan. The zoo is divided into zones, each with its own climate, and the visit follows them one after the other.

The Tropic Zone is a rainforest on two floors, where Rodrigues fruit bats and ruffed lemurs share the space with emerald tree boas and cotton-top tamarins, with piranhas and pig-nosed turtles in the water. Next is the Temperate Territory, for animals that like milder weather: red pandas, Japanese macaques and snow leopards, plus a pool of California sea lions. The Polar Circle follows, with a cooled penguin house for king, gentoo, rockhopper and chinstrap penguins, and an open-air pool where harbor seals swim.

• Three climate zones: Tropic Zone, Temperate Territory, Polar Circle
• Tisch Children's Zoo, included with the ticket
• One 4-D admission with every ticket

Families with young children will want to stop at the Tisch Children's Zoo, a petting zoo where children feed goats and sheep and meet Manhattan's only cow. The Acorn Theater stages a show every day, and you can buy food or souvenirs on site. Exhibits may change from one visit to the next, and guests aged 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.