From award-winning attractions to lesser-known exhibits, the Detroit Zoo has several places to enjoy all the animals in their habitats. Here are just a few of the dozens of exhibits to visit by limousine or luxury sedan:
The arctic ring of life
With the AZA Significant Achievement Award, the Arctic Ring of Life will take you on a journey to the North Pole. You can experience the tundra, open sea and ice floe of the arctic environment, and the animals that are clearly adapted to life there.
amphibianville
At this AZA Award Winner Exhibit, Amphibiville, you can see amphibians in their natural habitat. The exhibit includes a 2-acre wetland teeming with bullfrogs and other wildlife, and is home to the National Amphibian Conservation Center (NACC).
Australian Outback Adventure
Now you can experience some of our most fascinating animals in a whole new way. Now is your chance to come face to face with our 16 red kangaroos, from inside the Australian Outback Adventure exhibit.
The Wildlife Interpretive Gallery
Located in the zoo’s oldest building, The WIG has been completely restored and reconfigured and is home to the butterfly and hummingbird garden, coral reef aquarium, theater and art collection.
wild adventure simulator
Come experience the nation’s first zoo-based virtual reality ride. The simulator combines theater and technology in a unique educational and entertainment mix that appeals to audiences of all ages.
butterfly garden
The Butterfly Garden at the Detroit Zoo features butterflies from Costa Rica and El Salvador. The butterflies are bred by butterfly breeders who breed them in captivity. None of the butterflies are collected from the wild and our suppliers are actively involved in butterfly conservation efforts in their countries of origin. Farms supply their stock of caterpillars (immature butterflies) with appropriate food, called a host plant, and nurture them until they form a chrysalis. Every week the zoo receives a shipment of 200-300 pupae of up to 40 different species of butterflies from the butterfly farms. Over the course of a year, the zoo welcomes around 70 different species of butterflies.
Great Apes of Harambee
The Harambee Great Apes Exhibit features large outdoor exhibits for chimpanzees and gorillas, as well as large living rooms for each. Completed in the late 1980s, the exhibit replicates the native African habitat of these two magnificent primates.
Behavioral enrichment, such as stocking artificial termite mounds with treats and spreading food on the lush greenery, is used to promote natural, healthy behaviors. In fact, chimpanzees and gorillas spend their days as they would in the wild: foraging, grooming, playing, and raising young.
You will enjoy seeing the natural behavior of chimpanzees and gorillas from the various observation stations.
Penguinarium
The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in the US to build a facility exclusively for penguins. The Penguinarium was completed in 1968 and contains life support systems that maintain the environment necessary for penguins to live in captivity (air temperature is maintained at 45 degrees F. and water at 45 degrees to 50 degrees F).
Penguins are distributed throughout much of the southern hemisphere. They live along the coasts of South America, Africa, and Australia, as well as most of the islands in between. The three different sides of the Penguinarium resemble the habitats of the species exhibited at the zoo.
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