Walk on the wild side and spend the day at the second most visited zoo in the United States! Our family-friendly hotel near the Houston Zoo is a unique place to stay with a great location near downtown. Convenient amenities such as our complimentary breakfast, Kaypr tablets in the rooms, and happiness centre make it that much easier to focus on enjoying your visit to Houston. Come visit the 6,000 animals that permanently reside at Houston Zoo!
Animal Encounters & Experiences
It’s your chance to meet you favorite animals up close! Houston Zoo offers two exclusive experiences for visitors, whether you’re excited to interact with your favorite animals or are looking for a behind the scenes tour with a keeper. This is your chance to feed piranhas, pat a rhino, and receive a kiss from a sea lion. Go behind the scenes of Kipp Aquarium or the gorilla habitat to learn from the zookeepers about animal care.
Plan Your Visit
There’s so many exhibits to see that you’ll want to spend a good portion of your day at Houston Zoo. The zoo offers a variety of natural exhibits for you to come face to face with carnivores, amphibians, and creatures of the underwater world. Here are some of our recommended things to see:
- Crawl through the tunnel through the piranha tunnel in the Natural Encounters exhibit.
- Wander through the African Forest, with chimpanzees, gorillas, and Masai giraffes.
- Greet rescued Asian elephants splashing in the pool at the McNair Asian Elephant Habitat.
Start planning your stay at our hotel close to Houston Zoo and your animal encounters today!