Showing posts with label Stingray Bay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stingray Bay. Show all posts

Monday, September 15, 2014

Come Enjoy the Bay:

Stingray Bay is a fun experience offered at the OKC Zoo. It's one of the many seasonal experiences, which means guests can visit the rays and sharks of the touch pool from March through October.

During the winter months, the animals are taken to a climate controlled facility, so they don't have to deal with the cold winter temps they would not experience in the wild.

The Cownose Ray is one of the species of Stingray Bay; others include Southern and Bat Rays, as well as Bamboo and Bonnethead Sharks. Photo by Jamie West.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Special Activities:

Alright, so I'm going to tell you about some of the fun extras the Zoo offers for guests. Most of these experience are seasonal (March-October) and weather permitting.

General Zoo Admission: $8- Adult, $5-Senior, Child, Babies 2-and-under are free!

Tram: $4-All-day pass for a Narrated Tour around 80% of the Zoo!

By location:
*Children's Zoo

Explorikeet: Free to enter the Lorikeet exhibit. Guests may purchase cups of nectar to feed the Lorikeets for $3-Per cup.

Petting Zoo: Free to enter. Guests can pet sheep, goats, pigs, mules, and chickens.

*Aquatics-side of the Zoo

Sea Lion Show: $2-Per person, babies are free. 20 minute demonstration with Keepers and sea lions and harbor seal.

Stingray Bay:$3-Per person, babies are free. Touch pool with three different types of rays and two small species of shark. Random feedings at $2-Per bowl of food. Must be 12 years and up to go in alone, 16 and up to chaperone children.

Touch Pool: Free to enjoy, a little pool with replicas of animals and shells one would find at the beach. No live animals, just a fun area for the little ones.

*Lakeside

Safari Voyage: $2-Adults, $1-Child, babies are free. Narrated ferryboat ride across the lake. One-way trip from Aquatics-side to Elephants-side (or vice versa).

Swan Paddle Boats: $5-Per boat for 30-minute sessions on the lake.

Endangered Species Carousel: $2-Per ride. Guests my ride on the backs of replicas of some of their favorite zoo animals.

*Hoof-stock-side of the Zoo

Giraffe Feedings: $3-Per feeding. Guests can purchase three leaves of lettuce or branches to be fed to or Giraffes. Likely giraffes to feed are Bogey and Ellie.

Centennial Choo Choo: $2-Per rider. Narrated train ride through the exotic deer exhibit.

*Elephant-side of the Zoo

Elephant Demo: Free 20-minute demonstration with Keepers and elephants.