Smithsonian National Zoological Park

I used to live in Seattle, St.Louis, and Miami. Honestly, those zoos were much better than this one! It was lame. Counting the bird, elephants, a tiger hiding, and a lion hiding. we saw 4 species of animals.. in FOUR HOURS. No giraffes... we didn't get to see the pandas either. We couldn't find them! More like National Zoo of Lameness. The people on D.C. and VA think this zoo is great, but boy I feel bad for the. Someone needs to get a better zoo. Pronto. The only good thing was that it was free. I recommend the zoo in Seattle.

I went to the National Zoo with my wife, son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter and was totally, one-hundred-percent disappointed. My granddaughter wanted to see giraffes, but no giraffes. No elephants. No nothing. And the animals they did have must have been in hibernation. In the course of the day, I saw less animals than I could see in my back yard. I guess the zoo's going in the same direction as the country - straight downhill.

We were excited to see the giant pandas. Had to walk all through the zoo (after driving around one-half hour looking for a parking spot). Exhibits are kind of "old". Ape exhibit was too "stinky" to enjoy;. Just felt we could have skipped this zoo. It was free to get in, but the parking starts at $10.00 first hour and we paid $15.00 for twenty minutes over an hour! Also, giant pandas were inside and the display area was hot and cramped. Don't waste your time at this zoo.

Im going here in July. With my grandma and and grandpa!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!!

Went to the zoo with my son. Saw 2 animals in 2 hours. The crowds were terrible, like leaving a football game, and the people were very discourteous. We saw 2 fights while we were there and tons of foul language. We will never go back again. What a waste of a beautiful day.

It was a good free thing to do. We spent so much on food and stuff during our stay that it was nice having a day that was free. We got to watch the elephants have a refreshing wash. I think this would be a good place to take the kids and spend a day.

Honestly it wasn;'t that great. My local zoo is WAY better. Everything is too far apart and takes forever to walk to see ONE animal. the Hall of small mammmals had more animals than anything else. and it was boring. this zoo is not exciting at all. Go to your local zoo. But the quality of the park is good. just good.

I live here in DC and had not been to the zoo in years. It was very crowded for a sunday. Was upset because it was like noon and half the animals were not out. We saw no lions or tigers at all..dont know where they were. Didnt see any giraffes. It was only 1 hippo, no rhinos, only saw 1 elephant. The best part was the baby gorrilla and the organtuns..they were cool. It was just ok....was looking forward to seeing more.

I live in Grand Rapids Michigan and I'd rather go to my local zoo. A third of the animals weren't out, even though it was 2pm, a lot of the exhibits were closed, and they had one of almost everything. Seeing one lion and one tiger just stand there was depressing. The two elephants were nice to see, but the small, crowded, smelly building they were in was not. The fish exhibit reminded me of a modest pet store (the aquarium in Baltimore has it beat hands down) with only a few, tiny displays. Consession areas weren't open, and the entire zoo is on a hill. Make pushing a family member confined to wheelchair interesting at best. The only redeeming quality was seeing the gorrilla baby and the orangutangs, which simply sat staring back at you indoors.

i had so much fun the animals were nice and i love animals and i havent seen anything like it