Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, DC : Reviews of Smithsonian National Zoological Park

OverviewNational Zoo is one of the nation's finest zoos. It was created by Congress in 1889 and designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, who also designed the grounds of the U.S. Capitol... more

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by Charley

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, elephan...more

Utter waste of time

I went to the National Zoo with my wife, son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter and was totally, one-hundred-percent disappointed. My...more

Not impressed

by Vincenza

This zoo was awful! The metro ride to get there was more exciting. The layout is not compatible with their crowd size, there's usually...more

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