San Diego Zoo Bus

When visiting the San Diego Zoo, in addition to just wandering around and looking at exhibits there are a lot of things to do at the zoo. First, there’s a guided bus tour that orients you to the set-up of the place.

If you want to get around the expansive zoo and return to the places you like the best, then here’s what you need:

Zoo package with the tour bus

While you will have great looks from the side of the bus you are on, you may miss some things. The good news is that you can always come back to your favorite exhibits and animals and spend more time there.

The tours run over half an hour (they say 35 minutes in their literature and my ride was around 4o minutes). Like everything else, people first in line go running up the steps to the top deck of the double decker bus. While you may not see everything, the tour bus covers most the territory. Some of the exhibits you have to see on foot.The polar bears are one example of an exhibit that allows you to get close and personal on eye level, looking through the tank where they swim.

You also get access to the express buses that are more like shuttles. They go between many stops at the zoo. There are also bus tours for groups of 20 or moe offered in other languages, mostly Spanish and French.