For a town the size of Idaho Falls, its quite a treat for them to have a zoo (and its pretty good sized, as well!) The animals were all out when we were there, and my kids wanted to see every single exhibit. Plus, they love the little play area. Weve been to Tautphaus Zoo several times when visiting grandparents, and will definitely go again in the future! Support this small business AND have a great time!

What an quaint little zoo. It is very enjoyable to walk through. The animal exhibits are natural and provide easy viewing of the animals. There is plenty of shade and beautifully landscaped grounds. The animal exhibits are unique. We learned of several new animals during our visit. This zoo is smaller then out one back home but it is well worth it. I highly recommend visiting.

Overall recommend but my daughter and I won’t be returning more than once a year.Zoo was crowded, masks required. Litter could be found along the paths. Animals were in pretty small enclosures and due to the zoo size, you could easily get through the full zoo in 30-45min when the animals are mostly asleep.They did have a variety of animals - a huge plus.The paths and regions were theme decorated and made it more interesting going from animal a to b. Although, I was shocked there was little to no flowers & other plant life.Food was available as well as ice cream. Pricing wasn’t too crazy; maybe a little under what you’d expect to pay.Recommend scoop ice cream, chicken strips, and definitely the fries...the batter they use is awesome. Hand sanitizer was made available. Though, no staff cleaned the sit down tables between use.We didn’t use it but they also have a toddler play area near the petting zoo (closed).I think our visit was a bit of a let down because I saw the animal list and assumed it would be much bigger and resemble some of the larger zoos I’ve attended.

Funky little zoo that I really enjoyed for an hour or so. Some of the exhibits were closed due to colder weather, but there were still many animals to see. Only $8 for an adult. Good fun. If you have kids, you might want to wait to visit until warmer weather. Still, it was a nice afternoon.

This is a charming and enchanting zoo! Had a wonderful time visiting here with the family. Employees were friendly and helpful. Lots of shade for the hot summer sun and lots of benches to sit on. Absolutely loved it!!

Its a small zoo, however the animals are clearly well cared for and the place is maintained and clean! Good if you have a couple hours to kill and dont know what to do

For the price of 8 bucks, this zoo is amazing! When we went the lions were awake and running around which I have never seen before! The otters are always a treat to see and it’s a great little zoo. I would suggest going later in the day when it is cooler and when the animals are more active. Such a cool place!

Such a wonderful little zoo. Great selection of animals and a very up close experience. We just love our zoo!

Even though we were here in October, and many of the animals were being sheltered from the cold, the people working at the zoo were so friendly and great. The animals all looked healthy and happy. Great price for our 1.5 hour trip.

Had a great time. Very friendly staff and animals were out and playing

Cute little zoo! Be aware that masks are technically required, but most people took them off after entry since most of the exhibits are outdoors. There’s normally a petting zoo and a bird show, but both were closed due to COVID. My 3 year old and 1 year old had fun! We stayed for about an hour and had seen everything twice. It’s pretty well shaded, but it was still really hot when we went. It would be nice if they added a few misting stations throughout the park to cool people off since guests are expected to wear masks in 90° weather. Overall good experience for the price.

Super friendly staff! I stopped off on a long road trip for a break here, and was surprised at how much this place had to offer. It looked like the staff cared about the animals, and their areas were extremely well maintained. Would definitely recommend this for families!

Just big enough to have a good walk. It took us about an hour to stroll through. The park wasnt too crowded. They said it was an average day. We had a lovely day!

I really enjoyed this zoo! I was happy to see the enrichment in the exhibits and most if not all of the animals seemed to be happy and healthy. I also greatly appreciated the amount of signage throughout the zoo giving answers to questions and concerns that Im sure the staff have heard a million times- like that the tiger is a slender lady. It would have been nice to have individualized information on some more of the animals. Im curious as to how old.the tortoise is and didnt see any info on that. All in all awesome zoo. Especially for the price. The aquarium in town should take notes.

We have a membership to the zoo and visit regularly with our 2 & 9 year old girls. Theres always something new to learn and the keepers are informative and friendly. Today was Carnivore Craze where they feed the animals on exhibit for everyone to see. The different kinds of enrichment they do with and for the animals to help them use their natural instincts is super interesting. You can spend as little as an hour here if youre there for a quick trip or find things to do that lasts for a few hours.

I grew up at the San Diego Zoo from the time I was four years old until I left there a year ago. This do for a smallest this town is is really neat. And all this is talk to each other all over United States so it helps a lot with the information they need to care for the animals that they have.

Great Zoo. A little small but very fun for kids.

All though a smaller zoo. It has some unique features.

My wife and I frequent the zoo 8-12 times a year. They typically host multiple events for both children and adults. Highly recommend as this zoo is surprisingly large and beautiful for a medium-sized city.

Small, very cozy zoo, perfect size for our 3 year old toddlers attention spend . Animals seem happy well cared for. Staff was kind and helpful. Our ESA dog received complements from the zoo animals and humans alike.

Fun and well worth the $8.48 for each adult. The mac and cheese bites I could have done without, but the sloth bears and singing dogs were AMAZING. Oh, and the Yak was pretty cool too. Definitely worth the stop and few hours spent there.

Definitely not the best zoo Ive been to but it was probably one of the most affordable, and worth the money. We enjoyed going there.

Great range of animals for the size of the zoo. However, we did notice that there were only 1 or 2 of each kind, for most of the species.. Im sure they are well-taken care of but the animals do look kinda lonely.We didnt get the best weather during our visit, so that probably affected the number of animals out and about too. Also, there seems to be quite a bit of renovation happening around the park now.

This was a great experience. A small zoo, but such a fun shop! The price was so great! A family of 5 got in for 21$

Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Animals were very active and looked well taken care of. There were lots of babies and tons of signs to provide info about the animals.

Awesome Zoo! Its small enough that you can see everything in half a day. My family and I loved the exhibits.

I’m typically not a huge fan of animals being in captivity, but after a few visits here I have to say they are doing the zoo thing right. The animals are always so active, which to me shows that they are happy and well taken care of. The zoo staff is friendly and always happy to answer questions. I can’t say enough good things about this place, it’s really great for the family!

Really fun, small zoo. You can get up pretty close to the animals. The lions and tigers were our favorites. It takes about an hour to go through the whole zoo.

We love the zoo. It is small but lots to see. The giant turtles are a favorite as well as the monkeys. The otters are always fun and the duck pond is pretty entertaining as well. There is a super cool peacock named Olaf who is white and super beautiful as well.

For a smaller zoo this place has an impressive variety of animals! I loved seeing the red pandas, snow leopards, tigers, and lions! Was not disappointed at all.

This zoo is perfect for little kids. Its not a huge zoo, and some of the bigger animals were hiding and not visible, but it was really fun. My only complaint is that I belong to a reciprocal zoo and the website clearly said that I should get in free to this zoo (some are free, some are 50% off, so I always check before I go), but they would only give me a 50% discount. I probably could have pushed it and shown them the website, but it wasnt worth the effort. I just think they should probably train their employees a little better on how to tell which ones on the list are free and will ones are half off.

Cool little zoo. Me and my daughter had a great time.

Great place for a good stop! It was seven dollars for adults. We spent an hour and forty five minutes and went to some of the animals twice. The Lions and otters were the best! The otters were so active and loved giving us high fives! The zoo is clean and tidy. The monkeys were also impressive. They had a lot of them for such a small zoo!

Recently moved here and just went to the zoo for the first time with our grandkids. So pleasantly surprised! We loved the variety of animals and the entire experience! If our grandkids lived closer, wed get an annual pass!

Great little zoo. You can get thru the entire thing in an hour. Animals have really nice enclosures. Best zoo in Idaho right here

Very fun for a small zoo. They have stroller rentals which totally saved us! They have a petting zoo but my daughter was not into touching the animals price wasnt bad to get in either. I despise how they make you exit through the gift shop... I understand why they do it but it made for a very cranky screaming toddler when she couldnt take everything home with her.

Small but nice. Price is decent. Staff friendly. Clean.

Nice zoo! Small enough to walk easily and see everything with benches for resting if needed.

Such a fun zoo! Its small, but they have so many incredible animals. The tamarins were our favorite. Zookeepers know a lot and are more than willing to answer questions. Fun for kids and easy to walk from one end to the other. Well be back!

What a gem of a park and local zoo. Maintained obviously by dedicated staff and community volunteers. Very informative and a great and inexpensive stop for families.

This is a really cute little zoo, where we got to see some interesting animals and birds we hadn’t seen before, and also got to see things closer than we had before. The landscaping is also really nice.The loss of stars is because the entry person (a blonde middle-aged woman) didn’t understand that our AZA-reciprocal annual pass from another zoo was worth free admission, trying to charge us 50%, and then said “that’s why I don’t like these passes, people want to argue about them all the time.” We wouldn’t argue with her except for it clearly says that when your home zoo has “100%&50%” and the zoo you’re visiting also has “100%&50%” then your admission will be free. As opposed to the ones marked just “50%”, where you will pay 50% off the admission price. Both our home zoo pass (Asheville) and this zoo are in the 100/50 category. So in the end, after we “argued” with her she very rudely said “fine, just go in”, as if we were getting away with something, instead of it just being how it was supposed to be. We really enjoyed seeing the zoo but the rude encounter made us anxious and kind of left a bad taste in our mouths. Maybe people argue with her about the passes “all the time” because she’s doing it wrong.Also, she didn’t have her face mask on, if you care about that kind of thing.

As always wonderful and awesome! Admission price is fabulous! Love all the animals!! Will be back!!

My husband and I went there a few days ago with our yearly membership. Thought it would be a good time since Idaho Falls made masks mandatory. Nope, almost no one wearing masks walking around this Zoo, crowding around the animals. There were some people wearing chin straps, thats about it.

Really nice zoo. Animals look will cared for.. Even though enclosures are small. Staff is nice. The place worth the price to support our City.

I loved this zoo! All the workers went out of their way to help you. They even had stations where kids could learn more about the animals and in some cases get more hands on with them.And such a wide variety of animals! Definitely will be going back again.

One of our favorite places to go to kill some time during the day. Worth having a membership, it is really affordable and youll get you moneys worth in just a few trips.

This is a nice little Zoo, especially for the price. Zoos are so expensive but here you can see all of the popular animals for $8. Definitely worth the trip! We spent about an hour here, probably a little longer.

Oklahoma native here, in Idaho Falls for a summer internship. The zoo, as many have already stated, is small, but well maintained. Even coming from a state with larger zoos (OKC and Tulsa), the primate exhibits was probably the most diverse Ive seen. And their snow leopard breeding program is one of the most successful in the country. They also have a grey gibbon exhibit with a full family, which Cosette, an education assistant at the zoo, told me is not the case anywhere else. They truly deserve their AZA accreditation and have purchased land with the intent to expand. Definitely a great spot to see!

We really enjoyed our time at the zoo yesterday. The facilities were clean and we appreciated the way the animals were kept - their areas seemed very well maintained. The staff was very friendly and the zoo itself was easy to navigate with the map provided. This is a great outing and doesn’t take all day. The beautiful weather was a plus. Thanks for a good experience.

Not a very big zoo, and wish the price was better, but fun for a few hours and great for kids

Staff is super friendly, the exhibits are really nice, and the animals seem well taken care of. For being a smaller zoo, its definitely not lacking in the experience and is a great place to bring young kids and adults too!

You are able to see the animals up close. Our family had a really good time. Staff was extremely helpful and friendly.

Fun place. Small but engaging. Lots of birds to see. The 2 tortices were having a pushing match while we were there.

Good exhibits and a variety of life. Sad that we didnt know about the interactive penguins exhibit before hand, otherwise we would have made reservations. Maybe open it up to walk ins if there is space available, we would have spent the extra $ in a heartbeat. Otherwise my wife and I loved it.

Its small but a good zoo, very clean and the staff is very knowledgeable.

Great little zoo. They do require visitors to wear masks but unfortunately several folks removed them after entering. We loved seeing the tiger, sloth bear, red pandas, lions, and penguins. It only took us about an hour or 1.5 to make it through the entire zoo.

Perfect price for a senior perfect weather perfect day we had a great time thank you Idaho Falls Zoo

Awesome experience! Tons of animals. Good prices and people

Its a very nice little zoo. Takes about an 1 to 1.5 hours to walk through.

Fun zoo. A very quick zoo. And lonely cute otter. Not too much to see.

This is a very small zoo but it is more up close viewing. Not all through glass. Was clean and the family enjoyed it

A lovely place to spend your day chilling with the animals with your family or even by your self! They also take good cream of there animals and give them the things they need to survive and more like treats! 10/10 best place in town!

Not A LOT of animals but a cute little zoo for a cheap price. Cute little outing, clean, and the animals were adorable. Great for kids.

Its a super cute small zoo! Very well done for thier size and location. They have a great selection of animals and a beautiful facility. Loved it!

An amazing Zoo! So many things to see and do! (No rhyme intended)The Snow Leopard exhibit is an especially good one to visit!

We LOVE the zoo! Its definitely a smaller zoo, but you can go through it quickly (30-60 minutes) OR stretch it into a half-day activity!

The zoo is great. It is small, but the exhibits were good, and we saw all the animals.

Its clean and family friendly. My kids love the petting zoo, feeding the ducks and watching the playful otters. They have some amazing animals and weve enjoyed their family events.

Very nice clean place, like it even more than Hogle Zoo and Utah

Its a pretty decent place the sad thing is they say theyre open till 6 but at 5 theyre putting animals away for the night and their little cafe is closing I think if you are going to say you close at 6 you should have everything stay open until 6 this was really disappointing. Who closes at 6 on a summer night?

Was pretty good for a small zoo, but I do recommend little kids

My granddaughters love this place also with hace fun with realy wnjoy

Better to visit in good weather, for a small zoo this place is fun

Good zoo, lots of big cats and primates. Kids liked the relaxed environment.

Such a cute and clean zoo. Wonderful experience.

This is a great little zoo. It takes about an hour and half to walk through and see everything. They have a childrens petting zoo, and educational experiences. Its very affordable, and they have special events like Boo at the Zoo. The staff is fantastic, willing to answer questions and very helpful. The animals are easy to see, and there is a good variety.

No hand sanitizer stations. Small zoo. Cl

A very nice little zoo. We enjoyed the wide variety of animals they had here. A few highlights were the sloth bears, wallabys, goat petting zoo and otters. The zoo has lots of shade and is a wonderful respite on a hot day. The enclosures seemed well planned and spacious. A very well taken care of zoo!

I am from out of town, and glad I came yesterday. The zoo was quaint, clean, and well cared for. The junior staff that I interacted with were not that friendly however. I felt awkward when I tried to talk to him (he worked in the petting zoo).I wish some of the monkey enclosures had more space. But other than that, the animals looked healthy and well cared for. Thank you for the experience!

Cute little zoo that is growing every year. Staff is always helpful and nice.

I recommend this zoo frendly staff and a lot to see I have so much fun

This is a well maintained nice zoo. It has a lot of animals who look very happy and well cared for. It’s a small zoo, prefect for smaller children who may tire easily.

Considering how small this zoo is I was very impressed. At the check in counter They have free wheel chairs you can borrow or strollers you can rent. They have a lot of animals and a great little petting zoo where kids can brush the goats. Cant wait to go back.

Its a small zoo but definitely worth the price. Perfect like zee for little kiddos and toddlers.

Not the hugest but it doesnt claim to be. It is exactly what it says it is. An great little zoo

Great place. Best of you but season pass. It goes for a full year from the month purchased

We love the zoo and unfortunately my boys are so sad we are unable to attend this year because of COVID-19

The zoo was so fun and we went at a perfect time to so many animals and babies We loved it

Such a fun day with the family! The zoo was clean and the animals were taken care of.

Small but great selection of animals and a good focus on conservation

Great way to spend a couple of hours in Idaho Falls. There are many signs about social distancing and not touching the windows and the perils if you do, but I did not see one hand sanitizer station in the whole zoo! Bring your own, especially if you have kids!!

We come here every time we go to Idaho falls! Love this place! Today we got to see baby sloth bears! So fun!

The animals are given excellent exhibits. Especially the lions

I love this zoo. My husband took me here for our second date not knowing how much I love the zoo. I try and go for my birthday every year I am 30 lol.

Tiny gem in the Gem State! It’s a smaller zoo, but you can’t beat $5 admission for adults! (Check out Groupon for discount deals.) The twin baby sloth bears and their mama were a hit! Super cute and so much fun to watch.I knocked off a star since the zoo is not requiring guests to wear masks, even though the indoor exhibits are open. We did not see anyone disinfecting high-trafficked surfaces, but there are many signs reminding people not to touch the glass and to remind six feet apart. We would have stayed longer, but we left after an hour because there were too many people, making it very very difficult to socially distance.

You get to see a lot of animals for a very good price. They all seem very content and happy.

Its a fun little zoo with lots of activities. It is in progress for expansion. My kids and I usually get the family pass and walk through in the mornings when its not so hot and the animals are active. They have very informative signs so you can learn stuff and reeds dairy ice cream in the middle of it all. Very fun place to safari for a few hours.

This is a small zoo, but theres still a good variety of animals, which makes it perfect for an outing with kids. The facilities are well kept, and there is a lot of shade to help make walking around comfortable.

My girls loved it and Im very impress on how they treated my service dog and greatful for the right questions. Thank you for the experience all the way from Ronan Montana.

It is very apparent the staff at this zoo really care about their community and animals! They work hard to make each and every visit entertaining, educational and memorable!