Parque Zoológico del Centenario - 97000 Mérida

Me encanto¡¡¡ love the visit, beautiful animals and rich food, excellent experience

Free and fun. The animal enclosures are quite small, but the monkeys are cool. The train costs $1 peso per person. There are various food vendors and games for kids. There's a horse ride for $50 pesos. A cable car $10 pesos. So you can get by on not much cash and have a good day. Avoid high traffic times, it gets VERY crowded.

Great little zoo for free! The stars are the birds and the big cats. Some of the pens are smaller but you can tell they work hard to keep them clean and the animals look to be in good condition. There is also a huge and very nice playground, a bunch of kid rides for about 20 pesos a go, and the train for 1 peso but ride early to avoid the long lines. They also have some good food stalls.. had the best torta ever for 30 pesos.

A wonderful zoo with loads of animals and activities when done. It's free and the rides are really cheap. They have activities for all kids. Such a fun experience.

Most animals here were confiscated from private circuses and home zoos due to the nationwide prohibition in 2015. Even though the story is not the happiest, the animals here are in better conditions than before and their own health is under supervision of zoo keepers, zoo vets and animal biologists. There is a hard work behind those bars and hopefully they find a sanctuary with enough space or bigger facilities in other places. In the meantime, their life condition is the priority and they gained weight and are monitored all the time. Many people see a lot of species for the first time in their lives and maybe it would be the only time they could do that. The zoo requires a lot of resources for the number of animals they have, and some new baby animals are walking their first steps here. I do not know if they accept volunteers, but any kind of help shall be appreciated not for the money, not for the name, but for all the animals there. This planet is from every living creature which exists, so let's work together to help those cute eyes enjoying their existence. It is difficult to see both sides of the bars and it is easy to judge, but really, it is a big job to take care of them. Do not take me wrong, I appreciate any effort to make them feel and live better, and each of them has a previous story, for sure sadder than I can imagine, but now the pros are giving a hand to keep them healthier considering they have no other place to go so far, because natural habitats are not an option due to their previous learned habits. Maybe it could help if they have a real-life story explanation of every survivor living here. Culture and information will help the previous, current and new generations respect all the living creatures from an ant to a whale. I saw many animals I had not seen since many years ago. Let's keep on loving them, no matter what and thank the real dedicated professionals who also love animals for their essence and not for money. Consider this zoo is not charging any fee to enter, so the expenses are completely covered by donations and official monthly and annual budget. I feel life is full of catch-22s for loving, watching, thinking, thanking and wishing for the future best.

Definitely put it in your to visit places , I recommend this Zoo it's clean and very well maintained, plus you should be able to walk the whole place in under 1 hour , plenty of shade.

Free admission. We have been coming to Merida for 9 years and have never been to the zoo. We didn't know what to expect about a zoo in Mexico but we were impressed with what we saw. The animals looked like they were well cared for and had some pretty big spaces to roam around in. They even have giraffes, zebras, lots of tigers and lions, hippos, many birds, monkeys, turtles etc. Lots to see and it was very well cared for. There's a train running around the zoo for the kiddies and also a chairlift. There are lots of choices for snacks and food and there are washrooms on the premises. A nice day outing in Merida!

Super busy day when we attended. Animals certainly could use more space to roam and play, but hey, it’s a zoo. It’s a place where animals are in cages for us to observe. The other nearby zoo has a much nicer layout for the animals, I might suggest that the city considers removing this zoo and combining the monies to make one incredible one instead. There are lots of vendors and small rides for kids to enjoy as well. An overall good experience minus feeling that the animals weren’t very happy in their environment.