Calgary Zoo Botanical Garden and Prehistoric Park

For more than 75 years, the Calgary Zoo, Botanical Garden and Prehistoric Park has offered visitors from around the world the opportunity to experience and interact with wildlife - right in the heart of the city only 5 minutes from downtown. Western Canada's largest accredited zoo makes every trip an adventure with over 1000 animals, 6 acres of botanical gardens, a prehistoric park, zoo-nique playgrounds and more. The Centre for Conservation Research focuses on conservation efforts here at home with research and reintroduction work with Canadian species. The scientists at the Centre are experts in the area of reintroduction and protection of endangered species and are dedicated to the preservation of Canadian ecosystems.