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Fun Things to Do in San Francisco: Explore the City’s Best Attractions

May 24, 2023

San Francisco, also known as the “City by the Bay,” is a popular tourist destination with a plethora of fun activities for people of all ages. From the San Francisco Zoo to the Exploratorium, there’s something for everyone in this vibrant city....

Animals & Exhibits

  • Amphibians
    • Panamanian golden frog
    • Poison Dart Frog
    • Red-eyed tree frog
    • Smoky jungle frog
  • Birds
    • American White Pelican
    • Bald Eagle
    • Barn Owl
    • Black-necked Swan
    • Blue-bellied roller
    • Blue-headed macaw
    • Blue-throated piping guan
    • Blue-winged teal
    • Chilean Flamingo
    • Cochin Chicken
    • Crested Oropendola
    • Curl-crested araçari
    • Double-wattled Cassowary
    • East African Crowned Crane
    • Eclectus parrot
    • Emu
    • Eurasian Eagle Owl
    • Golden Eagle
    • Great Curassow
    • Great Hornbill
    • Green Jay
    • Green-winged Macaw
    • Guira cuckoo
    • Hadada Ibis
    • Long-tailed Glossy Starling
    • Magellanic Penguin
    • Ostrich
    • Indian Peafowl
    • Pink-backed pelican
    • Red-lored Amazon
    • Roseate Spoonbill
    • Ruddy Duck
    • Salvin’s Amazon
    • Scarlet ibis
    • Spectacled Owl
    • Turkey
    • Turkey Vulture
    • Waldrapp Ibis
    • West African Crowned Crane
    • White-faced Whistling Duck
    • White ibis
  • Invertebrates
    • Anise Swallowtail Caterpillars
    • Australian Walking Stick
    • Black Widow Spider
    • Chilean Rose Tarantula
    • Darkling Beetle
    • Dampwood Termites
    • Dermestid Beetles
    • Dung Beetle
    • Giant Desert Centipede
    • Giant Water Bug
    • Death Feigner Beetle
    • Honey Bees
    • Land Hermit Crab
    • Leaf Insect
    • Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
    • Red Harvester Ant
    • Thorny Phasmids
    • Trinidad Wood Cockroach
    • Velvet Ant
    • White-eyed Assassin Bug
  • Mammals
    • African Lion
    • American Black Bear
    • Black Rhinoceros
    • Black and White Ruffed Lemur
    • Black-tailed Prairie Dog
    • Blue-eyed Black Lemur
    • Bobcat
    • Bornean Orangutan
    • Chacoan Peccary
    • Chimpanzee
    • Coquerel’s Sifaka
    • Crowned Lemur
    • Eastern Mountain Bongo
    • François’ Langur
    • Giant Anteater
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    • Greater Kudu
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    • Grizzly Bear
    • Guanaco
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    • Koala
    • KuneKune Pig
    • Mandrill
    • Mexican Gray Wolf
    • Pygmy Hippopotamus
    • Red Panda
    • Red Ruffed Lemur
    • Red-Bellied Lemur
    • Red-Fronted Brown Lemur
    • Red-rumped Agouti
    • Reticulated Giraffe
    • Ring-tailed Lemur
    • Slender-tailed Meerkat
    • Snow Leopard
    • Southern Two-toed Sloth
    • Western Lowland Gorilla
    • Wolverine
  • Reptiles
    • Amazon Tree Boa
    • Caiman Lizard
    • Common Chuckwalla
    • Desert Tortoise
    • Emerald Tree Boa
    • Green Anaconda
    • Honduran Spiny-tailed Iguana
    • Komodo Dragon
    • Plumed Basilisk
    • Red Footed Tortoise
    • Red-tailed Boa
  • Sculptures
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      • Amoeba
      • Vorticella
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    • Invertebrates Zone
      • Leafcutter Ant
      • Velella
      • Horseshoe Crab
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      • Vampire Squid
      • Giant Clam
      • Giraffe Weevil
      • Scorpion
      • Centipede
      • Tardigrade
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      • Coconut Crab
    • Fish & Amphibians Zone
      • Seahorse
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      • Hammerhead shark
      • Piranha
      • Mudskipper
      • Goliath frog
      • Horned marsupial frog
      • Hellbender
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      • Coelacanth
    • Reptiles & Birds Zone
      • Salt Water Crocodile
      • Leatherback Sea Turtle
      • Galapagos Marine Iguana
      • Rattlesnake
      • Panther Chameleon
      • California Condor
      • Kiwi
      • Hoatzin
      • Tuatara
      • Burmese Python
      • Horned Puffin
    • Mammals Zone
      • Gray Whale
      • Arctic Hare
      • Pangolin
      • Indian Flying Fox
      • Duck-billed Platypus
      • Tasmanian Devil
      • Aye-aye
      • Star-nosed Mole
      • Ethiopian Wolf
  • Exhibits
    • Australian WalkAbout
    • Connie and Bob Lurie Education Center
    • Doelger Primate Discovery Center
    • Eagle Island/Lower Lake
    • Elinor Friend Playground
    • Fisher Family Children’s Zoo
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    • Koret Animal Resource Center (ARC)
    • Leanne B. Roberts African Savanna
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    • Lipman Family Lemur Forest
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    • South American Tropical Rainforest & Aviary
    • Wells Fargo Wildlife Theatre
  • Gardens
    • Welcome To Our Gardens
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    • Greenie’s Conservation Corner
    • Significant Trees and Plants
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