Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History

The Great Plains Zoo offers visitors an up-close look at more than 1,000 animals, from anteaters to zebras, penguins to porcupines, and including an exciting animal collection often not found in larger zoos: snow monkeys, giraffes, tigers, rhinos and a jumping, hooting array of primates.

• Camel Rides 
• Sanford Carrousel 
• Savannah Express Train Ride
• Feed the Giraffes
• Hy-Vee Face-to-Face Farm: Feed the animals
• Mining Sluice
• Koi Dock
• Soft Play Area
• ZooVie Theatre

The Zoo also includes the Delbridge Museum of Natural History, a local treasure that houses a rare, one-in-the-world collection of 150 mounted animals from six continents, including 38 “vanishing species”.

Open Year Round

*Because the zoo remains open year round, some animals may be off display, and some exhibits may be closed due to weather.

• Party for the Planet

  April 20, Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls
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• Zippity Zoo Day

  June 15, Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls
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• Hy-Vee Day at the Zoo

  July 20, Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls
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• Jungle Jubilee

  August 1, Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls
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• Animal Enrichment Day at the Great Plains Zoo

  August 17, Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls
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• ZooBoo

  October 25 - October 27, Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls
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• Breakfast with Santa at the Zoo

  December 7, Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls
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