Tampa, FL: Zoo Tampa Can Make All Your Animal Encounter Dreams Come True

Sonya Feeser

Nov 4, 20212 min read

Updated: Oct 3, 2022

Happy #WorldRhinoDay! 🦏🥰 Did you know there are five remaining rhinoceros species in the world, and ZooTampa at Lowry Park is home to TWO of them! 🤯 While at ZooTampa, I had the amazing opportunity to feed Jamie, a Greater one-horned rhino aka an Indian rhino, and meet her baby, Gronk, up close! And if you can’t tell, I am smiling really big under my mask. 😁

Baby Gronk is named after the one and only Rob Gronkowski and also just celebrated his first birthday 10 days ago! 🥳🎂 Rhinos are my favorite animal and the Indian Rhino Feeding was an unforgettable experience I’m so glad I could be a part of.

Besides the rhinos, I also loved the Manatee Critical Care Center which cares for ill or injured manatees to rehabilitate and release them back to Florida wildlife. I visited the center at the perfect time while they had their feeding and it was so COOL to watch them chomp away from the observation area. 😍

In the primate area, I LOVED baby Kazuki who is a Siamang Gibbon ape and was so energetic running around causing his mom all sorts of trouble. 😂

Also pictured are some 🦥🐘🦒🦓🐧🦉.

The cool part about ZooTampa is that they have rides including a safari ride, roller coaster, splash ride, and carousel as well as several shows and animal encounters throughout the day like the rhino feeding. 🎢🎠 AND, I of course have to mention that their food was AMAZE and they’re even home to the first-ever Wendy’s frosty cart with customizable toppings like crushed Oreos and lucky charms marshmallows. 🤤🍦🍀