{"id":4367,"date":"2021-05-19T21:57:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/the-5-best-petting-zoos-around-houston-texas\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T21:57:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:57:12","slug":"the-5-best-petting-zoos-around-houston-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/the-5-best-petting-zoos-around-houston-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Best Petting Zoos Around Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grab your hand sanitizer and get ready for some high-quality goat snuggles!<\/h2>

When you’re a young child, there are few things more exciting than getting to touch real, live animals. Little ones love the way llama tongues tickle their hands when they feed them, the pillow-soft fur of baby goats, and the nudging snouts of tiny piglets. Naturally, petting zoos are places of unbridled joy. They’re also a great place to learn about creatures kids often only read about in books — a prime example of edutainment!<\/p>

Houston and its surrounding countryside has a ton of farms that feature hands-on experiences with livestock. Parents, nannies<\/a>, and babysitters<\/a> looking for a great petting zoo to take your young ones to this weekend should start by checking out these five!<\/p>

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Address: <\/b>6200 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030
Hours: <\/b>Open daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Phone: <\/b>713-533-6500
Fees: <\/b>Zoo admission ages 2-11, $14 | Ages 12-64, $18 | Ages 65+, $11.50 | Under 2, free (Petting zoo entrance included in price of admission.)<\/p>

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David, one of our keepers in the Children's Zoo, took this great photo of Fiesta the llama and we had to share!<\/a><\/p>

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