The aquarium is much much bigger than you'd expect. They have a great variety of exhibits and sea…read morecreatures. They also have a number of special events like Penguin encounters that you think would be super expensive but it's actually super affordable!!!! The prices range from $50-$75 which is 10000% worth it for the time you get to spend with the penguins. The staff are friendly, courteous and extremely knowledgeable about the animals. There is a small cafe and no other food options but the aquarium is located near a lot of family friendly restaurants like Leatherbys.

What a beautiful space full of great exhibits! I got a chance to visit while I was traveling for a…read moreconference, and it was just the breather we needed before a couple of days of learning and networking. I particularly enjoyed the penguin exhibit, which included a soap opera about all of the different penguin relationships as well as great views of nesting penguins. The colorful aquariums were also beautiful, and would probably have been more relaxing if the room hadn't been full of camp groups at the time. Overall a great option for some indoor time in Utah if the outdoors get too hot!

Awesome experience! Our guide was excellent, a great combo of funny and informative. We hadn't been…read morethere in a very long time but remember fondly of our first tour at their previous location so we decided to go as a mother's day "nostalgia tour" and boy did it deliver!!! Awesome experience, even with teenagers in tow!

I've driven past scales and tails for many years and never really knew what it was. So one day, I…read morewalked in and discovered it's something of an interactive "zoo". The employee inside was super nice and let me know that when I'm ready to come with my family that we should get tickets online because they are a few dollars cheaper. The following weekend I brought my 2 year and 1 year old boys. As far as animals go, as the name suggests they have a wide variety of lizards, turtles, snakes, spiders, and more. When you enter, you're assigned a "guide" that walks you through and talks about pretty much any animal you want them to. At certain points, they selects animals to pull out of their cages and you're given the opportunity to touch or hold them. The inside of the building is kinda cramped and not really set up to be a guided zoo experience and there are so many cages that it would take a week to be able to see them all. I have it understood that scales and tails puts on traveling shows for birthdays and such and my guess would be that this is its primary form of business nd the tours given at the facility are really just chances to donate to help them keep things running. I don't say any of this as a bad thing though. I'm certain that the experience you have is highly tailored to your desire to learn about more animals and you can probably ask to hold a lot more than we did. Once the tour is completed you are able to just hang out and keep checking out the animals for what seems to be however long you want. Two of the highlights for us were the large alligator "darthgator" and the opportunity for our whole family to hold a 10ft python. I highly recommend to anyone with or without kids to come check it out at least once. It's a cool experience that you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else.

My husband and I came and walked here on a beautiful sunny day, and the views were totally…read moregorgeous. The mountains looked amazing. This place can definitely have some characters but feels really safe during the day. I've never been to the pool or aviary but would love to come back to check them out. Super lively with lots of people. Gorgeous trees.

We're visiting from Hawaii and came here to enjoy the weather. It's huge with lots of parking…read more There were ponds, pickleball courts, little walkways. Lots of ducks were out with the little babies. Looks like there's a little fun area with rides for kids and food. It wasn't open for the season looks like. A little ways down was a big aviary with over 300 hundred birds, all kinds of species. Not sure what the admission price was since we didn't go in but we saw lots of families entering. We didn't get to explore the whole park, it was so big. It's a great place to picnic but watch for duck poop on the grass!

This place is awesome. It's always spotless, there's a very spacious play structure that I even…read moreenjoy going in. It's the best play place for my 3 and 5 year old. Decent music, it's not too loud, and they have a selection of snacks (no hot drinks tho). Bathrooms are very clean. My kids haven't gotten sick after coming here, unlike most other places. Fran is especially amazing and has captured my daughter's hearts. She jumped in and guided them through the structure, helping them become comfortable and playing with them. They had the best time because of her grateful for a place where I know my kids are safe and having a great time and I can be comfortable. We stay for hours

The good: The play structure was super clean and fun for my…read morekids. They allowed you to exit and re-enter so we came at 10, had lunch at 11:30-1 and came back until 3 pm. It was $19 for each kid and it includes 2 free adults. Socks are $3 if you forgot yours. The bathroom was also clean. There were plenty of tables to sit at for both large and small groups. They had lockers for you to store your personal items. Adults can climb into the structures as well. My 2 and almost 4 year old had a blast. There were building blocks, push bikes, a giant slide (that was actually pretty thrilling even for an adult) and a darker dance room with music and laser lights. The walls had fun pictures of castles and dragons. Outside, there's fast food and a 5 Below and Target so it was convenient to stop by those places. The bad: They don't allow outside food. Overall, thags probably a good thing because it keeps the space cleaner. The interesting: You can purchase a play card for $20 that allows you to ride the motorcycles and play the claw machine game.

I love the Hogle Zoo because they find a way to welcome kids and the folks that are still kids at…read moreheart. In addition to regular hours they offer kid free events like Zoo Brew, where adults can hang at the museum after hours. They just need a better gift shops!!!! It doesn't feel like there's a lot of variety of merchandise. And the merchandise they do haven't is mainly for kids. There's a good variety of animals but definitely more of a focus on animals native to Utah. You have your tigers, lions, giraffes and zebras, all the animals you'd expect to see at the zoo. While the animals are clearly well cared for some of the enclosures seem a bit small. The zoo itself is pretty small which means it gets crowded pretty easily. It also means that if you don't take your time you're gonna end up covering the whole zoo in two hours.

A rare visit to the zoo for us, and we got seriously lucky by visiting at the right time because it…read moregot rained out only a few hours after our visit. It was sprinkling when we were there but wasn't too bad. We had visited an aquarium in Draper earlier in the day and we had all the time in the world to explore there. But for the zoo, we were pressed for time because we had somewhere to be in the downtown area later afternoon, so we wanted to try and see everything we could in a short period of time. I guess you could call our day "animal day" due to us visiting an aquarium and a zoo on the same day lol. The first exhibit we stopped by was the giraffe and zebra exhibit, where you can get close to and interact with the giraffes under zookeeper supervision. My maternal grandmother's favorite animal was the giraffe and this would be her favorite thing to do if I ever bought her to a zoo. As we moved along, we saw spider monkeys and wild horses, and this was the first time I've ever seen a horse yawn in person, even being around horses before in the past. We then passed by an outdoor theater, where a dog show was going on (we did hear music while walking around, but we weren't sure where it was coming from). And these dogs can REALLY jump, like how high a cat can jump onto a tall ledge. It was pretty impressive to see that. They had two dogs that were performing during this show, but I saw more of them being transported in their carriers as we were walking around. One of my favorite parts about this trip to the zoo is seeing their sand cats. They were soooo cute and tiny that I wanted to cradle them. These sand cats can be found inside of an indoor exhibit along with other wild animals when you go past the fox exhibit. Other animals that we saw were orangutans, gorillas, tigers, polar bears, rhinos, and various reptiles. My LTP tried to get a picture of the tiger, but it kept running away, like it knew it was going to have its' picture taken. The art murals that can be found in some places were also very creative. One of them was being worked on at the time of our visit. We had a great time here; I think we were here for about two hours at least and got to visit all the animal exhibits here. A great find in the Salt Lake City area.

I'm a big animal lover and whenever I'm in a new city for a few days I typically gravitate to at…read moreleast one zoo or aquarium. My oldest son wanted to check out an aviary this time instead and the rest of the family agreed...It was a great decision. Tracy Aviary is located within Liberty Park next to downtown Salt Lake City. We walked through the visitor center and paid the entry fee and then we were off. We checkout the easy-to-read map of the park and there were many more exhibits and areas to explore than I expected. As we headed towards our first destination, owl forest, a vulture and its handler walked right by us like we were neighbors. We spent about 90mins here until early sunset checking out all the exhibits and birds they had to offer. Many of the cages were quite open an conducive to actually seeing the birds. One main issue I've had with aviaries in the past is the birds are always hiding in the foliage or in the corner of their enclosure. Here, it was like the employees asked the birds to strut by us on a catwalk so an amazing view. I really enjoyed the South American bird pavilion, the enormous pelicans in the pond, the rainforest habitat and more. It also helped the weather was perfect...slight warmth from the sun but a cool breeze to keep me from sweating. On our way out at closing time, I learned this is the oldest aviary in the US and it was home to 400+ birds and over 120 species. We all had a great time and would come back here again to spend more time.

We visited Tracy Aviary with our toddler during a short trip to SLC and absolutely loved it! If…read moreyou're visiting on a Saturday, do not miss the 11:00 AM bird show. It was the highlight of our trip--super fun, educational, and we got to see so many birds up close. The grounds are well-organized with sections for everything from majestic eagles and owls to vibrant flamingos. I'd recommend budgeting at least 2 hours to see everything without rushing. We also appreciated the extra amenities; the small cafe, park area, and visitor center really rounded out the morning. It's a perfect, low-stress destination for families!

Great bounce house for kids. Not a crazy chaotic multi level that is hard to keep track of the kids…read moreon. Being almost all soft surfaces the chances for injury are a lot lower. The owner is very kind, and admission is extremely affordable. Honestly one of our favorites for little kids!

In a nutshell- this place feels incredibly uncared for but kids absolutely love it. We had fun at…read morethe party we attended but It was hard to keep track of my kids even at a small private party. If you are worried about even the appearance of cleanliness this is not a place for you. I appreciated that they had wipes and sanitizer but the space is a warehouse full of small child touched outdated equipment. Filthy. It is the kind of thing that feels like someone's single uncle put together. The longer we stayed the weirder it all seemed. Not a good place for kids under 3. I am glad there were no older kids there. It would get scary if it was too busy. Snacks and plenty of seating. Two stars for the great time the kids had but we won't soon be back.

My family and I were in town for another reason and we had a few hours to kill and chose to try out…read morethe Gamebox experience. We did the Squid games one and none of us had watched the show, but were able to follow along well enough. We had a blast. We live in the Reno, NV area and wish this would come to our area. It would make a killing. Wish we could try them all. Definitely recommend to others.

This is a great summer event for kids and adults. We got the summer pass and are excited to bring…read moreour other grand kids. They played the angry birds and the floor is lava. The angry birds were fun and kept them engaged But it was a little slow. Lava is a little bit harder but they got the hang of it pretty quickly.