Zoos & Wildlife Parks
This page should help you find a place to see capybaras near you. The list contains zoos, aquaria, and petting zoos. Circumstances change, so please be sure to check with the facility before visiting. And make sure you mention that you are there to see the capybaras! Letting zookeepers know that you are interested will help capybaras get the recognition they deserve.
Please help us keep this list up-to-date. If you find one of these facilities no longer keeps capybaras, or you find a facility that has capys but is not on the list, let us know!
Click here for another list of zoos that is helpful.
Entries followed by a date (MM/YYYY) indicate the last time the facility was verified to have capybaras.
United States
Alabama
. Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, Gulf Shores (01/2022)
. Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery (08/2022)
Arkansas
. Little Rock Zoo (10/2017)
Arizona
. Out Of Africa Wildlife Park, Camp Verde
. Reid Park Zoo, Tucson, (08/2019)
. Tuscon Petting Zoo & Funny Foot Farm (06/2022)
. Swimming with Capybaras Experience (06/2022)
. Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium, (08/2021) Litchfield Park
California
. Chaffee Zoological Gardens, Fresno (06/2019)
. Charles Paddock Zoo, Atascadero (Query sent 10/24/2017)
. Happy Hollow Zoo, San Jose (10/2022)
. Los Angeles Zoo (unlikely 07/2018)
. Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento (03/2023)
. Santa Ana Zoo, Santa Ana (Query sent 10/24/17)
. Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara (06/2019)
. San Diego Zoo (10/2017)
. San Francisco Zoo (10/2017)
. Zoo to You, Paso Robles (06/2021)
Colorado
. Denver Zoological Gardens (06/2021)
. SeaQuest Aquarium, Littleton (2/2018)
. Wild Animals Sanctuary, Keenesburg ( no capybaras 07/2018)
Delaware
. Brandywine Zoo, Wilmington (10/2017)
Florida
. Amazing Animals, St. Cloud (10/2022)
. Brevard Zoo, Melbourne
. Capybara Cafe, St. Augustine (11/2024)
. Dreher Park Zoo/ Palm Beach Conservation Society, West Palm Beach (10/2017)
. This zoo has a Capybara Experience where you can pet capys.
. Gatorland, Orlando (06/2022)
. Hattisesburg Zoo, Hattiesburg (10/2017)
. Jacksonville Zoo, Jacksonville (10/2017)
. Sunken Gardens, St Petersburg
. Miami Zoo, Miami (no capybaras (07/2018)
. Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society, West Palm Beach (03/2020)
. The Zoo, Gulf Breeze (10/2017)
. Zooworld, Panama City Beach (11/2017)
Georgia
. North Georgia Wildlife Park, Cleveland (02/2021)
Idaho
. Zoo Boise, Boise (06/3021)
Illinois
. Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield (09/2021)
. Scoville Children’s Zoo, Decatur (11/2017)
Indiana
. Mesker Park Zoo, Evansville ( 02/2018)
. Potawatome Zoo, South Bend (07/2018)
Kansas
. Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, Salina
. Brit Spaugh Zoo, Great Bend (04/2021) (no web site)
Louisiana
. Alexandria Zoo, Alexandria (2/2018)
. Audubon Nature Institute, New Orleans (2/2018)
. Baton Rouge
. Zoo of Acadiana, Broussard
Massachusetts
. Franklin Park Zoo/Stone Zoo, Boston
. Forest Park Zoo
. Pine Meadow Alpaca farm, Mattapoisett 5/2023)
. Southwick’s Zoo
Maryland
. Salisbury Zoological Park, Salisbury (10/2022)
Maine
. York’s Wild Kingdom
Michigan
. John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids, Michigan (6/2022)
. International Animal Exchange, Inc., Royal Oak
. Detroit Zoological Society, Royal Oak
. Wilderness Park, Birch Run
Minnesota
Even Keel Exotics, Temperance (12/2021)
. Sustainable Safari at Maplewood Mall, Maplewood (10/2022)
Missouri
. Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield (1/11022)
. Grant’s Farm, St. Louis
. Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City (unlikely 07/2018)
. Saint Louis Zoological Park, St. Louis (4/2018)
Mississippi
. Hattiesburg Zoo
Nevada
. SeaQuest Aquarium (1/2018)
New Jersey
. Bergen County Zoological Park, Paramus
. Cape May County Park Zoo, Cape May (05/2023)
. Capybara Encounter available
. Space Farms Zoo and Museum (Sussex Z00), Sussex, (10/2022)
. Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange
New Mexico
. Alameda Park Zoo, Alamogordo
. Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuqueque
. Spring River Zoo, Roswell (12/2021)
New York
. Adirondack Animal Land, Gloversville (2/2018)
. Animal Adventure Park, Harpursville (06/2019)
. Central Park Zoo, New York City (no capybaras 10/2018)
. Buffalo Zoological Gardens, Buffalo (11/2018)
. Big Apple Circus, New York (no capybaras 10/2018)
. Jungle Experience, Granville (08/2020)
. Staten Island Zoo
North Carolina
. Darby Acres, Charlotte (09/2021)
. It’s a Zoo Life, Macclesfield (08/2020)
Ohio
. Akron Zoological Park, Akron (10/2022 – 1 capy died, not sure if others remain)
. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Cincinnati
. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
. Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus
. African Safari Wildlife Park, Clinton
Oregon
. West Coast Game Park, Bandon (08/2020)
. Wildlife Safari in Winston
Pennsylvania
. Keystone Safari, Grove City (03/2020)
. Lake Tobias Zoo, Halifax (02/2018)
. Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown (06/2019)
. Erie Zoo
. Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
. Safari Farm and Petting Zoo (no link – find on Facebook),
. Jefferson Township (expected soon 09/2021)
South Carolina
. Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia
. Waccatee Zoological Farm in Myrtle Beach
Tennessee
. Brights Zoo, Limestone
. Chattanooga Zoo. Chattanooga
. Little Ponderosa Zoo, Clinton (09/2021)
. Memphis Zoo, Memphis
Texas
. Abilene Zoo, Abilene (12/2022)
. Aggieland Animal Safari, Bryan (05/2021)
. Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo, New Braunfels
. Austin Zoo, Austin 07/2018)
. Bayou Wildlife Park, Alvin
. Caldwell Zoo, Tyler
. Cameron Park Zoo, Waco
. Capitol of Texas Zoo, Cedar Creek
. Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas
. Dallas Zoo Not on display but featured in “Wonders of the Wild” show (07/2018)
. El Paso Zoo (07/2018)
. Frank Buck Zoo
. Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose (10/2017)
. Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville
. Houston Zoo (05/2022)
. Oak Creek Zoo, Madisonville (10/2018)
. Seaquest Aquarium, Ft. Worth
. San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium
. Can only be viewed on Guided Behind the Scenes Tour
. Sharkarosa Park
. TDS Game Ranch
. The Texas Zoo, Victoria
Utah
. Utah Petting Zoo,
Virginia
. Roer’s Zoofari, Vienna
Washington
. Jozee Roos. Tacoma
. The Healing Farm, Yelm
Wisconsin
. Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison
. Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls
. Racine Zoo, Racine
. Milwaukee County Zoo
Canada
. Calgary Zoo
. Biodome, Montreal (currently closed, reopens summer 2019)
. Granby Zoo, Quebec
. Greater Vancouver Zoo, Aldergrove (06/2019)
. Kangaroo Creek Farm, Winfield, B.C.
. Toronto Zoo, Scarborough, Ontario
. Valley Zoo, Edmonton
Europe
Austria Vienna Zoo
Belgium Dierenpark Planckendael
Belgium Sint-Anna Ranch, Keelstraat 1800 Vilvoorde
Czech Republic Zoological Garden in Jihlava/Czechia
Czech Republic Prague Zoo
Denmark Copenhagen Zoo
United Kingdom
. Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park
. Blackpool Zoo, Lancashire (06/2020)
. Chessington Zoo (no capybaras as of 10/2022)
. Chester Zoo, Chester (10/2022)
. Chew Valley Animal Park, Bristol (07/2022)
. Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford, Oxfordshire
. Curraghs Wildlife Park, Isle of Man (10/2022)
. Dartmoor Zoo
. Drayton Manor, Staffordshire (07/2022)
. Drusilla’s Park, Sussex (11/2022)
. Eltisley Wildlife Park, Cambridgeshire (no webpage) (07/2018)
. Dudley Zoo and Castle, West Midlands (07/2022)
. Exmoor Zoo, Devon
. Flamingo Land Zoo, North Yorkshire
. Hamerton Zoo Park
. Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World, Shropshire (09/2024)
. Howletts Wild Animal Park in the UK
. Jimmy’s Farm, Suffolk (10/2022)
. Knowsley Safari, (10/2022)
. Newquay Zoo, Cornwall (4/2018)
. Northumberland Zoo, Morpeth (07/2021)
. Peak Wildlife Park
. Shepreth Wildlife Park, Shepreth (11/2022)
. South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Cumbria
. Southport Zoo (Permanently Closed)
. Sussex Zoo,
. Twycross Zoo (none as of 07/2022)
. Wild Discovery, Preston (8/2021)
. This zoo has an up close capybara encounter
. Woburn Safari Park, Bedfordshire (3/2018)
. Wolds Wildlife Park, Lincolnshire (07/2022)
. Yorkshire Wildlife Park, (10/2022)
France Jardin des Plants, Paris
Germany Schwerin Zoo
. Augsburg Zoo
. Hannover Zoo
. Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich (04/2023)
. Tierpark Chemnitz, Chemnitz
Greece Attica Park Zoo, Spata (04/2019)
Hungary Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden
Ireland Fota Island Wildlife Park
Netherlands Burgers Zoo Arnhem
. Apenheul park, Apeldoorn
. Artis Zoo, Amsterdam
.Northern Ireland Belfast Zoo (04/2018)
Poland Wroclaw Zoo, Poland
Russia Moscow Zoo, Moscow
. Novosibirsk Zoo (2/2018)
. Tula Exortarium, Tula(12/2018)
Scotland Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland
Slovakia Zoo Bratislava
Slovenia Ljubljana Zoo, Ljubljana (10/2017)
Spain Barcelona zoo, Spain
Sweden Kalmarden Animal Park, Norrkoping
. Eskiltuna Zoo
Switzerland Tierpark Zoo, Bern
. Zurich Zoo , Zurich
Wales Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo
Japan
. Kobe Zoo, Kobe
. Katsurahama Aquarium, Kochi (4/2018)
. Central Mainichi Zoo, Mainichi (06/2021)
. Nagasaki Bio Park, Nagasaki (10/2017)
. Neo Park, Okinawa (11/2019)
. Okinawa Zoo and Museum, Okinawa (08/2022)
. Shaboten Animal Park , Izu (10/2017)
. Tokushima Zoo, Tokushima (4/2018)
. Ueno Zoo, Tokyo
Elsewhere
Antilles St. Maarten Zoo, Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
Australia Adelaide Zoo, South Australia (12/2017)
. Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Queensland (12/2017)
. Hunter Valley Zoo, Nulkaba (05/2020)
. Taronga Zoo, Sydney (09/2019)
. Tazmania Zoo, Riverside (04/2020)
China Zoolung Zoolung, No.1 Yaohan Nextage Mall, Shanghai (06/2019)
. Ocean Park, Hong Kong (3/2018)
. Takara Cafe, Beijing, Sanliton area. (08/2020)
Colombia Barranquilla Zoo (07/2020)
Israel Jerusalem Biblical Zoo (06/2023)
Laos Lao Zoo, Vientiane Province (12/2018)
Malaysia Zoo Negara, Malaysia (10/2022)
New Zealand Wellington Zoo, Auckland (2/2018)
. Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, Christchurch (08/2022)
Philippines Avilon Zoo, Rizal (09/2019)
Singapore Night Safari of Singapore
South Africa Cango Wildlife Ranch, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
South Africa Johannesburg Zoo, South Africa
South Africa Pretoria Zoo, South Africa
Taiwan Capybara Knight, Taipei – This is a café with live capyara interaction (06/2023)
. Can’t find a link but it is located at Yulin Street in Tucheng District
Thailand Alpaca Hill (10/2017)
Trinidad & Tobago Emperor Valley Zoo (10/2017)