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Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, LA

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Audubon Zoo

Audubon Zoo is an attraction in New Orleans, LA, part of the New Orleans guide. Cost: $25 to $50.

6500 Magazine St · New Orleans, LA

Why you should go…

Audubon Zoo sits on the bank of the Mississippi in Uptown New Orleans and is known for its Louisiana Swamp exhibit, complete with alligators, including rare white ones, and a walk-through aviary. The zoo is run by the nonprofit Audubon Nature Institute alongside the Aquarium of the Americas downtown. Live oaks and Spanish moss keep much of the property shaded even in summer.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Audubon Zoo, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Shopping
    Local Gem

    Magazine Street

    Free

    Six miles of antique shops, boutiques, cafes and bars that curve with the river from Canal Street through the Garden District and Uptown.

    1.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Free

    Audubon Park

    Free

    Stroll under live oaks along a paved loop, past a lagoon and bird rookery, in a 350-acre Uptown park between St. Charles Ave and the river.

    1.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Sport & Outdoor

  • Nightlife
    Local Gem

    Tipitina's

    $25–$50

    Catch live music at the Uptown club named for a Professor Longhair song, a New Orleans stage since 1977.

    1.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Nightlife

  • Attractions
    Quirky Fun

    Mardi Gras World

    Under $25

    Walk through the warehouse where Blaine Kern's Studios builds the giant floats seen in Mardi Gras parades.

    3.9 mi awayMore like this

  • Attractions
    Quirky Fun

    The Mortuary Haunted Mansion

    $25–$50

    Halloween season haunted house inside a historic 1872 New Orleans mortuary building.

    4.3 mi awayMore like this

  • Attractions
    Family Favorite

    Audubon Aquarium of the Americas

    $25–$50

    A Mississippi riverfront aquarium with a walk-through Caribbean reef tunnel and rescued sea otters.

    4.5 mi awayMore like this

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