ellen trout zoo

This zoo has a large variety of animals. Tigers, Rhinoceros, Alligators, and so much more. You can even take a ride on the train.

Very clean zoo. Exhibits well maintained. Not expensive. Train ride for kids is a must. This is a small zoo. Takes about an hour to see all. You dont have to walk for miles to see zoo. Plenty of restrooms and a snack bar and a gift shop.

We took our grandkids to the Ellen Trout Zoo, not knowing what to expect in a small city zoo. The exhibits were very good with a vast array of animals. I would recommend it.

Great zoo for a town like Lufkin its a nice place to take the family or a middle school "date" overall there is a wide variety of animals and they have peacocks roaming everywhere which can be entertaining to watch kids try to chase them around

We had great memories from 15 years ago and were so disappointed hoe deteriorated it has become. Very few animals and lots of peacocks.

We had a great time at the Ellen Trout Zoo. They have a very good collection and diversity of animals. They had terestial and water exibits of animals, big and small. They had a nice collection of big cats and bears. Their breeding program for peacocks worked overtime as the large birds were walking loose everywhere except the lyons den. The trails were marked well and we got our excercize walking around without repeating anything. Somepeople like to ride the small train around the zoo, but I didnt care to, but its a nice attraction especially for the kids.

Ellen Trout zoo is a great place adjacent to a park with a train that young and old like. There are more animals than in many large Metropolitan zoos.

This has to be one of the best sights in Lufkin ! Kids absolutely love it and it a nice place to just take a book to read and relax! Any kid at heart wlll ove it and the landscaping is outstanding for a zoo of this size ! Please go !! You will be amazed at the varity of animals and friendliness of zoo keepers

Went to the zoo with my small children. Good zoo for a town the size of Lufkin. In some ways, it is better than a big city zoo because children get too tired. Clean and friendly staff. Take the train. Well worth the two bucks. Train construction is finished. Weather is nice this time of year. Do it now before it gets cold.

The parking was weird. You just parknin the one-way road that goes around the zoo. The zoo did not have maps, and the trails seemed to fork off, we didnt want want to miss anyhting, so we found ourselves backtracking. They did have animals that our local zoo does not have (rhinos, giraffes, and hippos!) The walkways are shaded and easy to walk on. I found one manly looking female zoo keeper to be rude when I asked if they had elephants, because I had seen somewhere that they did. The small animal house bless very cool. Our six year old son loved all the snakes, but i was kinda creeper out by them. I thought that some of the animals were hard to see because some small trees and vines and grass were growing around the cages, making it hard to get a good look. The train was fun, but you just go around the zoo twice because part of the track is being fixed, and you don't see any animals from the train. There are nice picknick and playground areas outside of the zoo which was nice. Maybe I'm just spoiled to the Alexandria Louisiana zoo. I found this zoo to be very reasonably priced and overall the kids had fun and we had a good family adventure, so I will rate it 4 out of 5!

This is a nice little zoo and a quick pleasant diversion if traveling in the area with kids. There's a cute little train just outside the zoo, but it was under construction when we visited. Should we be in the area again, we hope to give it a try.

Very small zoo with lots of construction going on. We could not even see any monkeys since they were blocked off. There were peacocks all over the place way too many for a zoo. There were no signs to direct you of where you were going. Not worth driving 2 hrs for though at all. Also the concession stand and gift shop were closed when we got there and there was still 2 hrs before the zoo closed.

you're not gonna find another zoo anywhere that only charges $5/adult.its not too big so you're not exhausted by the time you're done.loved all the peacocks roaming around,that was pretty cool.just wish the gift shop had more stuff.i'll definetly go back.

This is a pretty good small town zoo- it takes less than 2 hrs to go through the zoo- a perfect attraction for Texas summer heat! The little ones don't get too tired and there is a nice playground on the grounds of the zoo. The little train ride is only $2 and a nice addition to your visit.

This zoo is perfect for a family and the prices are affordable. It had a lot of different animals and we a nice time. The gift shop was affordable as well, not like most zoos, it had low prices.