Located in historic uptown New Orleans, Audubon Zoo features exotic and endangered animals from around the globe. Amidst canopies of great oak trees, experience the wonder of nature. Explore unique natural habitats such as the award-winning Louisiana Swamp and see white alligators before savoring some jambalaya at Cypress Kness Cafe, and head over to Jaguar Jungle after passing iconic Monkey Hill. Audubon Zoo is consistently one of the country's top ranked zoos, voted as one of the top ten in the USA Today 10 Best Reader poll and ranked as one of the top things to do in New Orleans.

The Audubon Aquarium transports visitors to an underwater world from the Caribbean, to the Amazon Rainforest, to the waters that give New Orleans its lifeblood; the Mississippi River and the Gulf. With more than 3600 animals from more th an 250 species, including endangered African penguins, and rare animals such as white alligators, the Aquarium located on the Mississippi River adjacent to the French Quarter is consistently top ranked, voted as the #9 Best Aquarium by Newsweek Readers' Choice.

Use all five senses as you explore a museum devoted to some of the world's most fascinating and important insects. Explore a beautiful garden overlooking the Mississippi River with hundreds of free flying butterflies, muse over 50 displays with live arthropods, at Bug Appetit discover and taste edible insect cuisine, and much more.