Place · Balboa Park, San Diego, California
A zoo at 2920 Zoo Drive in Balboa Park, in the City of San Diego, California.
The San Diego Zoo is a zoo at 2920 Zoo Drive in Balboa Park, in the City of San Diego, California, according to its website, Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. The website, read on 3 October 2026, says the zoo is located in Balboa Park, minutes from downtown San Diego, names the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance as the organisation behind it and sells tickets; on the date read it showed opening hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm for that day and links to a calendar because hours vary. The map point is inside the grounds, not a gate.
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Guided tour · skygate
2-Visit Pass: San Diego Zoo + San Diego Zoo Safari Park
A 2-Visit Pass for the San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in the San Pasqual Valley; per the option it is used once at each park or twice at either, by the same person.
Guided tour · skygate
San Diego Zoo Ticket
Admission to the San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park; the single-zoo option includes the guided bus tour and the Skyfari Aerial Tram, and a second option is a 2-Visit Pass shared with the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Options differ; check what your chosen option includes on SkyGate.
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Six park tickets for the San Diego area on SkyGate: the San Diego Zoo, the Safari Park, a 2-Visit Pass for both, SeaWorld San Diego, LEGOLAND California and Sesame Place San Diego. This guide shows which ticket covers which park and where the parks actually are.
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A 2-Visit Pass for the San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in the San Pasqual Valley; per the option it is used once at each park or twice at either, by the same person.
Admission to the San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park; the single-zoo option includes the guided bus tour and the Skyfari Aerial Tram, and a second option is a 2-Visit Pass shared with the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Options differ; check what your chosen option includes on SkyGate.