Limited Access Visit #6: New York Botanical Garden and Bronx Zoo Redo

On September 30th I took my first trip to the New York Botanical Garden. What it turns out to be is like a park that’s big and easy to walk around in. There are also greenhouses that weren’t included in my free ticket. Those greenhouses are probably full of interesting plants and flowers. Another thing is that before you go to the Garden you should check on a map where the entrance is because if you just walk there assuming where the entrance is you may be wrong and spend a lot of time backtracking looking for it.

The Garden is across the street from Fordham University

The Bronx Zoo is across another street from the Garden, so I took advantage of being right by it to go check out the World of Birds which I didn’t go to on my first visit there.

Well I was quite impressed by the World of Birds, really it was rather terrific.

After the World of Birds I went and checked on my buddy Chestnut.

Passed by the lions, they were roaring.

Then it turns out there’s a whole Bear Mountain that I completely missed on my first visit somehow.

AND there’s a spectacular Reptile House that I also totally missed on my first trip.

World of Birds, Bear Mountain and the Reptile House really improve my opinion of the Bronx Zoo, which I found a little overwhelming in size and underwhelming in exhibits on my first visit.