The 50-acre Gulf Breeze Zoo is northwest Florida's largest and best animal attraction. Discover more than 1,000 animals from Africa, Asia, Australia, South America and Europe while enjoying a variety of fun family-friendly activities and interactive educational displays. Get up close to the Zoo's tallest giraffe residents – and even feel their tongues - as they take romaine leaves from your palm while feeding them. Visit the exhilarating free-flight Budgie Adventure Aviary and be surrounded by hundreds of parakeets, as they perch on your hand and feed from seed sticks. The popular Petting Area gives children the chance to touch and feed friendly and cute goats and sheep. Visitors also have the option of electing to go behind-the-scenes on exciting animal encounters at Gulf Breeze Zoo! Offer a tasty treat to an Indian Rhino, get exclusive access to meet a pair of Nile hippos, enjoy an up-close interaction with Galapagos tortoises, or feed sloths while learning about these gentle creatures, and more. THE SAFARI LINE TRAIN: Take a nostalgic 15-minute narrated train ride on the Gulf Breeze Zoo's classic CP Huntington style locomotive. Watch rhinoceros, deer, antelope and emus roam free on the 30-acre preserve. From the train, visitors enjoy close-up views of gorilla and orangutan families and enormous Nile hippos. Train rides run hourly throughout the day. DINING: Hungry? Take a break and dine in the Watering Hole Cafe. The zoo's cafe offers traditional favorites such as pizza, hamburgers, chicken tenders, children's meals, and more, as well as wine and beer for adults. SPECIAL EVENTS: Don't miss trick-or-treating with your favorite animals during the popular “Boo at the Zoo” event held every year during the last three weekends in October. Fun for the entire family, Christmas ZOObilee includes a gingerbread-themed bounce house, live entertainment, photos with Santa, a Candy Cane Market, yummy treats, and more. Gulf Breeze Zoo opens daily at 9 am. For rates and seasonal hours of operation and information on events, visit www.GBZoo.com. Open daily, rain or shine! Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.