Let the adventure begin! Your day at the Zoo is sure to be one of the most memorable ever—seeing creatures great and small from all over the world.

As you can see, you have received two tickets: a round-trip rail ticket (VALID FOR OFF-PEAK TRAVEL ONLY), and a special event ticket marked “BXZOO” (exchanged at the Zoo for a general admission ticket which includes entrance to the zoo and the free exhibits. This ticket does not include admission to the monorail, zoo shuttle, children’s zoo, the bug carousel, Congo Gorilla Forest or the butterfly garden.

The Zoo is open daily (closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Day). During winter hours, November 2, 2009 through April 2, 2010, the Zoo is open 10 AM to 4:30 PM.

To get to the Bronx Zoo, take Metro-North’s Harlem Line to Fordham Station. Give the conductor your rail ticket to punch and give back to you. Make sure to hold on to your rail ticket for your return trip home.

When you get to Fordham Station, go up the stairs and through the station building. Exit the station and cross Fordham Road. Take the BX9 bus (located directly across from Fordham Station) to the Zoo entrance on Southern Boulevard. A MetroCard is required or $2.25 in coins. For your return trip, the BX9 will pick you up where you were dropped off (on Southern Boulevard). Take the bus back to Fordham Station.

When you arrive at the Zoo, present your special event ticket marked “BXZOO” to the Zoo representative at the gate in exchange for your general admission ticket.

For more information, call 212-532-4900 or visit www.mta.info.

Have a great time!

Package available daily through April 30, 2010