Check the Daily Live Events such as feeding times to plan your day.
Near the entrance you'll find the Aquarium which is huge and has 3 halls. (Tip: It's dark inside so hold onto the kids.) Also, the Reptile House where Harry Potter spoke to a snake, and Gorilla Kingdom which brings you up close to a group of Western lowland gorillas.
My favorite architecture is the Lubetkin Old Penguin Pool, Snowdon Aviary, Casson Pavilion with the camels, and 'Bear Mountain'.
Kid's love B.U.G.S! (Biodiversity Underpinning Global Survival). It's lots of creepy crawlies and all indoors. My favorite are the naked mole rats. All creatures are behind glass and at a low level so the young children can see everything.
Tip: At 11.15am and 3pm daily you can get even closer to something creepy (often spiders).
On the other side of the tunnel you'll find Rainforest Life and Into Africa where you can see zebras, giraffes, and much more.
Rainforest Life is London's only living rainforest where you can get close to cheeky red titi monkeys, gold lion tamarins and sleepy sloths with no glass or bars between you and the host of curious animals living in the treetops. Tips: Hide all food when you go inside. Stay quiet to see more. And don't miss the sparkly piranhas at the back which amaze children every day.
Access Tip: There is a lift (as well as stairs) down to the Nightzone to see nocturnal creatures such as the slender loris.
Animal Adventure the children's zoo area is great fun. I like the tunnel you can crawl through to pop up inside the meerkat enclosure. You look out of a glass 'bubble' and feel like you're in with them!
London Zoo has been used as a Harry Potter Film Location in London.
