Zoo Tampa delivered the wedding of our dreams!!!!! We could not have asked for a better venue or team to work with than the crew at Zoo Tampa! We asked Zoo Tampa to help us have an African themed wedding. Courtney was our initial contact and she was a sweet heart from beginning to present day. Karlin was our main contact and venue planner that worked very hard to make sure our meetings, rehearsal and wedding day were seamless. Hannah did an excellent job making sure we were very satisfied, especially the day of😉 I love how well these ladies work together and communicate. I cannot say enough about each of them caring about my groom and I. They listened intensely to our ideas, offered feedback and did an excellent job communicating with us and our other vendors. They were ALWAYS timely in their communication.

For the day of our wedding my girls and I got dressed in their bridal suite. It was a wonderful experience because we were treated like royalty. Anything we needed the attendants were all over it & we got it!

The food at Zoo Tampa was AMAZING! All of the food was amazing!!!! From the pre-wedding lunch, snacks, appetizers and dinner…..AMAZING! We were definitely impressed and it’s not the “zoo food” one might think. I’m talking gourmet, fine-dining quality. Our people are quite the “Tampa foodies” and they all enjoyed their dinner at our wedding.

We really appreciate Zoo Tampa and especially Courtney, Karlin & Hannah for all of their hard work and caring about our special day. I would chose you all again & again because my day was perfect!

We would also like to thank Zoo Tampa’s bartenders, wait staff, attendants & the entire team that contributed to our perfect day❤️

Planning a wedding is by far the worst thing I’ve ever done with my life. It’s so stressful and annoying, and it just gets worse and worse the closer the day gets. But everyone at Lowry Park Zoo was beyond incredible. I’m such a procrastinator, but they managed to get everything together. I was so worried the wedding day was going to be hectic and annoying, but the events team and staff made everything PERFECT. Everything ran so smoothly. Better than I expected, actually. I didn’t have to worry about anything. I am forever grateful to everyone at the zoo for making my wedding the absolute best it could have possibly been. Definitely choose them for your venue. It’s SO worth it, I swear!

When looking for a wedding venue, me and my now wife wanted a location that would be a fun and unique experience, and ZooTampa more than delivered. From the first meeting with their event staff, they were able to walk us around the venue and paint a picture of all the possible ways ZooTampa can host a wedding.

We were very impressed with all of the amenities provided by the venue. The outdoor and indoor areas ZooTampa offered were perfect for the ceremony and reception. One of the highlights was the cocktail hour, which was located next to the Giraffe habitat. Our guests were delighted to see one of the Zoo's Giraffe's out during this part of the wedding. The food that was provided by the Zoo catering team was fantastic. We had Ribeye, Chicken parmesan, and Mushroom ravioli on our menu and the staff was able to accommodate to any dietary requests.

Lastly, the ZooTampa staff went above and beyond to make sure everything went smoothly every step of the planning process and on our wedding day they were all there to help with everything.

Was a nice wedding and the food was amazing. Totally recommend

My fiancé proposed me at Zoo Tampa on December 4, 2020, and it was an unforgettable moment! They pretended to be just a regular Koala encounter but actually it was a surprise and a very well planned proposal. My fiancé told me that the personnel at Zoo Tampa was extremely helpful, nice and kind. We are highly recommend this facility!

My now husband and I didn’t have a dream vision for our wedding during our engagement. We didn’t want to spend a huge amount of money on the wedding because we were paying for it ourselves. We had toured 2 venues and looked at dozens of websites for local places (we live in Pinellas County) such as beach hotels, museums, etc. by the time we toured ZooTampa at Lowry Park.
We had the pleasure of meeting Courtney for our tour of the zoo to see where weddings, cocktail hour, and reception could take place. We were informed of the additional packages to add that would allow for giraffes and elephants to be out on the savannah for the event. I am an animal lover – so naturally the possibility of having animals at our wedding sold me. We met about the contract and the choices we made were very reasonable for our budget. We were set and ready with our venue around August of 2019 for a November 2020 wedding in Africa Circle with a reception in Reilly Reserve.
And then Covid happened. While we began our wedding planning adventure with Karlin, we completed the process with Courtney (our tour guide). I cannot stress enough how AMAZING these two women were during everything. Courtney was super attentive. Communication was never an issue for us. She always replied as quickly as possible to all of my questions, concerns, and anxieties about the wedding relating to normal planning, Covid precautions, and weather plans. Just prior to our big day, Karlin was back and she really knew how to make a wedding flow without any hiccups. Courtney and Karlin were a dream team for us.
Now for the main event – THE WEDDING! It was more than I could ever have imagined! November 7, 2020 was just after the time change, and our ceremony began at 6pm (when zoo is closed and only your wedding guests remain). It was dark, but the market lighting in Africa Circle was beautiful. Just as I was about to walk down the aisle with my dad, Courtney tells me the lanterns in the trees are on. Looked like it was straight out of Tangled! As a Disney fanatic, it was icing on my ceremony cake. Heck yes! The patio alongside Reilly’s Reserve was a great cocktail hour space with delicious food and drinks. The giraffes were out (we paid for that) and one laid down right behind the bar. Our guests loved the uniqueness of our zoo wedding and being so close to the animals. Reilly’s Reserve was the perfect space for our intimate wedding and the food was beyond delicious – everyone raved about the mashed potatoes!

In all, ZooTampa was the perfect wedding venue for our wedding. Great communication, delicious food, and our dream wedding brought to life.

It was easy to set up! Every one at the zoo was prompt, professional, and available for every question I had. The experience was amazing and my fiancé loved it.

My now husband and I decided to reach out to the Tampa Zoo to see if we could take some wedding photos there. They were extremely welcoming and more than glad to have us and our small wedding group (4 people), and the photographers there.
They gave me many options for what I wanted to do when I emailed them. They were very quick in emailing and calling me to plan my special day. I paid for a private encounter with the giraffes, where one of the sales associates was there waiting for me. They lead us up the ramp where I was able to have unique wedding photos with giraffes behind us. They were fine with us bringing our photographers in, taking photos around the zoo, and using them for the giraffe encounter (instead of their own).
About 30 minutes later Courtney went looking for us and found us wondering around the zoo taking photos. She wanted to make sure everything was going well and that we were enjoying our day. I appreciate that they took the time out of their day to be waiting for us and check in with us personally.
I would highly recommend the Tampa Zoo for future events.

Our wedding at ZooTampa was amazing and everything we could have asked for! Karlin was the best and communicated with me all throughout our engagement. She was super helpful and made sure all of our requests were met. I highly recommend the Zoo as such a great venue to have a wedding. All of our guests were super excited to be at the Zoo and loved being able to see the Giraffes during our ceremony and then being able to feed them. We had the best time and I would go back a thousand times to relive that night.

Our journey with Lowry Park (now known as ZooTampa at Lowry Park) began rocky but turned out Beautifully. It will be a day we will forever cherish. We started our planning 2 years in advance and everyone that we met with was extremely helpful in allowing us to come look at the venue and quickly returned our emails/questions. Since we planned for 2 years our coordinator through the zoo changed 3-4 times which at the time was nerve wrecking but thankfully each coordinator was diligently in writing down all our requests so the next one was able to pick up with no issue. Nicole was the coordinator who we had the longest and actually handled our wedding day and she was phenomenal! The day of the ceremony was perfect with no issues relating to the zoo. Our guests loved getting to see and take pictures with the animals during are animal mingle. I loved having the giraffes and zebras as our background! Our guests are still talking about how good our food was! (One of my biggest regrets is that I wish I had gotten more or asked to take some with me at the end of the night because it was so good!)