The Bronx Zoo on Monday

Today we headed off to the Bronx Zoo, which is up to the north of Manhattan, about 30 minutes on the subway. It is a massive zoo, with over 4000 animals. It has some interesting features, like a monorail that travels through the enclosures of about 10 different animals, including elephants, rhinos, tigers and wild horses. The enclosures are very natural and open. They are also large, so the monorail saves a lot of walking!

There was also a gondola that travelled over the top of the zoo, which gave us a great view of the top of the trees..... The Congo Gorilla Forest was quite amazing, with some huge gorillas and baboons. There was a huge African Plains area, with giraffes, zebra, and lions. We saw grizzly bears, a polar bear, bison, camels, snow leopards, eagles etc, etc.... One of the most exciting animals was the sloth, viewed in semi-darkness as it sat very still.

After the zoo we headed back into Manhattan and went up the Empire State Building, and experienced the amazing views from the top, which stretch for miles in all directions. It was great to see all the places we had visited from so high above!

And so we complete our final full day in New York.