Chahinkapa Zoo Campground

This is a nice little campground close to the zoo. The zoo staff stopped and checked in on us to see if we needed anything and chit chatted for a while. The campground was a bit small, but there were a few sites that worked for our 43 ft 5th wheel. If the campground were full, I don't think we would've fit.

Lovely small campground located in City Park, right next to a carousel and zoo.

Very peaceful and love it. Took a walk across the way and 🦏 and 🦓. Birds and ducks geese. Loved it here. Bathrooms and shower nice.

I love the chahinkapa zoo camp

Love this zoo!

So pretty and clean

Who doesn't love the zoo
Goats and llamas are so fun
Have to say the honey badgers were my favorite, they were active the day we went and an interesting pair for sure.

Cool little campground! You are essentially camping right in the zoo and we could watch the zebras and orangutan from our camp! No sewer or water hookups, but there isn’t a site that isn’t near the bathrooms and the bathrooms/showers are clean and well kept. Fun little spot for a few days stay :)

Cool little campground to stay at. They did cram 7 sites into 6 now which made it a little difficult for parking and determining where your campsite is. Two of the seven sites had water, all of the sites had electricity, and none of them had sewer, but did have a dump station. We stayed at site 7, which was kind of cool because you looked out at rhinoceroses and zebras throughout the day. Unfortunately the downside to that was that there were a lot of flies. The pads need some more work to be level as well. It is unique in that you are camped right next to the zoo, which allows for easy access to parks, softball fields, pools, playgrounds, and many more. The site had showers and bathrooms. If this site had better defined spots, level pads, a fire pit for each site, & water for each site - I would have rated this campground 4 out of 5.

The zoo is great and this review is in no way reflect the zoo or their staff but the campground seemed like an afterthought.. when we pulled in the site we booked had someone in it(staff had no idea who’s camper it was and didn’t seem to worried about it,we also never saw anyone come or go from the camper the whole time we were there)
Also only 1,2,3,4 are big enough for most campers 5-6 maybe a small 20’ camper and 7 maybe a truck camper or a van camper.. we had a 40’ and luckily the staff at the zoo were fine with us taking a different spot.. they do have a dump station which was a nice addition and quite unexpected.. bathrooms and shower house was nice and clean and they have a neat sculpture garden within walking distance of the campground.