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Featured Animals – Guinea Pig

Discover “everything guinea pig” around the Zoo below; from news to adoptions, births, conservation programs, your own encounter options, animal experiences, shows, events and more.

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Guinea Pig Parade
Water's Edge: Africa
We’re taking guinea pigs to new heights! Watch our herd parade down their boardwalk to visit their yard for the day. Learn a little more about the wild side of domestic guinea pigs and their home in Water’s Edge: Africa.

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Everything Guinea Pig

Unforgettable Moments: Explore CMZoo’s Summer Animal Demonstrations

May 23, 2024

Adding animal demonstrations to your next Zoo day itinerary is one of the best ways to kick off the summer. Included with your regular daytime ticket, you’ll have access to multiple animal demonstrations throughout the day. From brachiating orangutans to a guinea pig parade, these demonstrations offer fun and educational experiences for our guests while . . .

Video Tour of Water’s Edge: Africa

May 28, 2020

Meet some of the keepers, see some of the animals and learn about some of the cool features of our newest exhibit for hippos and penguins – Water’s Edge: Africa! Back to The Waterhole

Water’s Edge: Africa

Discover an educational nature playground for animal lovers that also offers important homes for our hippos and penguins! This special exhibit design enhances their environments and supports successful breeding programs for both species, while giving our guests extraordinary unique ways to view their daily lives. Nile hippos and African penguins face surmounting threats in the wild, so it’s important that we try to inspire people to take conservation action on behalf of these, and other, species.

A special thank you to the generous donors of the Making Waves capital campaign, which made Water’s Edge: Africa possible.

Adopt an Animal

Foster any animal and you’ll help Cheyenne Mountain Zoo continue to provide outstanding care. Whether given as a gift or used to celebrate a favorite species, symbolic adoptions come with a variety of benefits only adoptive parents can enjoy. Ways to adopt your favorites: Digital Adoption – ($35) choose any Zoo animal from the full . . .

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