I will be traveling to San Diego with someone in a wheelchair......is it possible to go to the zoo? I have read there are lots of hills there and that is almost impossible to do with a wheelchair. Would just doing the tram be enough to see the zoo? Are there moving sidewalks you could use for the wheelchair?

Any information about going with a handicapped person would be of interest. We will be staying in the Gaslamp district and will have a car. Plan on doing the bus to TJ, but wonder if you have to stand in line to get back across the border...read this somewhere. We want to go to La Jolla, Coronado, Borrgo Springs, Old World, Wine touring........what do you guys think, is it possible with the wheelchair.......thanks.

Here's a site that might help you out.

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/guest.html

You heard right.

It's true that most of our zoo involves hills. I live in San diego. There is also the wild animal park, which would be quite hot in the summer though. I am thinking that the wild animal park is flatter than the Zoo, but going over it in my imagination, I'm not positive about that. How about Seaworld? that's fairly flat, I am thinking now. Crowded in the summer.

I love the La Jolla cove area but parking is a problem. Maybe you can get a handicapped parking spot though. Coronado is nice. How about Old Town, that's fairly flat...shops and restaurants.

I remember hills at San Diego Zoo to be rather steep in parts. In fact, by the end of the day our family of 4 able-bodied people was tired.

I would also reconsider Tijuana. We found it very depressing, with not much to see except junk gift shops, lots of liquor stores and bars, some restaurants, and mainly pharmacies where you could apparently buy just about anything without a prescription. We stood in line over an hour to return to US - and that was even when we got to the "faster" lane for those with passports.

I might consider a harbor cruise - we took a 2 hour narrated cruise and it was great. Coronado would be fine - lots of restaurants and shops and the beach is along a wide sidewalk that is nicely landscaped and partially shaded. Did not see any of those big- wheel beach wheelchair things, though and distance to water is fairly long. However, there is metered parking a short distance from beach.