2 Best Sights in Alberta, Canada

The zoo has seen some renovations and new exhibits over the last decade and is a wonderful place to take the family. The new Nature’s Wild Backyard exhibit, built to participate in the international Red Panda Species Survival Plan, holds up to four breeding pairs of these endangered species and allows visitors to get up close to these adorable Himalayan carnivores. You can also meet Lucy, a 47-year-old Asian elephant that is the zoo’s longest resident, and more than 300 other animals.

The zoo, on St. George's Island in the middle of the Bow River, is one of Canada's largest, with more than 1,000 creatures from 119 species in natural settings. It is also one of Calgarians' most cherished institutions. The Canadian Wilds section replicates endangered Canadian ecosystems, and the Exploration Asia exhibit allows you to (safely) get up close to Amur tigers. Prehistoric Park, a Mesozoic landscape, displays 22 life-size dinosaur replicas. Destination Africa showcases two African ecosystems, the TransAlta Rainforest and the African Savannah, and has mixed-species exhibits of more than 100 animals, the largest indoor hippo immersion habitat in North America, and 84 plant species indigenous to the African continent.