The Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center is a medium size zoo located in Topeka, Kansas. The Topeka Zoo houses over 300 animals in a wide variety of exhibits across 35 acres. It has a wide draw of guests due to its innovative onsite attractions, world class animal care, and its award-winning environmental education and science programs. It is the highest attended attraction in northeast Kansas outside of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, with over 250,000 guests per year. Recent additions to the Topeka Zoo include Camp Cowabunga – an African safari experience, the Kay McFarland Japanese Garden – already determined to be among the highest quality Japanese gardens on the north American continent, and Giraffe and Friends – an interdisciplinary multi-species exhibit that transports guests to the Serengeti Plain.