LAYERS OF ROCK, SOIL AND MINERALS.
The native grasses of the Kansas Prairie sway in the breeze like a vast green ocean, evoking childhood memories of playing in the grass while the sound of crickets — and the meadowlark’s song — surround you.
As you navigate My Land’s tall grass maze, you’ll find yourself recalling a simpler time in life. Kansas native species and their African counterparts coexist at My Land, where burrows, dens and a pop-up habitat invite exploration. Its resident river otters are a vital link between the My Water environment and the environment of My Land. My Land hosts a spacious habitat for red fox that leads to an accessible interactive play area for younger visitors of differing abilities.
Here, children are encouraged to crawl and explore dens and burrows.
COMING SOON TO MY LAND
BOX TURTLE
This land turtle is a key conservation species for the Topeka Zoo.
BOX TURTLE LOCATOR
A bit of hide and seek, this research replica sparks fun learning and an opportunity for our future explorers to locate where the turtles are burrowed or wandering about their prairie habitat.
BOB WHITE QUAIL
This prairie wonder is booming full of activity. Listen for our feathered friends distinct namesake call “bob-white”. Your chance to adopt one or all of these multicolored ground dwelling birds.
MEERKAT HOLDING AND VIEWING
During those cooler months viewing in a temperature controlled space brings all the comforts of home for both guest and animal. This viewing opportunity is one large habitat that has the means to be divided into two spaces. Providing loads of tunnels, options & choices, space to dig, a training area for health care, and a great animal environment.
OUTDOOR HABITAT
An engaging guest experience, this complex habitat puts you right in the center of a mob of meerkats out exploring their terrain, or standing up gazing around to see whose about, which is absolutely meerkute!
MEERKAT
A member of the mongoose family, this mob or group of meerkat will bring great joy as guests watch them pop up out of tunnels or burrows.
IMMERSIVE BUBBLE
Get up close and personal walking right into a transparent dome where you find yourself surrounded by meerkats.
RED FOX
The Red fox is the largest of the true foxes. They possess excellent hearing and can’t wait to hear that they’re adopted!
DEN PLAY & VIEWING
Dens are great habitats, providing animals a safe shelter, a place to stay warm or cool off in the comfort in the ground below. Explore, play and learn with a special view in our a child sized den.
BURROW & CRAWL PLAY
Explore, play and have fun, where children can climb over and through hollowed out logs, run through grasses pretending to be a fox running through a park, prairie or woodland.
3 POOLS OF FUN
Showing off their proficient swimming techniques in a deeper body of water, the otter might explore our stream to search for food, enrichment, or to use it to slide down into the shallower pool.
OTTER TRAINING WALL
Our great team of animal care staff train with our otters routinely. This training wall, allows guests to watch while trainer and otter work together.
OTTER HOUSE & LLS
An aquatic Life Support System plays a crucial role in maintaining a healthy environment for the otters well-being.
RIVER OTTER
The North American river otter thrives both in water and on land, playing a vital role in the ecosystem and connecting My Water and My Land together.
GRASS MAZE EXPLORATION PLAY
Oversize blades of grass create a maze to explore and climb through listening to the sounds of crickets, meadowlark, and more.