Troubadourable folk buddies Simon and Garfunkel once sang that "it's all happening at the zoo," before retiring from music to live out their days serenely basking in the reptile habitat. Get happening with today's Groupon to Leesburg Animal Park, which opens for the season on Saturday, March 19. Choose between the following options:

• For $5, you get one adult admission (a $9.95 value).
• For $4, you get one senior admission, ages 55+ (a $7.95 value) or one child admission, ages 2-12 (a $7.95 value; children younger than 2 are free).

Multitudes of furry creatures, both foreign and farm dwelling, reside within the sprawling 21 acres of Leesburg Animal Park's exhilarating grounds. Inquisitive imps and animal-loving adults will be enchanted and educated with exotic animal exhibits featuring lemurs, African serval cats, white-handed gibbons, giant tortoises, and more. For an even closer look, the animal petting and feeding area allows visitors to softly pet heads, scratch ears, and satisfy stomachs of each curious creature they encounter ($1 for a cone of food).

After accommodating educational appetites, animal aficionados can evoke youthful adrenaline on the playground and moon bounce, or behold the verdant view atop an old-fashioned conveyance with a pony ride ($3) or complimentary wagon ride.

Reviews

Six Insider Pagers give Leesburg Animal Park an average of four stars, and four Yelpers give it a three-star average. Five Google Mappers give it a 3.4-star average.

• This place is lots of fun to take your kids! You can feed, pet and interact with many types of animals. – Lynn J., Insider Pages
• Leesburg Animal Park is a great place for the whole family. There are lots of animals to pet and feed. – Amy, Google Maps