A free zoo and a Victorian glass conservatory, both St. Paul institutions for well over a century. We get your family there without the parking hunt.
Book Your Ride Call 612-298-3101 Text UsComo Park Zoo & Conservatory has been free to the public since it opened, a rarity among major zoos, and that accessibility means it draws enormous weekend crowds throughout the warmer months. The park's popularity is exactly why parking becomes such a headache on a nice Saturday, with visitors sometimes parking well outside the immediate area and walking a genuine distance in.
We run family trips here constantly, dropping parents and kids right at the entrance instead of making everyone walk from an overflow lot with a stroller and a diaper bag in tow.
Weekend mornings in summer bring the heaviest crowds, and we build extra time into those pickups. A weekday visit is a completely different, much easier trip.
After a few hours of walking a zoo with young kids, a chauffeur waiting right at the entrance beats a long walk back to a car parked several blocks away.
Como Park's lots fill early on warm weekends, sometimes by mid-morning, pushing visitors to park on residential streets well outside the park. A black car drop-off skips that entirely.
The Conservatory hosts evening events and seasonal flower shows that run past normal zoo hours, and we handle those pickups with the same reliability as a daytime family visit.
No app to download, no check-in call required. We watch your flight so you don't have to.
Como Park has been a St. Paul institution since the late 1800s, and the combination of a genuinely good zoo with a stunning Victorian-style glass conservatory, both free to enter, makes it one of the most-visited attractions in the state. The Conservatory's seasonal flower shows and the zoo's polar bear and big cat exhibits both draw dedicated repeat visitors.
We drive families making it a regular weekend outing, grandparents bringing visiting grandkids, and out-of-town visitors surprised to learn a zoo and botanical conservatory of this quality don't charge admission at all.
Como Park is a popular destination for school field trips and corporate family day events, both of which bring larger groups arriving together on a schedule rather than a casual family visit.
We coordinate transportation for these organized visits, handling multiple vehicles and timing so a whole group of families or students arrives together.
Whatever brings you to Como Park, we coordinate the whole trip, not just one pickup.
Birthday party groups, school field trips, and extended family gatherings all book with us for Como Park visits. We coordinate multiple vehicles so everyone arrives around the same time.
Local tip: If you're visiting on a summer weekend, an early arrival before 10 AM beats the crowd noticeably, both for parking and for having the popular exhibits to yourselves before the rush.
A family with young kids and stroller gear fits well in a Cadillac Escalade or Chevrolet Suburban, with room for car seats, strollers, and diaper bags. Smaller groups or couples fit comfortably in a Lincoln sedan.
Every vehicle is late-model, all-black, and detailed before every shift, with plenty of room for whatever a family day at the zoo requires.
Como Park's lots can fill by mid-morning on a nice weekend, and our chauffeurs plan pickup timing knowing exactly how much that changes the picture compared to a weekday visit.
Car seats, strollers, and all the gear a family day requires are exactly what our larger vehicles are built to handle comfortably.
School field trips, birthday parties, and extended family visits to Como Park often need more than one vehicle. We coordinate multi-car bookings under a single point of contact.
We've run groups of several families split across multiple vehicles for coordinated visits, timed so everyone arrives together at the entrance.
Como Park Zoo & Conservatory sits in St. Paul's Como Park neighborhood, easily reached from most of the eastern and northern metro. Our chauffeurs know the park's layout and will recommend the drop-off point closest to your planned entrance.
For families combining a Como Park visit with other stops or an airport transfer, we coordinate the whole day as one planned route.
Como Park draws its heaviest crowds on warm-weather weekends, particularly in summer, while the Conservatory stays a lovely destination even in the dead of winter when its warm, humid greenhouse is a welcome escape from the cold. Seasonal flower shows at the Conservatory bring their own bump in visitors.
We run trips to Como Park regularly from St. Paul, Roseville, Falcon Heights, Minneapolis, and every suburb across the metro.
Licensed, insured, and locally operated: MSP Black Limo is licensed and insured to operate throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with every chauffeur vetted before their first trip. We're not a national franchise dispatching from out of state — the person answering your call or text knows the routes, the venue, and the region firsthand.
Yes, both the zoo and the Conservatory have been free to the public since they opened, though donations are welcomed.
On a nice summer weekend, lots can fill by mid-morning. A black car drop-off avoids that entirely.
Yes, our Escalades and Suburbans have plenty of room for a family's full set of gear.
Yes, we regularly coordinate multiple vehicles for school groups and organized visits.
Yes, seasonal flower shows and evening events run past normal hours, and we handle those pickups just as reliably as daytime visits.
Sedans seat up to three comfortably; Escalades and Suburbans seat six to seven with room for family gear.
Yes, it's a warm, humid escape from the cold and a favorite for many repeat visitors specifically because of that contrast.
Yes, we're happy to plan a full day route including other nearby attractions.
Book your ride and skip the weekend parking hunt.
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