The 7.2-acre (2.91 ha) facility is located north of Queen's Park Savannah and west of the Royal Botanic Gardens, in Port of Spain.

The zoo's collection features both local and foreign animals, such as African giraffes and lions (in addition to several other large cats), Asian tigers, native caiman, ocelots, macaws (among other parrots) and waterfowl, as well as the national bird, the scarlet ibis.

Different exhibits include small mammals, a reptile house, aquarium, a deer park, primates and gardens and ponds.

[1] The zoo has undergone major upgrades over the past few years, both for upkeep to its existing infrastructure (to bring it up to international standards) as well as in-preparation for additions to and growth of its animal stock.

On 12 October 2016, the zoo announced that they had received six llamas from a nature park in Texas, USA.