Bristol's Wild Place Project will throw open its doors on Friday (June 19) for the first time in three months.
The attraction closed at the end of March due to the coronavirus outbreak. And news of the reopening on Wednesday morning (June 17) caused so much excitement the zoo's website crashed.
A spokesperson wrote on Twitter: "Our website is currently down due to the unprecedented traffic we have been experiencing.
"We apologise for the inconvenience - we’re working hard to fix it! In the meantime, please go to http://wildplacetickets.org to make a booking."
Visitors will have to follow strict new safety rules including pre-booking their tickets (even for members), one-way routes and extra hand washing facilities.
If you want to plan a day trip to the attraction, based near Cribbs Causeway, make sure you book soon. All the places for the first two days are already taken and there are only a few slots available for the week running between June 22 to 28.
Despite being closed, the attraction has still been able to make the record books this month.
Last week, it became the first zoo in the UK to see European brown bears and grey wolves living side by side together.
Will Walker, animal manager, said: “It is a wonderful sight to see these amazing animals next to each other as they would have once lived here in the wild.
“We hoped they would settle in well together because they had lived in adjacent paddocks for several months, so have been used to the sights, sounds and smells of each other.
“Despite that, there was still a sense of excitement and trepidation when we mixed them for the first time, and we all knew that we were watching history unfold before us.
"We are very happy to say that there have been no signs of aggression and the two species are living quite contentedly alongside each other."
Keepers had been planning the move for weeks before the four bears and five wolves were finally introduced.
The bears were kept in a separate area of woodland while the wolves were allowed to get used to the main woodland paddock area first.
“We are all thrilled that it has gone so well," said Will.
"From now on the bears and wolves have daily access to the same area and we are delighted that our visitors will be able to see these two magnificent species living together, as we prepare to reopen.”
The diets of bears and wolves are naturally very different, so the two species will not compete for food.
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Wolves can also spend time away from the bears, as they have the option to leave the 11,000 square metre woodland exhibit and enter their own separate area.
Bear Wood is also home to wolverines and lynxes and tells the story of British ancient woodland from 8,000 BC to the present day.
