The Tremendous Tour-toise
Tickets are per person. If accompanied by an adult, ages 8+ only OR must be 15 years of age to attend alone.
•Our animal care staff members will introduce you to the largest tortoise species in the world, the Galapagos tortoises!
•Staff members from our Reptile team will inform you about tortoise care and histories.
•Different from our public walkthroughs offered during the summer, this year-round tours provides you with the opportunity to offer the tortoises food as well as to touch the tortoises (as directed by staff members).
•Guests will get a hands-on experience with these amazing animals, while benefitting conservation efforts as directed by the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA). Visit TSA here to learn more about their work: What We Do – Turtle Survival Alliance
•This ticket is only good for this program, and a separate admission ticket is required to enter the zoo.
•Please arrive at the Welcome Center 10 minutes before the encounter time.
•Parts of this tour are ADA accessible
•Guests without tickets will not be admitted to the tour or be able to watch this experience. This applies to children in arms or strollers. Strollers are not permitted.
•This experience is non-refundable and tickets will be forfeited if your party is not present at the start time.
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"Van Goat" Painting Experience
Come on down to Blakely’s Barnyard and meet up with some of the most talented painters at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Each guest will get to help create their own one-of-a-kind painting along with one of our resident goat artists. This could get a little messy since our goats are very abstract painters!
•This experience is non-refundable and tickets will be forfeited if your party is not present at the start time.
•Only ticket holders will be permitted to attend this experience. This includes children in arms or strollers.
•Ages 5+ only (Must be at least 15 years of age to attend experience alone).
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Tickets are per person. Ages 10+ only (Must be at least 15 years of age to attend experience alone).
Have you ever wondered how we’re able to perform a medical exam on a 3,000lb rhino? What about a dental procedure on an 18ft tall giraffe? All of these questions will be answered on our Animal Hospital Tour. See some of the science being implemented that provides cutting-edge healthcare to over 2,500 of our animals.
•This ticket is only good for this program, and a separate admission ticket is required to enter the zoo.
•Please arrive at the experience 10 minutes before the encounter time.
•Parts of this tour are ADA accessible.
•Guests without tickets will not be admitted to the tour or be able to watch this experience. This applies to children in arms or strollers. Strollers are not permitted.
•This experience is non-refundable and tickets will be forfeited if your party is not present at the start time.
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Tickets are per person. Ages 7+ only.
Are you Fiona’s biggest fan? Have you ever wanted to know what it takes to be a full-time hippo keeper? Well, now you’re in luck! On the Hippo Barn Tour your group will get a semi-private tour of a world class hippo barn. Chat with a hippo expert as you learn all about, diets, enrichment, and Fiona’s incredible story. Grab some photos with Fiona’s baby bottle and early childhood toys. This tour promises to teach you something new about the world’s most famous hippo.
This experience supports the animals in our care, and also supports VulPro and the Uganda Waterways Project. VulPro supports the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of ill and injured vultures. The Uganda Waterways Project supports the patrols of rivers to prevent poaching of hippos and other African wildlife.
This tour does not include the painting or private feeding included in our Hangin' with the Hippos package.
•This ticket is only good for this program, and a separate admission ticket is required to enter the zoo.
•Please arrive at the experience 10 minutes before the encounter time.
•This experience is non-refundable and tickets will be forfeited if your party is not present at the start time.
•All participants will be required to wear a mask for this experience
•Attendees without tickets will not be admitted or be able to watch this experience. This includes children in arms or strollers.
•We cannot accommodate strollers or wheelchairs on this experience.
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Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife Center Tours
Tickets are per person. Ages 10+ only.
Come on a tour of one of the few places in the world that is combining cutting-edge science with wildlife conservation efforts in hopes of saving endangered species. Learn more about the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s efforts to help protect Polar Bears and Sumatran Rhinos. Get hands on while you perform an ultrasound on Charlotte, our life-sized rhino replica. This experience is perfect for all those who aspire to help save the world’s endangered plants and animals.
•This ticket is only good for this program, and a separate admission ticket is required to enter the zoo.
•Please arrive at the experience 10 minutes before the encounter time.
•Parts of this tour are ADA accessible.
•Guests without tickets will not be admitted to the tour or be able to watch this experience. This applies to children in arms or strollers. Strollers are not permitted.
•This experience is non-refundable and tickets will be forfeited if your party is not present at the start time.
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