Adelaide Zoo free walking tours run throughout the day – departing from various locations every half hour between 9.45 am and 3.30 pm. Why not ‘hop on, hop off’ one or more of the half hour sections, and enjoy what the Zoo has to offer.

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Would you like to feel the breath of one of the world's biggest animal predators on your neck, or see first-hand a demonstration of intelligence in one of our closest evolutionary relatives?

Join us for an exciting behind-the-scenes encounter at Adelaide Zoo. This unique opportunity allows you to experience a close and personal look at our animals, zookeepers and off-limit areas.

These tours are sponsored by Boileau Business Solutions

Available days Wednesday, Saturday
Time 8:30 - 4:30 pm
Maximum5 people
Minimum age 16 years
Cost $350
Members price $330

It’s a full day tour giving you a taste of what a day in the life of a Zoo Keeper is really like! You will meet and work with some of the many zoo animals throughout your day, waking them up in the morning and putting them to bed in the afternoon – you will never be this up close and personal! Other animals you may visit are: Giraffes, Pelicans, Squirrel Monkeys, Tapirs, Tigers, Hippos, Meerkats and many, many more. You will also visit the Animal Health Centre, where you may be lucky enough to view a procedure.

Experience
Meet our Baboon family and with their Keeper help hide their breakfast treats. You’ll help release them and can watch their foraging antics. Then its off to give breakfast to the Meerkats, Dwarf Mongoose and Oriental Small-clawed Otters.

Experience
A guided walk around the Zoos botanical estate. See the habitat and eco systems that have been developed here for our native and exotic species. Learn of the challenges Horticulture staff face with animals in their gardens

Available Days  Wednesday and Saturday
Time  1.00pm
Maximum   4 people
Minimum age  12 years
Length  1 hour
Cost  $40 child and $75 adult
Members price $30 child and $57 adult

Experience
Our reptile house hosts a very impressive collection of some of the world’s most venomous and fascinating reptiles. Come behind the scenes, meet our giant tortoises and get to see many of our slippery friends up close.

Available Days  Wednesday and Saturday
Time  8.45am
Maximum   8 people
Minimum age  6 years
Length  1 hour
Cost  $40 child and $75 adult
Members price $30 child and $57 adult

Experience
Adelaide Zoo has one of the largest Zoo bird collections in Australia; learn and see for yourself how we manage such a wide range of species from tiny finches to perky penguins and cranky cassowaries. You’ll go behind the scenes with Zoo Keepers and meet many of our feathered characters.