Get an inside look at animal care, meet some of your favorite animals, and learn about the Zoo’s efforts to protect endangered species!
Each tour is a private experience for your group. Check out the descriptions below to learn more about select opportunities.
Meet some of the oldest and youngest Riverbanks residents! Walk out on to their habitats to say shello to each of these individuals and learn about their amazing history. Each guest will also have the opportunity to touch and feed these giant tortoises.
Join us as we explore what goes into the upstanding animal care provided to Patrick, our bachelor male gorilla, and our meerkat mob. This tour will include a behind the scenes look at Patrick’s daily training while learning more about gorilla conservation efforts across the world. Before wrapping up this adventure, participants will help build enrichment for our playful meerkat mob.
Head behind the scenes for an im-paws-ibly fun afternoon. Meet our grizzly, Butch, as the animal care staff demonstrate how they safely train this incredible animal. Help prepare an afternoon snack for Butch and snap some photos of this unforgettable experience.
Join Riverbanks’ penguin colony for a chilly backstage encounter. Learn all about our different penguins before bundling up to head behind the scenes. Get a cool view of these flightless birds while our keepers feed them their midday snack.
Looking to get out of your shell? Join us on an adventure full of shell scratches as we meet Riverbanks Radiated Tortoise residents face-to-face. Make sure to bring along a camera to capture this memorable experience.
Experience Sea Lion Landing like never before — and maybe get your feet a little wet. See the inner workings of the habitat, help our keepers prepare the morning diet, and then join the animal care staff for a training demonstration. This memorable tour will definitely get your seal of approval.
Join us as we fly backstage to meet Riverbanks’ flamingos! You’ll be tickled pink learning about flamingo care and conservation while feeding our flock their afternoon diet.
Join us behind the scenes to meet the second largest land mammal in the world! On this rhino-riffic tour, you’ll get the opportunity to explore our rhino barn, come face-to-face with our rhino residents, and learn all about how Riverbanks cares for these gentle giants.
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