Educational animal encounters paired with zoo admission
Full day
10 to 100 people
Zoo admission, animal presentation
Explore animal presentations designed to support classroom learning. Discover the zoo around your group's 30-minute presentation.
Cancel 7 or more days in advance for a full refund. Cancellations less than 7 days in advance incur a 25% cancellation fee.
Product ID: M2Y7BD
The earliest available session begins 15 minutes after the zoo opens.
Bring a completed chaperone form and submit it before zoo admission on the day of your school field trip.
Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary
Love Heritage park sanctuary and their mission, and I really liked the idea of an evening event when it’s cool. Unfortunately the execution wasn’t good. I signed up after receiving an invite as a member but when we arrived they had one person checking people in and the line was quite long. The mosquitos were out in full force, I wish they would have given us a heads up that evenings bring them Out and to bring spray. Once in, it was dark (obviously), but we assumed incorrectly there would be pathway lights or staff with red lights to highlight the animals without disturbing them. A nice tweak would be to email attendees and ask us to bring red lights, or rent them out for the event. We did see two very kind docents at a couple enclosures with lights but that was all we were able to see. I think a few small tweaks would make this a terrific event! I will say seeing the black panther was magnificent:)
Nicole Strong Barrett
August 30, 2026
Love Heritage park sanctuary and their mission, and I really liked the idea of an evening event when it’s cool. Unfortunately the execution wasn’t good. I signed up after receiving an invite as a member but when we arrived they had one person checking people in and the line was quite long. The mosquitos were out in full force, I wish they would have given us a heads up that evenings bring them Out and to bring spray. Once in, it was dark (obviously), but we assumed incorrectly there would be pathway lights or staff with red lights to highlight the animals without disturbing them. A nice tweak would be to email attendees and ask us to bring red lights, or rent them out for the event. We did see two very kind docents at a couple enclosures with lights but that was all we were able to see. I think a few small tweaks would make this a terrific event! I will say seeing the black panther was magnificent:)
Nicole Strong Barrett
August 30, 2026
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