Field Trip Experiences at The Texas Zoo

Explore, learn, and connect with wildlife! Our field trips give students the opportunity to experience the zoo at their own pace with a self-guided tour, or enhance their visit with an Animal Program.

 

Self-Guided Tour - WITHOUT Animal Program

Explore the zoo at your own pace with a self-guided field trip! Teachers, parents, and chaperones can lead students through the zoo while discovering our diverse animal collection. This option allows groups to customize their visit, spending as much time as they’d like at each exhibit and focusing on the animals or topics that best fit their classroom lessons.

  • $5 a student
  • All staff and bus drivers are FREE

Self-Guided Tour - WITH Animal Program

*for groups of 20 students or more*

Sit down, gather around the stage with our educators for a 30-minute educational program, and get a closer look at our animals. For each program, students will be introduced to 3-4 ambassador animals (bird, mammal, and/or reptile) while learning about how they got here, and their unique personalities! To make the experience even more memorable, students will have the opportunity to gently touch the final animal featured in the program.

  • $6 a student
  • All staff and bus drivers are FREE

*animal programs are available upon request during October-May. NO programs will be offered between June-September.*

Chaperones, Guardians, and Siblings

  • Adults (13-54 yrs.) - $10.50
  • Children (3-12 yrs.) - $9.50
  • Seniors (55+ yrs.) - $9.50
  • Military (show ID) - $9.50
  • Toddlers (2 & under) - FREE

Please select ONE time slot if wanting an animal program.

Summer Hours Winter Hours
March-September October-February
9:00 am - 4:00 pm 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
 Summer Times Winter TImes 
9:30 am  - 
10:00 am  - 
10:30 am  10:30 am 
11:00 am  11:00 am 
11:30 am  11:30 am 
12:00 pm  12:00 pm 

Minimum Capacity is 20 students. Maximum Capacity is 150 students per field trip

 Book Your Field Trip

After reading the information above, to book your field trip, please email us at education@texaszoo.org with the information below, and one of our educators will get back to you!

  1.  School Name
  2.  Phone Number
  3.  Grade Level
  4.  Number of Students
  5.  THREE possible dates
  6.  Time of Arrival
  7.  If wanting an animal program, what time slot?  *programs must be set for 30 minutes AFTER arrival time*