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You and 14 friends can enjoy long necks with our long necks (giraffes)! This package includes craft beer samplings from local brewers, grilled hot dogs or brats, and a chance to hop on over to feed the giraffes. We also can't wait to bring you behind the scenes on an exclusive hardhat tour and share with you and your group what is to come in our future Giraffe & Friends capital project.
Explore Africa, Topeka Zoo style! This package is good for 20 people. Start your evening around the campfire in Camp Cowabunga. Share stories and drink cocktails before setting off on a walking Safari. You and your group will venture across our Serengeti, meeting lions, patas monkeys, painted dogs, ostriches, elephants, hippos, and giraffes! Return to camp just in time for a safari-style dinner.
What a great way to celebrate a birthday or other significant life event!
Start your morning off right here at the Topeka Zoo. Your party of 6 will begin the day at 8:00 AM in the location of your choice! See what happens early in the morning as the staff prepares the zoo for guests and tends to the animal's habitat. You may see various toys, scents, or food being set-out by our team in the patas monkey, lion, painted dog, and cougar areas. Listen to the rainforest birds come alive as they sing their choruses while you search for sloths at first light. Before the end of your breakfast, you will have the first glimpse as the animals explore.
Meet with one of the Animal Care Supervisor and choose between three animal encounters! Select three animals from the list to meet: elephants, giraffes, black bears, African painted dogs, Hoffmann's sloth, alligator, owl, skunk, hippo, or pronghorn. After the private tour, enjoy a catered lunch with the supervisor(s) and have the opportunity to ask any questions relating to our animals, their care, or about zookeeping!
This package includes up to four guests. Participants must be ages six and older, and an adult must accompany those under the age of 18.
Go behind-the-scenes to meet our African and Asian elephants, Cora and Tembo. Choose your colors and watch as Tembo creates a one-of-a-kind painting just for you, which will be a memory to last a lifetime! Enjoy visiting with the elephant care team and learn about elephants, their care, or zookeeping!
This package includes up to four guests, and it is best to schedule between late April through the end of October. Participants must be ages six and older, and an adult must accompany those under the age of 18.
Join us for a summer day when we harvest honey from our very own beehives. We begin around 9 am on a weekday after the frames are pulled out of the hive boxes. Learn how the extraction process takes place; how you cut the honey off the comb and sneak a sample as you help bottle the golden delight into jars. You'll be one of the first to leave home with your very own 2021 sweet goodness!
This package also includes a bee house, a native bee guide, and a Topeka Zoo Honey bottle.
Grab your favorite pint glass and 19 of your friends and join us for a beer tasting at the Topeka Zoo! Your PRIVATE brew event will be located by the Sumatran Tiger exhibit and hosted by a local Brewery. There, you will receive samplings of the brewery's most fine brews. While on the prowl for your favorite pint, pounce over to have a look inside the tiger's den and meet the cats.
Start your morning off reconnecting, recharging, and relaxing with our Horticulturalist Rick in the Kay McFarland Japanese Garden. You and your guest will create patterns as you rake designs into the grounds, and also learn the story of the elements within our garden. The fun doesn't end there! This package also includes origami, tea, and checking on the Koi in the ponds. You will have such a zen experience, and then you get to go home with a new handmade quilt portrait scene! A bag of Kay's Garden Tea Blend is also included in this package.
You're in for a treat! You and your 19 guests will enjoy drinks, grilled cuisine, and a fabulous tour with a unique experience. Who else is best to try mealworms with, venture behind the scenes, feed specific animals, other than our very own Representative/Board Member/Business Partner and Friend, Fred Patton?
Your group will tour the zoo, learn about the Japanese Garden, and hear the stories that made it. Learn about the adventures of Camp Cowabunga, explore the current projects and get the inside scoop!
Host your next shindig at the Zoo! This rental is for a party of up to 150 people and includes exclusive use of the Camp Cowabunga with Zoo access.
The African safari themed camp is a fabulous setting for any holiday party, wedding reception, family reunion, office gathering or birthday party!
This package is for facility rental only, which typically starts at $2,500 and does not include catering through preferred caterers or linens. Additional event features can be purchased at the time of booking, including animal encounter opportunities, additional guests and linens. You may serve alcohol for additional fees.
Event must be booked at least 90 days in advance.
Do you want to have the wildest birthday party in town? Then, the Topeka Zoo is the place for you! Win this birthday party package to celebrate your special day the right way! Enjoy a party for 20, a perfect party for any age. This includes a fun animal program and a cupcake cake.
Add some excitement to your next virtual meeting and connect to the natural world by having one of the Topeka Zoo's resident animals join you! Enjoy an Educator or Keeper chat with staff as we drop in on your meeting or in your home for a quick hello.
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The Topeka Zoo is going Hallmark, helping make your special occasion one to remember! With a Virtual Greeting, you can meet your favorite Ambassador animal from the comfort of your own home.
What a unique gift for a birthday, anniversary or any special occasion!
If you love poker and bourbon, then this package is PERFECT for you! Take a behind the scenes tour then head to Camp Cowabunga for the evening.
This party for 10 includes: bourbon tastings, brats, and your very own personal dealer for a game of poker with your friends.
**All participants must be 21 years of age or older.
Adventure-Challenge programming is an adventure based and highly interactive workshop in which individuals within the group work together to improve communication, cooperation, problem solving, and goal setting as a team. This outdoor workshop will include hands-on, activity based events, sequenced to walk the group through a collection of challenges that engage all members of the group, while continually improving the group's overall team work abilities. This adventure would work well for any group or team that would like to conclude a workshop with improved team work, team skills, and leadership skills. Schedule your adventure to build a stronger team! Join us for a fun and exciting 2 hour event while enhancing your groups creative problem solving and team work. Maximum group size of 16, however 14 individuals are recommened.Please note that this program works best for high school or order individuals.
The perfect behind-the-scenes experience for reptile lovers! Spend time with one of our reptile specialists, with visits and photo opportunities with 5 of our amazing reptiles, which could include American Alligators, African Ball Python, Columbian Red-tailed Boa, Argentine Black and White Tegu, and many more. Plus, chose one reptile from a list during your visit and our keeper will create an original work of art painted by our animals! During your encounter, ask our reptile specialist any questions about our animals, their care, or zookeeping.
Package includes up to four guests. Participants must be ages 4 and older, and those under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Not that kind of spa, ladies! Have you ever wondered what a spa day is like for the Topeka Zoo elephants? Wonder no more! You and a guest will work side-by-side one of our elephant trainers assisting them with an elephant bath. Learn the personalities of both, hear stories, ask questions, all while you are working hard pampering the gals.
Pack your gear and head to the zoo for a night you won't forget! You and 15 guests will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend the night inside Camp Cowabunga. Your group will experience a rare night tour of the zoo!
Zoo Snooze begins at 7:00 p.m. and ends at 8:30 a.m. the following day following a light breakfast, which will be provided!
Campers must provide their own dinner, flashlights and sleeping bags.
This will be THE slumber party of your life!
If you love board games, entertainment and drinks, you are going to LOVE this package! Take a behind the scenes tour and then head to Camp Cowabunga for a super fun night of board games with your very own personal board game master. This package would be great for families or for a fun time hanging with your pals!
This party for 15 includes: beer of your choice (or soda), popcorn, pretzels, pizza and fun.
Let us transform your classroom, library, retirement center, or organization meeting into an exotic encounter with our Zoo2U program. Zoo2U programs include a presentation, educational games, interaction with a live animal, and discussions related to a specific animal or zoo topic. This class must be held within Shawnee County. Current restrictions due to Covid-19:
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