Events For All Ages

Saturday, June 21, 2025 10:00AM - 2:00PM We're celebrating the longest necks on the longest day of the year: it's World Giraffe Day! 🦒 Learn all about our tallest residents, Tafari and Jabari 🦒 Make special giraffe-inspired arts & crafts 🦒 11AM: Meet a zookeeper, ask questions, and find out how we care for our animals 🦒 1:30-2:30PM: Feed a giraffe during the Perkins Coie Giraffe Encounter - at our new Giraffe Platform location Did you know: As the tallest creatures on land, an adult male giraffe can reach heights of 18 feet tall and weigh more than 4,000 pounds!

Saturday, October 25 & Sunday, October 26 10AM - 5PM, last admission at 4PM The best family Halloween event in town! Trick or treat candy stations, costume contests for all ages, face painting, vendors, special Halloween-themed treats for the zoo animals, and more await the entire family on Saturday, October 25 and Sunday, October 26 for Boo at the Zoo, presented by Delta Dental of Idaho. Normal admissions prices apply. Free for current Zoo Boise members. Last admission is at 4PM on both days. We will have two gates open for the event: the main entrance and a secondary entry/exit on the northeast side of the zoo near the Julia Davis Park tennis courts. (See the map below.) Animal Enrichment and Costume Contest Schedules: Coming soon Click to Read Boo at the Zoo Costume Regulations Event Map: Coming soon Presented by: Sponsored by: