Featured Events

Sunday, September 24 5:30 - 730PM Free Grab your friends and family and help us discover what plants and animals live on zoo grounds. A bioblitz is an event where everyone tries to find as many animals, plants, and fungi (not under human care) as possible. So, why do a bioblitz at Zoo Boise? The 17-acre facility isn't just home to monkeys, crocodiles, and sloth bears. Canada geese, great horned owls, turkey-tail mushrooms, yellow iris, and many more wild organisms call the zoo home as well. Our job as community scientists will be to take pictures and document this vast urban biodiversity! This event is free, but requires registration. Register here. Our data will aid scientific research, and who knows, maybe we'll find an undescribed species to science! The entire bioblitz will be conducted from the public side of the zoo; zoo staff will assist community scientists as they traverse zoo grounds.

Thursday, October 12 6 - 8PM Zoo Boise is excited to host an afterhours zoo experience designed for individuals with disabilities, plus their families and friends! Featuring various sensory input stations that will include a guided zoo tour, up close animal encounters, animal artifact exploration, and more. Registration is required. $7 per person. Get Tickets Here   Zoo Boise education programs are sponsored by:

Saturday, October 28 & Sunday, October 29 10AM - 5PM, last admission at 4PM Save the date and join Zoo Boise for the best family Halloween event in town! There will be trick or treat candy stations, costume contests for all ages, vendors, photo ops, face painting, special Halloween themed treats for the zoo animals, and much more! Normal admissions prices apply. Free for current Zoo Boise members. Animal Enrichment Schedule:   Sat. Oct. 28 Sun. Oct. 29 10:30AM Lions Maned wolf 11:00AM Meerkats Vervet monkeys / Otters 11:30AM Capybaras Amur tiger 12:00PM Cotton-top tamarins Grevy’s zebras 12:30PM Bat-eared foxes Snow leopards 1:00PM Zoo Farm Magellanic penguins 1:30PM Nile crocodile Sloth bear 2:00PM Southern ground hornbill African wild dogs 2:30PM Gorongosa Aviary Sarus crane 3:00PM Red pandas (both locations) Nyalas 3:30PM Striped hyena White-handed gibbons 4:00PM Spider monkeys Olive baboons Costume Contest Schedule (both days): 11:00AM 2 years & under 12:00PM 3-5 years 12:45PM 6-9 years 1:30PM 10 & up 2:00PM Family / Multi-person groups 2:30PM 2 years & under 3:00PM 3-7 years 3:30PM 8 & up Presented by: Sponsored by:

Saturday, October 28 & Sunday, October 29 10AM - 5PM, last admission at 4PM Save the date and join Zoo Boise for the best family Halloween event in town! There will be trick or treat candy stations, costume contests for all ages, vendors, photo ops, face painting, special Halloween themed treats for the zoo animals, and much more! Normal admissions prices apply. Free for current Zoo Boise members. Animal Enrichment Schedule:   Sat. Oct. 28 Sun. Oct. 29 10:30AM Lions Maned wolf 11:00AM Meerkats Vervet monkeys / Otters 11:30AM Capybaras Amur tiger 12:00PM Cotton-top tamarins Grevy’s zebras 12:30PM Bat-eared foxes Snow leopards 1:00PM Zoo Farm Magellanic penguins 1:30PM Nile crocodile Sloth bear 2:00PM Southern ground hornbill African wild dogs 2:30PM Gorongosa Aviary Sarus crane 3:00PM Red pandas (both locations) Nyalas 3:30PM Striped hyena White-handed gibbons 4:00PM Spider monkeys Olive baboons Costume Contest Schedule (both days): 11:00AM 2 years & under 12:00PM 3-5 years 12:45PM 6-9 years 1:30PM 10 & up 2:00PM Family / Multi-person groups 2:30PM 2 years & under 3:00PM 3-7 years 3:30PM 8 & up Presented by: Sponsored by:

Thursday, December 7 10:00AM - 5:00PM All zoo admissions are only $3 each on every Thursday in December 2023. An inexpensive way to have a fun day or wild family adventure in Boise! (Open 10AM - 5PM, last admission at 4PM)

Thursday, December 14 10:00AM - 5:00PM All zoo admissions are only $3 each on every Thursday in December 2023. An inexpensive way to have a fun day or wild family adventure in Boise! (Open 10AM - 5PM, last admission at 4PM)

Thursday, December 21 10:00AM - 5:00PM All zoo admissions are only $3 each on every Thursday in December 2023. An inexpensive way to have a fun day or wild family adventure in Boise! (Open 10AM - 5PM, last admission at 4PM)

Thursday, December 28 10:00AM - 5:00PM All zoo admissions are only $3 each on every Thursday in December 2023. An inexpensive way to have a fun day or wild family adventure in Boise! (Open 10AM - 5PM, last admission at 4PM)

Thursday, January 4 10:00AM - 5:00PM All zoo admissions are only $3 each on every Thursday from December 2023 - February 2024. An inexpensive way to have a fun day or wild family adventure in Boise! (Open 10AM - 5PM, last admission at 4PM)