Plan Your Visit
At Zoo Boise, we are always working to make the zoo educational, affordable, and most importantly, fun and exciting! Every year we try to add or update new attractions and experiences. Be sure to visit Zoo Boise often to see what we have in store.
Special Attractions:
Sloth Bear Encounter
$5.00 Per Person
Experience: Here’s your chance to feed a sloth bear some mealworms through a special feeding tube in the exhibit.
Capacity: To keep our animals healthy and within their diet parameters, up to 25 guests may participate.
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Zoo Farm
$3.00 Per Person
Experience: Get up close and feed the zoo’s goats.
Capacity: To keep our animals healthy and within their diet parameters, the Zoo Farm encounter is restricted to a limited amount of food per day and may close early if the maximum is reached.
Giraffe Encounter
$5.00 Per Person
📣 NEW GIRAFFE PLATFORM LOCATION!
(Giraffe area near the Giraffe Slide)
Experience: Get nose-to-nose with giraffe Jabari and feed him some lettuce.
Generously Sponsored By:
Butterflies in Bloom
Free With Zoo Admission
Experience: A walkthrough greenhouse full of hundreds of colorful butterflies.
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Zoo Chats
Free With Zoo Admission
Experience: Learn all about different animals every day with special chats from our Animal Care team.
Conservation Cruise
$5.00 Per Person
Experience: Our solar powered boat will take you on a relaxing cruise around the lagoon, where you’ll get a chance to see patas monkeys.
For All Encounters:
- Payment is only accepted at the encounter station.
- All proceeds goes toward the Zoo Boise Conservation Fund.
- All activities are weather and animal dependent.