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:

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Sloth Bear Encounter

Thursday - Sunday
2:30 - 3PM

$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.

Generously Sponsored By:

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Zoo Farm

Thursday - Sunday
1:30 - 2PM

$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.

Generously Sponsored By:

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Giraffe encounter, feeding animals by hand at Zoo Boise.

Giraffe Encounter

Closed for the season

$5.00 Per Person

Experience: Get nose-to-nose with giraffe Jabari and feed him some lettuce.

Weather permitting

Generously Sponsored By:

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Butterflies in Bloom

Closed for the season

Free With Zoo Admission

Experience: A walkthrough greenhouse full of hundreds of colorful butterflies.

Generously Sponsored By:

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Simplot Company Foundation main sponsor logo 2024
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Conservation Cruise

Closed for the season

$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.