2024 Spring Break and Summer Adventure Camps

Welcome to the Adventure Camps, the Alaska Zoo's premiere youth program! These outdoor education experiences with zoo animals and educators will make lasting impressions on campers ages 6-10. Each camp includes behind-the-scenes visits with animals, talks with zookeepers, hands-on projects in the zoo's two classrooms and lots of outdoor play.

Spring Break and Summer Camps

All sessions are now FULL. Scroll down for descriptions.

  • Service Animals - March 11-15 (FULL)

  • Bird Observers - May 28-31 (4 days) - FULL

  • Crackerjack Cats - June 3-7 - FULL

  • Zookeeper Week - June 10-14 - FULL

  • Animals of Midnight Sun - June 17-21 - FULL

  • Funky Zoo Fun - June 24-28 (FULL)

  • Bears of the North - July 1-3 (3 days) - FULL

  • ZOOlympics - July 8-12 - FULL

  • Zookeeper Week Encore - July 15-19 - FULL

  • Planet Earth’s Animals - July 22-26 - FULL

  • Mysterious Monsters & Cryptid Creatures - July 29-August 2 - FULL

  • The Science of Survival - August 5-9 - FULL

 

Camp Basics

General Description: All camps include lots of time outdoors balanced with time in the zoo classroom. All camps include behind-the-scenes encounters.

Ages: Camps are for ages 6-10 only. Campers are divided into appropriate age groupings in each of our zoo classrooms (Discovery Center and Gateway). We try to honor requests for friends or siblings in groups, but we cannot make guarantees.

Times: Camps days are 9am - 4pm.

Arrival and Pick-up: Drop offs start at 8:45am and pick-ups are no later than 4:30pm. We will assess a late pick-up fee of $50 for each half-hour late past 4:30pm. Drop off and pick up will be in the Gateway classroom located down the entrance stairs and to the left. Campers who arrive with fevers or symptoms of illness will not be allowed to attend. If your child needs to stay home due to illness, we will work with you.

Prices

  • Small service fees are added prices below in checkout.

  • 5-day: $375/zoo member, $400/non-member.

  • 4-day: $300/zoo member, $320/non-member

  • 3-day: $225/zoo member, $240/non-member

  • We cannot prorate camp fees for days missed. Camps are sold in specified session lengths only, no single days. Camps are non-refundable.

  • Registration is online only.

Refund Policy

Camps are refundable minus a $50 fee if we can find a replacement from the waiting list. If we cannot find a replacement from our waiting list, there is no refund. We will process transfer requests if there is space in the camps to do so. We do not allow friends or family to take spots which are vacated as we go in chronological order from our waiting list in the essence of fairness.

  • After February 1st, 2024, we will not process refunds or transfers for Spring Camp.

  • After May 1st, 2024, we will not process refunds or transfers for Summer Camp.

Each camper should bring:

  • A sack lunch, at least two extra snacks and a water bottle from home.

  • Backpack

  • Gear appropriate for the weather.

  • Cameras welcome if the camper is responsible.

  • Cell phones can be brought but must stay in backpacks unless allowed out at lunch. If they are being used to take pictures, this can be done on zoo grounds. We limit all other cell phone use during camp.