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The Minnesota Zoo offers programs and animal adventures for people of all ages! Join us to learn even more about the world of wildlife. During your daytime visit, enjoy experiences that are included with your admission, like the Wings World of Birds Show and Dino Hideout. You can also register to go behind-the-scenes or take a guided tour. Youth programs include summer camps and the Nature Preschool. Adults, you can connect to nature in all new ways with special evening events, yoga, and EdVenture trips. See details below.

Daytime Experiences Included With Your Admission

Treetop Trail - Now Open!
Come get a fresh perspective on nature and let it change and inspire the way you experience the world, and your place within it. The 1.25-mile walking path brings guests up to 32 feet above the ground and provides a year-round and accessible journey into nature for people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.

Wings & Things!
Join us at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm in the Target Learning Center for our new animal show, Wings & Things! See owls, porcupines, and more strut their stuff while learning fascinating facts about our natural world. This educational and entertaining show is fun for all ages and included with your Zoo admission. Show run-time is roughly twenty minutes and seating is first-come, first-served. For those with sensory sensitivities, please note, music is played before the program and microphones are used throughout.

Dino Hideout: Open for the Season
There’s big fun lurking at the Minnesota Zoo. Explore our updated Dino Hideout experience and play area. Take a thrilling walk among incredibly realistic dinosaurs and enjoy the natural setting and new play structures as you let your imagination run wild.

Special Events

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular - September 30 - November 4
Gather your family and friends and come explore our glowing trail with thousands of artistically carved pumpkins. More information!

Programs

Inside the Zoo Guided Tour
The Treetop Trail is the Minnesota Zoo’s newest and largest attraction. This guided tour will take you through the process and share stories of what it took to go from an old monorail track to the world’s longest elevated walking trail. Click Here

Moonlight Yoga (in person, outdoors)
The moon and stars provide an amazingly, unique atmosphere for you to practice your yoga. Join us as we tap into the peace and quiet of the Zoo at night, while enjoying the celestial light from our magnificent moon and spectacular stars. Click Here

Naturally Wild Yoga (in-person and virtual)
Looking for a fresh routine, a new look, and a cool experience? Join us at the Minnesota Zoo or from the comfort of your own home for this combined virtual and in-person yoga experience. Click Here

Nature Preschool
The Minnesota Zoo Nature Preschool is a licensed, unique, in-person educational experience for preschool children to learn and grow! Click Here

Qigong & Tai Chi
Why Qigong and Tai Chi? Balance. Qigong is the practice of energy cultivation, and Tai Chi has been called medication in motion by Harvard Health. Both of these mind-body practices have shown to have mental and physical health benefits. Click Here

School's Out Camps
Looking for a fun activity for your child to do while school is on a break? We would love for you to spend your break days here at Zoo Camp! Click Here

Travel with the Minnesota Zoo

Minnesota Bison EdVenture
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Join the Minnesota Zoo for this bison adventure! Click Here.

Minnesota Mussel EdVenture
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Join the Minnesota Zoo for this mussel adventure! Click Here.