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Up-Close Tours

Go behind-the-scenes with an experienced Zoo keeper and get up-close with your favorite animals!

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Animal Ambassador Tour

Start Time(s): 1:00 pm
Price: Starting at $30 for anyone 3 yrs and up (admission to the Zoo not included). Zoo Members receive a 20% discount
Duration: 30 Minutes, Available Everyday

Go behind the scenes with our Animal Ambassador Team and encounter a variety of exotic animals. Many of these animals are rescued through the Abilene Zoo or other conservation organizations, you will hear all their stories. Plus these are the animals you often see on television or see at community events, so this tour allows you to touch and take photos with some of Abilene’s favorite creatures.

Each tour features a behind the scenes journey. Animals subject to change each tour due to community events or education commitments, but the Animal Ambassador Team is full of wonderful species.

Experience Animal Ambassadors like…

  • Three Banded Armadillo
  • Roadrunner
  • American Alligator
  • Screech Owl
  • Tenrec
  • Turaco
  • Nine Banded Armadillo
  • Python
  • Swainson’s Hawk
  • Six Banded Armadillo
  • Raven
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Sloth Tour

Start Time(s): 1:30 pm Thursdays & Fridays / 2:00 pm Saturdays
Price: Starting at $45 each, 3 yrs and up (admission not included) 20% pass member discount
Duration: 30 minutes, Thursdays-Saturdays

How will you feel the first time you get close enough to see a sloth? Can you imagine the sound when a sloth enjoys a tasty treat? Picture those beautiful brown eyes, the adorable nose, and your incredible experience learning all about the sloth during your up close meeting!

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Steenbok Tour

Start Time(s): 11:00 am
Price: Starting at $25 each, 3 yrs and up (admission not included) 20% pass member discount
Duration: 30 minutes, Available Sunday-Wednesday

Small antelope, big ears, one memorable connection. You will have an opportunity to feed a steenbok during your visit to their habitat and will learn more about the species and their care.

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Giant Anteater Tour

Start Time(s): 11:45 am
Price: Starting at $25 each, 3 yrs and up (admission not included) 20% pass member discount
Duration: 30 Minutes, Available Everyday

Go behind the scenes and get an up-close look at our giant anteater. There you will learn all about the giant anteater and how we care for them.

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Reptile Tour

Start Time(s): 1:30 pm
Price: Starting at $25 each, 3 yrs and up (admission not included) 20% pass member discount
Duration: 30 Minutes, Tuesdays-Saturdays

Separate fact from fiction by learning about and meeting a couple of the zoo’s lizards, turtles, and snakes. Learn about and meet a several of the zoo’s lizards, turtles, and snakes.

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Giraffe Tour

Start Time(s): 2:00 pm
Price: Starting at $30 each, 3 yrs and up (admission not included) 20% pass member discount
Duration: 30 – 45 Minutes, Available Everyday

Meet a couple of members of our giraffe herd on a guided behind-the-scenes tour. Our giraffe keeper will take you to visit our Giraffe barn and have an opportunity to get up close and hand-feed our giraffes.

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Rhino Tour

Start Time(s): 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm
Price: Starting at $30 each, 3 yrs and up (admission not included) 20% pass member discount
Duration: 30 – 45 Minutes, Available Everyday

Find yourself nose to horn with Abilene Zoo’s resident southern black rhino on this unforgettable tour. You will have an opportunity to feed, touch, and learn all about this magnificent species.

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