Zoo Summer Camp
2024 Zoo Summer Camps
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Open Registration February 5, 2024
*Zoo members will receive early registration access on January 8, 2024, at 9:00 AM.
Abilene Zoo Summer Camp operates under a Single Skill Exemption from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.
*2023 registration is closed for Stroller Club and K-7th Grade camps. You may still register for our Pre-School camps by clicking the orange “Preschool” button.
Questions?
Contact zoo.education@abilenetx.gov or call 325-676-6487
Rescheduling and Cancellation Policy
If you must reschedule your Camp session, please be aware there is a $25 rescheduling fee per camper per change if made within two weeks of your camp date, and space is limited, so there may not be another space available for the following session. If you must cancel your camp session, please call (325) 676-6487. A refund, minus the $75, will be given to cancellations made two weeks before camp, 80% for those made four weeks prior, and 100% for those made eight weeks in advance. Cancellations made less than two weeks before the camp session begins or requests for refunds for missed programs will not be refunded. Substitutions will not be allowed for any camp session.
Preschool (4yrs - 5yrs)
- Camper must be this age by June 1st.
- Price per week: $100 for members; $125 for non-members
- Time: 9:00 AM- 11:00 AM or 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- This is a drop-off camp. Therefore, adults will not be able to attend alongside the camper.
- June 10th – 14th : Amazing Adaptations
- June 17th – 21st : Wildlife Heroes
- June 24th -28th : Passport to the World
- July 8th – 12th : Amazing Adaptations
- July 15th – 19th : Wildlife Heroes
- July 22nd -26th : Passport to the World
Kinder
- Camper should be entering this grade in the Fall of 2023.
- Price per week: $200 for members; $225 for non-members
- Time: 9:00 AM- 3:00 PM
- This is a drop-off camp. Therefore, adults will not be able to attend alongside the camper.
- June 10th – 14th : Amazing Adaptations
- June 17th – 21st : Wildlife Heroes
- June 24th -28th : Passport to the World
- July 1st – 5th : Junior Zoo Crew
- July 8th – 12th : Amazing Adaptations
- July 15th – 19th : Wildlife Heroes
- July 22nd -26th : Passport to the World
- July 29th – August 2nd : Junior Zoo Crew
- August 5th – 9th : Party Animal
1st Grade
- Camper should be entering this grade in the Fall of 2023.
Price per week: $200 for members; $225 for non-members
Time: 9:00 AM- 3:00 PM
This is a drop-off camp. Therefore, adults will not be able to attend alongside the camper.
- June 10th – 14th : Amazing Adaptations
- June 17th – 21st : Wildlife Heroes
- June 24th -28th : Passport to the World
- July 1st – 5th : Junior Zoo Crew
- July 8th – 12th : Amazing Adaptations
- July 15th – 19th : Wildlife Heroes
- July 22nd -26th : Passport to the World
- July 29th – August 2nd : Junior Zoo Crew
- August 5th – 9th : Party Animal
2nd-3rd Grade
Camper should be entering this grade in the Fall of 2023.
Price per week: $200 for members; $225 for non-members
Time: 9:00 AM- 3:00 PM
This is a drop-off camp. Therefore, adults will not be able to attend alongside the camper.
- June 10th – 14th : Amazing Adaptations
- June 17th – 21st : Wildlife Heroes
- June 24th -28th : Passport to the World
- July 1st – 5th : Junior Zoo Crew
- July 8th – 12th : Amazing Adaptations
- July 15th – 19th : Wildlife Heroes
- July 22nd -26th : Passport to the World
- July 29th – August 2nd : Junior Zoo Crew
- August 5th – 9th : Party Animal
4th - 5th Grade
Camper should be entering this grade in the Fall of 2023.
Price per week: $200 for members; $225 for non-members
Time: 9:00 AM- 3:00 PM
This is a drop-off camp. Therefore, adults will not be able to attend alongside the camper.
- June 10th – 14th : Amazing Adaptations
- June 24th -28th : Passport to the World
- July 15th – 19th : Wildlife Heroes
- July 29th – August 2nd : Junior Zoo Crew
- August 5th – 9th : Party Animal
6th - 7th-Grade
Camper should be entering this grade in the Fall of 2023.
Price per week: $200 for members; $225 for non-members
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- June 17th – 21st : Wildlife Heroes
- July 1st – 5th : Junior Zoo Crew
- July 8th – 12th : Amazing Adaptations
- July 22nd -26th : Passport to the World
- August 5th – 9th : Party Animal
Amazing Adaptations:
Learn how and why animals behave and move the way they do.
Wildlife Heroes:
Learn what it takes to help keep our world healthy and safe for wildlife.
Passport to the World:
Each day will be a journey to a different continent to learn about the wildlife that calls it home.
Junior Zoo Crew:
Get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a part of the Abilene Zoo Crew.
Party Animal:
Join us for the last week of summer break as we celebrate the animals that call the Abilene Zoo home.
