ZOOM (behind the scenes) tours

ZOOM tours

Your Experience

ZOOM is your exclusive opportunity to get up close to and find out about animals you've always dreamed about – an experience of a lifetime!



Imagine the thrill of:

• Coming face to face with lions

• Helping a keeper wash down an elephant

• Having Madagascan ring-tailed lemurs and cotton-top tamarins eat out of your hands

• Going on a morning walk with Africa's most endangered big cat, the cheetah

• Entering the realm of the Sumatran tiger when meeting this magnificent big cat

• Serving breakfast to the animals in the Aussie Walkabout!

• Getting up close with some of our native species, and more!

Our professional keepers and Zoom Tour guides will ensure your safety, but will also encourage you to have the experience of a lifetime.

ZOOM tour details

Click here to view ZOOM tour details, prices, itineraries and terms and conditions.

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ZOOM bookings and gift vouchers

Please call (09) 360 4700 to book your place on a ZOOM tour.

Take the stress out of Christmas with a gift voucher for a behind-the-scenes experience to meet some of your favourite zoo animals. A Zoom Tour is an exclusive opportunity to get up close and find out about the animals you've always dreamed about – an experience of a lifetime, and a great present!

Note: Before booking on a tour, please ensure you have read the terms and conditions for that tour.

For more information and to book:
Email us here: zoom@aucklandcity.govt.nz or phone (09) 360 4700

Helping animals in the wild

Auckland Zoo is involved in breeding and recovery and research programmes for many threatened and endangered native and exotic animals.

Your experience gives back

By going on a ZOOM tour, you contribute to helping us carry out this vital work. Along with our conservation work on site, through the Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund, we also support field conservation projects for endangered wildlife – both here in New Zealand and overseas.