Visiting Tips
Visiting Tips
To help make the most of your experience at Auckland Zoo we suggest:
Plan your day:
Plan your day around the Eye-to-Eye Animal Encounters. These are a great opportunity to learn more about your favourite Zoo animals.
Don't forget your camera – the best way to capture your visit forever!
For information on maintenance works happening at the Zoo click here
For information about seeing animals on your visit click here
Wild Zone gift shop holds 'Storytime' sessions with exciting animal stories, and, singing and dancing for pre-schoolers every Wednesday at 10am (excluding school holidays).
Keeping Safe at the Zoo:
Children aged 14 years and under need to be accompanied by a caregiver.
To ensure the safety of our animals, the following items are not permitted in the Zoo grounds: balloons, whistles, balls, frisbees or other throwing games.
Please leave all rollerblades, skateboards, tricycles or similar transportation at home.
The Zoo animals are not trained. Do not enter any enclosure, or put any part of your body, into an enclosure.
There are a number of natural waterways at the Zoo, so please supervise children at all times.
General Information:
Auckland Zoo is smoke-free – there is a designated smoking area outside the Zoo's gates (to the left of the zoo entrance) for smokers.
Check out the weather before you come. In winter we suggest you bring a jacket and an umbrella, and in summer, be sure to bring suncreen and a hat.
Every Zoo animal enjoys its own specific, well-balanced diet. We hope that you enjoy some great food treats on your Zoo visit, but please do not feed any of our animals. Our keepers take good care of this!
Feel free to take personal photos and video. However, any commercial photography or filming requires written permissions from Zoo management. Click here to go to our media centre.
The Zoo is a 'containment area' and as such, no animals are permitted in the Zoo grounds, with the exception of vaccinated, healthy, fully-trained guide dogs. We welcome people with guide dogs, but ask that they contact us ahead of time about their visit. Please phone the Zoo Information Centre on +64 (0)9 360 3805.
Auckland Zoo does not allow entry to any unaccompanied children 14 years and under. If the children are found by themselves, staff do have the authority to call the police as it is classed as an abandoned minor.
Keep safe at the Zoo
Every body is precious – so don't put any body parts you want back into animal enclosures!
