Keeper for the Day Scheme C

Keeper for a Day - Scheme C

Get involved behind the scenes on a number of exciting animal sections!

Morning Session - 11.00am - 1.30pm

Sealions & Penguins:
- Go behind the scenes at Playa Patagonia and meet and feed the sealions.
- Find out the secrets behind sealion training, and witness at close hand your very own private sealion training demonstration.
- Weigh out a meal of fish for the penguins and deliver it by hand direct to these adorable birds inside their enclosure.

Primates:

- Join the chimps for their lunchtime feed and hear more about them from their keeper.
- Enter inside a monkey enclosure and help the keepers with their cleaning chores.
- Meet and feed the Squirrel or Spider monkeys.
- Go behind the scenes at Orangutan Forest and meet some of our closest cousins.

Lunch - 1.30pm - 2.30pm

Afternoon Session - 2.30pm - 3.45pm

Edge of Africa:

- Venture behind the scenes in one of the most hidden areas of the zoo and meet some truly wonderful occupants including cheetah, hyena, warthogs and the amazing mandrill monkeys.
- Find out about some of the training programmes ongoing with these species and you may get the opportunity to take part yourselves.
- Assist the keepers with some of their daily chores such as cleaning or making up fresh beds.
- Help the keepers prepare enrichment or feed some of these fantastic creatures.
Please note times given are approximate.

Don't forget to collect your special souvenir pack
from Guest Services at the end of the day!