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San Antonio Zoo Camps give campers time to learn about everything scaly, furry, and feathery through zoo tours, fun activities and games, and exclusive experiences. Campers spend most of the day outdoors and have chances for visiting animals as part of the camp day.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
• Price: Bexar County residents can enjoy nature at the zoo on select days for just $8 per person; Membership available for as low as $2.17 per month
San Antonio Zoo Camps take place at a 50+ acre zoo that is home to over 750 species, including some that are endangered or extinct in the wild. The zoo features Congo Falls, a two acre immersive habitat with expansive views of seven Western lowland gorillas that is described as the world’s tallest, wildest, greatest gorilla experience. Additional features at the zoo include a New Zoo Entrance with improved flow, school entrances, and accessibility, H-E-B Plaza with Lemur Skywalk and a restored Monkey House, the Hixon Bird House with a simulated tropical rain forest and free-flying birds, and the Richard Friedrich Aquarium. San Antonio Zoo is open year-round and welcomes more than a million visitors each year.
San Antonio Zoo is operated by the San Antonio Zoological Society, a non-profit organization committed to securing a future for wildlife. Its mission is to inspire its community to love, engage with, act for, and protect animals and the places they live through animal care, conservation, and education. The zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Zoological Association of America and is Humane Certified by American Humane.
San Antonio Zoo’s history includes its first collection of animals assembled in San Pedro Park in the 1800s and the 1914 donation of animals and land by Colonel George W. Brackenridge that became the zoo. Barless Bear Terraces and Primate Paradise opened in November 1929 as two of the first cageless exhibits in America, the Richard Friedrich Aquarium was dedicated in 1948, and the Hixon Bird House opened in 1966. The zoo’s bird collection is one of the world’s largest.
Community involvement connected to the zoo includes Project Selva, which provides indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon with a scalable revenue stream through the sale of handmade crafts. The Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project at the Center for Conservation and Research at San Antonio Zoo works with private landowners to introduce zoo-hatched lizards in areas where the species has disappeared in recent decades.
Last updated February 3, 2026.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
• Price: Bexar County residents can enjoy nature at the zoo on select days for just $8 per person; Membership available for as low as $2.17 per month
San Antonio Zoo Camps take place at a 50+ acre zoo that is home to over 750 species, including some that are endangered or extinct in the wild. The zoo features Congo Falls, a two acre immersive habitat with expansive views of seven Western lowland gorillas that is described as the world’s tallest, wildest, greatest gorilla experience. Additional features at the zoo include a New Zoo Entrance with improved flow, school entrances, and accessibility, H-E-B Plaza with Lemur Skywalk and a restored Monkey House, the Hixon Bird House with a simulated tropical rain forest and free-flying birds, and the Richard Friedrich Aquarium. San Antonio Zoo is open year-round and welcomes more than a million visitors each year.
San Antonio Zoo is operated by the San Antonio Zoological Society, a non-profit organization committed to securing a future for wildlife. Its mission is to inspire its community to love, engage with, act for, and protect animals and the places they live through animal care, conservation, and education. The zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Zoological Association of America and is Humane Certified by American Humane.
San Antonio Zoo’s history includes its first collection of animals assembled in San Pedro Park in the 1800s and the 1914 donation of animals and land by Colonel George W. Brackenridge that became the zoo. Barless Bear Terraces and Primate Paradise opened in November 1929 as two of the first cageless exhibits in America, the Richard Friedrich Aquarium was dedicated in 1948, and the Hixon Bird House opened in 1966. The zoo’s bird collection is one of the world’s largest.
Community involvement connected to the zoo includes Project Selva, which provides indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon with a scalable revenue stream through the sale of handmade crafts. The Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project at the Center for Conservation and Research at San Antonio Zoo works with private landowners to introduce zoo-hatched lizards in areas where the species has disappeared in recent decades.
Last updated February 3, 2026.
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