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San Antonio Zoo Camps include chances for campers to learn about everything scaly, furry, and feathery. Campers take zoo tours, join fun activities and games, and have exclusive experiences while visiting animals.
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San Antonio Zoo Camps take place at a zoo that is home to over 700 species, including some that are endangered or extinct in the wild. Features at the zoo include 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, as well as H-E-B Plaza with Lemur Skywalk and a restored Monkey House, the Richard Friedrich Aquarium, and the Hixon Bird House with a simulated tropical rain forest and free-flying birds. San Antonio Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the Zoological Association of America, and is Humane Certified by American Humane, and it reports annual attendance of more than 1 million visitors. The zoo’s mission states that it is a non-profit organization committed to securing a future for wildlife and aims to inspire its community to love, engage with, act for, and protect animals and the places they live through animal care, conservation, and education.
San Antonio Zoo’s history includes its first collection of animals in San Pedro Park in the 1800s and the formation of the zoo in 1914 when Colonel George W. Brackenridge donated animals on land in what is now Brackenridge Park. In 1929, the Barless Bear Terraces and Primate Paradise opened 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 entrance has been transformed to reflect the city’s heritage and to improve flow, school entrances, and accessibility, and school group field trips are available year-round, along with home school programs that include an interactive classroom program and a mini zoo safari adventure with hour-long, themed, and engaging programs supporting TEKS initiatives.
Community involvement projects connected to the zoo include Project Selva, which provides indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon with a scalable revenue stream through the sale of handmade crafts while preserving ancestral lands, primary rainforests, and wildlife biodiversity. Other efforts include the Mexican blindcat project, which documents populations of the Mexican blindcat in Texas, and the Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project at the Center for Conservation and Research at San Antonio Zoo, which works with private landowners to introduce zoo-hatched lizards in areas where the species has disappeared in recent decades.
Last updated July 24, 2026.
• Price: Become a Member today for as low as $2.17 per month
San Antonio Zoo Camps take place at a zoo that is home to over 700 species, including some that are endangered or extinct in the wild. Features at the zoo include 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, as well as H-E-B Plaza with Lemur Skywalk and a restored Monkey House, the Richard Friedrich Aquarium, and the Hixon Bird House with a simulated tropical rain forest and free-flying birds. San Antonio Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the Zoological Association of America, and is Humane Certified by American Humane, and it reports annual attendance of more than 1 million visitors. The zoo’s mission states that it is a non-profit organization committed to securing a future for wildlife and aims to inspire its community to love, engage with, act for, and protect animals and the places they live through animal care, conservation, and education.
San Antonio Zoo’s history includes its first collection of animals in San Pedro Park in the 1800s and the formation of the zoo in 1914 when Colonel George W. Brackenridge donated animals on land in what is now Brackenridge Park. In 1929, the Barless Bear Terraces and Primate Paradise opened 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 entrance has been transformed to reflect the city’s heritage and to improve flow, school entrances, and accessibility, and school group field trips are available year-round, along with home school programs that include an interactive classroom program and a mini zoo safari adventure with hour-long, themed, and engaging programs supporting TEKS initiatives.
Community involvement projects connected to the zoo include Project Selva, which provides indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon with a scalable revenue stream through the sale of handmade crafts while preserving ancestral lands, primary rainforests, and wildlife biodiversity. Other efforts include the Mexican blindcat project, which documents populations of the Mexican blindcat in Texas, and the Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project at the Center for Conservation and Research at San Antonio Zoo, which works with private landowners to introduce zoo-hatched lizards in areas where the species has disappeared in recent decades.
Last updated July 24, 2026.
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