Nurturing respect and appreciation for the natural worldZoo Camps
Come spend a week at the Zoo!
Come spend a week at the Zoo!
Children must be registered for the grade they are going into at the start of the new school year.
10% Discount for Zoo Members
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Animal Superheroes (ages 5-6) |
July 5-7 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. $225 |
Faster than a speeding rhino, more powerful than a thundering elephant . . . From super-strength to bionic vision, invisibility to lightning speed, animals have amazing powers! Put on your mask and cape and join us to learn all about the superheroes of the animal world. Each day includes crafts, stories, games and animal encounters. |
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The Ultimate Camp Experience (ages 7-8) |
June 19-23 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $325 |
If you can only attend one camp this summer, make it this one! Join us for a week of signature camp activities where each day finds campers at a different location with new experiences. While at Camp Kostopulos, students will enjoy ropes courses, horseback riding, rock climbing, and fishing. At This is the Place you’ll investigate Utah’s past pioneer history through train rides, panning for gold, and pioneer activities. Discover and meet the animals that call Utah’s Hogle Zoo home. At Red Butte Garden enjoy a plethora of garden adventures from plants to insects. And, while at the Natural History Museum of Utah participate in a range of science topics from chemistry and physics to earth science and biology. One week has never been so exciting!! |
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The Ultimate Camp Experience (ages 9-10) |
July 10-14 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $325 |
If you can only attend one camp this summer, make it this one! Join us for a week of signature camp activities where each day finds campers at a different location with new experiences. While at Camp Kostopulos, students will enjoy ropes courses, horseback riding, rock climbing, and fishing. At This is the Place you’ll investigate Utah’s past pioneer history through train rides, panning for gold, and pioneer activities. Discover and meet the animals that call Utah’s Hogle Zoo home. At Red Butte Garden enjoy a plethora of garden adventures from plants to insects. And, while at the Natural History Museum of Utah participate in a range of science topics from chemistry and physics to earth science and biology. One week has never been so exciting! |
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Camp Kostopulos Cooperative Camp ages 11-13 |
June 26-30 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $325 |
Ever wonder what it takes to run a zoo or maybe what it takes to run a camp? Discover both during this week-long cooperative camp at Utah’s Hogle Zoo and Camp Kostopulos. At the Zoo, go on rounds, uncover the “ins and outs” of animal care, and complete a team animal enrichment project while making some wild animal friends. At Camp Kostopulos connect with wild places while rock climbing, horseback riding, rope courses and fishing. Discover what it takes to open a world of opportunity for people of all abilities! Teams will use their newfound knowledge to build a wild conservation adventure that preserves wild animals and wild places! |
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Code for Conservation ages 14-15 |
July 17-21 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. $325 |
Join us for Utah’s Hogle Zoo’s first ever coding camp for beginners! Enjoy the full zoo camp experience with animal encounters and behind the scenes tours, while learning about the world of coding. Work with a partner to create conservation games through the visual block-based scripting language of the app TaleBlazer. Zoo computers and other technology devices will be provided for camp use. |
Keeper Camps >> – Do you dream about animals? Do you think measuring, scrubbing, sweeping and interacting with wild animals are good ways to spend your day? Have you always wanted to be a zookeeper? Well, here is your chance to see if you have what it takes. Come to the Zoo for a hands-on, behind the scenes, fun-filled day. Participants will spend their day with a staff member preparing animal diets, cleaning exhibits and creating enrichment for some of our animals. Participants must submit a current (within three months of camp date) and certified negative TB test two weeks prior to camp. Please download and complete this form. We will provide lunch, a T-shirt and a Keeper-tastic time!
Zoo Camps provides lively lessons about animals and ecosystems throughout the summer. Zoo Day Classes, toddler and preschool classes are offered year-round. Scouts, students and family groups can take classes and even spend the night at the Zoo through our Zoo Snooz programs. Click on the program to learn more!
