Fee:
Included with admission
Audience: All ages
Location: San Diego Zoo
Dates: Second weekend of each month

Animal Care Wish List

If you would like to know how you can get involved in supporting the Society's enrichment program, check out our monthly Animal Care Wish List.

 

Calendar: All About Enrichment Weekends

An orangutan ponders which bag to open first!

At the San Diego Zoo

The second weekend of each month

Animal enrichment is highlighted during these special weekends at the Zoo. With keeper talks and special activities for the animals, these weekends are enriching for the Zoo's guests as well as the animals!

Enrichment is accomplished by adding to an animal's environment or changing that environment to satisfy an animal's physical and psychological needs. While enrichment is done regularly at the San Diego Zoo, All About Enrichment Weekends feature scheduled activities with a variety of animals, with different enrichment activities and different animals each month. All About Enrichment Weekends also offer special keeper talks throughout the Zoo.

A red river hog enjoys its own version of bowling!

 

A full schedule of each month’s enrichment activities will be posted at the front entrance of the Zoo. In addition, you can check here to see what animals will be featured each month; see schedule below.

All About Enrichment Weekends are not only stimulating for the animals, but provide you an opportunity to learn more about many aspects of these critters and what it is like to care for them. Come back every month to see what is enriching the animals’ lives!


 

 

 


Time

Saturday, May 10

Bear Awareness Days May 8–11!
Activ
ity

 

 


Location

9 a.m.

Snow for polar bears

Polar Bear Plunge

9:15 a.m.

Tiger Keeper Talk

Tiger River

10 a.m.

Peccary Keeper Talk

Polar Area

11:30 a.m.

Parma Wallaby Keeper Talk

Camel Road

 

Polar Bear Keeper Talk

Polar Bear Plunge

Noon

Hippo Keeper Talk

Ituri Forest

1 p.m.

CZ Surprise

Children’s Zoo

 

Lynx Keeper Talk

Cat Canyon

 

Gorilla Keeper Talk

Gorilla Tropics

 

Zebra Keeper Talk

Polar Area

1:30 p.m.

Orangutan Keeper Talk

Absolutely Apes

Reptile Keeper Talk

Heart of the Zoo Reptiles

 

Giant Panda Researcher Talk

Giant Panda Classroom Exhibit

1:45 p.m.

Guanaco Keeper Talk

Camel Road

 

Time

Sunday, May 11

Activity

Location

9:15 a.m.

Tiger Keeper Talk

Tiger River

10 a.m.

Cougar Keeper Talk

Cat Canyon

Bonobo Keeper Talk

Heart of the Zoo

11:30 a.m.

Brown Bear Keeper Talk

Bear Canyon

Noon

Primate Keeper Talk

Ituri Forest Bridge

1 p.m.

Gorilla Keeper Talk

Gorilla Tropics

CZ Surprise

Children’s Zoo

1:30 p.m.

Mandrill Training

Monkey Trails

 

Giant Panda Researcher Talk

Giant Panda Classroom Exhibit

1:45 p.m.

Fossa Keeper Talk

Cat Canyon

 

Time

Saturday, June 14

Activity

Location

9:15 a.m.

Tiger Keeper Talk

Tiger River

10 a.m.

Cougar Keeper Talk

Cat Canyon

Noon

Hippo Keeper Talk

Ituri Forest

1 p.m.

Gorilla Keeper Talk

Gorilla Tropics

CZ Surprise

Children’s Zoo

1:30 p.m.

Reptile Keeper Talk

Heart of the Zoo Reptiles

1:45 p.m.

Giraffe Keeper Talk

Elephant Mesa

 

Time

Saturday, June 15

Activity

Location

9:15 a.m.

Tiger Keeper Talk

Tiger River

10 a.m.

Bonobo Keeper Talk

Heart of the Zoo

11:30 a.m.

Tree Kangaroo Keeper Talk

Camel Road

Noon

Hippo Keeper Talk

Ituri Forest

1 p.m.

CZ Surprise

Children’s Zoo

 

Lynx Keeper Talk

Cat Canyon

 

Gorilla Keeper Talk

Gorilla Tropics

1:30 p.m.

Mandrill Training

Monkey Trails

1:45 p.m.

Anteater Keeper Talk

Elephant Mesa