Self Guided Safari Field Trips
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Schedule an unguided walk through the zoo. Go at your own pace! Add to the educational experience by downloading our standards-based guides on our Learning Yurt teacher resource page. These guides are grade level specific for use in preparing for your zoo field trip.
Grade Levels: Pre-K-12th grade
Safari Rate: $9/student, $12/adult
Membership Note: If adults attending are zoo members, they can use their membership for themselves at the gate upon entry. Students cannot use memberships on Self Guided Safari field trips. All students must have a $9 payment accounted for in the final payment. All children coming for field trips must pay field trip fees regardless of membership status.
Title 1 School Discount in October and February: Schools classified by ASD as Title 1 schools receive a special rate of $5/person (student or adult) in October 2024 and February 2025. See the list of eligible schools here.
Registration and Payment Details:
Offered daily on weekdays throughout the school year.
Register online one week minimum before your trip date.
Online registration is required in advance of your trip date to receive the Safari rate.
Once you have reserved your date, a zoo educator will email you the teacher checklist, animal list, Self Guided Safari packet, a zoo map, and an admissions form.
Pay at the gate with a credit card, check or cash. Have one organized form of payment and a completed admissions form with you upon arrival (form will be emailed to you by a zoo educator after you register).
No refunds for missing students. No invoicing in the 2024/2025 school year. Payment must take place at the gate with admissions staff and/or a zoo educator.
Schedule a Self Guided Safari Field Trip
If your field trip will fall between August 15th, 2024 and February 28th, 2025, please complete and submit this scheduling form.
Terms of entry:
Required ratios: 1 adult to 5 students. The ratio is 1 adult to 10 students for ages 12 and older.
Groups must arrive at the scheduled time with a completed admissions form including an accurate count of students and adults and one organized payment.
Individual group members coming in separately may be charged full admission.
No refunds for missing students. No invoicing in the 2023/2024 school year.
Please bring your registration ticket (will be attached to your confirmation email) in printed form or with the barcode pulled up on your phone for scanning at the gate.
We ask teachers and chaperones to keep students on the trails at all times and off of trail fences. Please keep all of your group members at a safe distance from the fences and animals.
Contact us at programs@alaskazoo.org with questions!
FAQ’s: Frequently asked Field Trip questions
Are there any spots in the zoo where my students may eat lunch? We have many eating areas available for groups. Our covered picnic pavilion seats up to 60 students. It is available on a first-come basis.
Why do animals need homes at the Alaska Zoo? Most of the animals at the Alaska Zoo were rescued from the wild after being orphaned or suffering injuries. The zoo only takes in wildlife that are brought to us by agency biologists. Some of the animals at the zoo, like the snow leopards or Arctic fox sisters, were born in human care at other facilities.
When is the petting zoo open? It is only open when we have volunteers to staff it. It is open daily during the summer months and on special event days. It is closed during the winter months. However even when it is closed, the goats are friendly and will likely come over to say hi!