Travel the zoo with our knowledgeable staff as we prepare to open the zoo for the day.
You will enjoy exclusive before-hours access, learn how we care for our animals and have the opportunity to participate in unique and interactive experiences*.
Rise and Shine Update:
Our penguin friends are taking a break while their home gets a fabulous renovation! Don't worry, your tour experience is still full of fun!
To replace the penguin portion, you'll get to roll up your sleeves and create a special food treat and enjoy hands-on time with our playful goats! They're super excited that our R&S guests get to give them a morning breakfast and some playtime. The rest of the tour remains the same and will end with meeting our grizzly bears, Jackson and Cheyenne UP CLOSE!
This experience requires advanced reservations, space is limited.
During a Rise and Shine Safari, you will:
- Greet our penguin colony and feed the birds their "rise and shine" fish breakfast from the public side of the habitat (temporarily replaced by a goat feeding and playtime experience)
- Learn about our lemur troops and watch the keepers engage with the lemurs through a training session that shows off their agility
- Visit the habitat of our red panda, Sundara, in Wild Asia
- Adventure behind-the-scenes and visit our lion night yard, where our pride of lions gets to sleep under the nighttime stars
- Enjoy a private, up-close experience in our grizzly bear building
*Animal experiences are subject to change
Offered Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday only
90-minute experience
- 8:30 – 10 a.m. (April - Sept. 30)
- 9:30 - 11 a.m. (Oct. 1 - Thanksgiving, March)
Rise and Shine Tours are not available Thanksgiving through February.
Prices
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$95 per person
General admission is included after your rise and shine experience. Rise and Shine Safaris are available for groups of up to 6 guests. All guests must be ages 5+, and every group must contain a minimum of one adult guest (ages 18+).
Book Your Rise and Shine Safari
For additional questions about Rise and Shine Safari, please contact programs@akronzoo.org or call 330-375-2550 ext. 8973. All Unique Experiences must be scheduled two weeks or more in advance.