| Student (all ages) | $16.50 |
| Student with educator-led program | $21.00 |
| Student with Wild Walks Tour | $19.50 |
| Zoos SA members gain free entry (a program fee will be added if undertaking an educator-led program) | |
| Category 1-4 and SA rural schools, Early Childhood Education Category 1-2 | $13.00 |
| Equity student with educator-led program | $17.50 |
| Equity Student with Wild Walks Tour | $16.00 |
| University/TAFE and other adult groups | $19.60 |
| Junior Primary (Kindergarten - Year 3) | 1 free adult per 5 students |
| Primary (Year 4-6) | 1 free adult per 10 students |
| Secondary/Tertiary | 1 free adult per 15 students |
| Mix of Primary ages | 1 free adult per 8 students |
| Additional adults: $42.00 each. Concession card holders $32.00 each. Please note that students with Zoos SA Membership are not included in the free ratios listed above. These apply to paying students only. |
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Students will explore a range of Australian animals and understand how their physical features help them live in their habitats.
Curriculum Connection (ACARA v9):
Foundation Biological Sciences: observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features.
Duration: 45 minutes
Literacy Tales is a literacy-based program designed by our Education team specifically for an Early Years audience. Students will be immersed in an imaginative storybook, informative animal close-up encounter, and fun activities.
Duration: 30 minutes
In this hands-on session, students will explore how habitats are designed to support the wellbeing of animals. Through an up-close animal encounter, students will discover the requirements of one of our zoo species before creating a suitable habitat of their own. This lesson encourages students to use scientific observation and critical thinking skills, while inspiring them to support wildlife back at school or in their own backyard.
Curriculum Connection (ACARA v9):
Year 1 Biological Sciences: identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including, air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs.
Duration: 45 minutes
Students will learn how animals grow and change throughout their lifetime through student-directed inquiry activities focused on key species. Educators will introduce some of the incredible parents of the animal kingdom and the unique ways they use to raise their young.
Curriculum Connection (ACARA v9):
Year 3 Biological Sciences: compare characteristics of living and non-living things and examine the differences between the life cycles of plants and animals.
Duration: 45 minutes
This session focuses on South Australia’s waterways, specifically wetlands, and the importance of water in habitats. Students will engage in small group activities which encourage discussion and participation, as we look at the specific roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers within the wetland ecosystem.
Duration: 45 minutes
Curriculum Connection (ACARA v9):
Explore Adelaide Zoo with one of our expert Conservation Educators. Journey through the zoo and dive into conversations about wildlife, conservation, and the role of zoos today.
On request themes:
Cost: $3 per student (30 mins).
In this session students will delve into the fascinating world of how animals have adapted to their environments. Students will explore and understand various types of animal adaptations, and explore the structural, behavioural, and physiological adaptations of some zoo animals.
Duration: 45 minutes
Curriculum Connection (ACARA v9):
Year 5 Biological Sciences: examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats.
Joint Program – Adelaide Botanic Gardens & Adelaide Zoo
The full-day program is designed to help schools maximise the educational value of your excursions, providing a rich, curriculum-aligned learning experience across two of South Australia’s leading science and nature education sites.
At the Botanic Gardens, students investigate plant adaptations across a range of biomes. Through guided exploration of rainforest, aquatic and arid environments, students examine how plants compete for light, water and nutrients, and how this has led to structural, behavioural and physiological adaptations. At Adelaide Zoo, students extend this learning to the animal kingdom, exploring how animals have adapted to their habitats through physical features, behaviours and internal processes. Using biofacts, live animal encounters and interactive discussion, students can use skills developed earlier in the day to compare adaptations and apply their learning.
Cost: This joint program is priced at a reduced rate, reflecting the shorter admission window to Adelaide Zoo.
1. $25.20/student, inclusive of entry to both sites and program fees.
2. Minimum 20 students per booking. 1 adult free with every 10 students.
3. $19.90/student, inclusive of entry to both sites and program fees for equity schools.
4. Min 20 students/booking. 1 adult free with every 10 students.
Curriculum (ACARA v9):
Year 5 Biological Sciences: examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats.
This program focuses on how habitats are designed to support the needs of animals using the Five Domain Model for animal welfare, allowing them to display natural behaviours. Students will learn about and consider animal welfare and enrichment, visitor engagement and interpretation, keeper safety and functionality.
Curriculum Connection (ACARA v9):
Duration: 45 minutes
Experience Adelaide Zoo After Dark!
Program 5pm-9pm | Arrival between 9.30am-5pm
Discover the animals in our nocturnal habitats, meet an animal up close, and explore the zoo on a private night walk.
This cost-effective evening tour suits groups who want to experience the zoo after dark, but do not have the ability to stay overnight.
Spend a wild night with us at Adelaide Zoo!
Experience a wild night at Adelaide Zoo by booking one of our ZooSnooze sleepovers! We provide everything you need to unlock our animal secrets at night – all you need is a sense of wonder. The program includes an exclusive night walk and activities to develop students’ connection to animals and habitats.
See monkeys, snakes, pelicans and more, plus the only Giant Pandas in Australasia on a wild excursion in an immersive natural setting.
If you would like to explore Adelaide Zoo on a self-guided visit (with no Educator-led program), students are still eligible to receive the group discounted rate.
Select self-guided on the booking form to let us know when you are coming and to be invoiced for the discounted entry rate.
When you recycle your mobile phones at Adelaide Zoo or Monarto Safari Park, the funds generated through recycling supports on-ground work with Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary and the Jane Goodall Institute Australia.
Tacugama have over 80 Chimpanzees in their Rehabilitation Centre and run community outreach, research and alternative livelihoods programs. The Jane Goodall Institute Australia are supporting education, research and community programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
If you would like to incorporate phone recycling as part of a school visit, mention it to our Education team when making your booking.
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