Adult Keeper Experience Voucher (Africa Alive)

Description

This amazing experience provides an opportunity to work with one of our knowledgeable keepers and a variety of animals at the zoo and is available as a half day experience for guests aged 14 years and over.

Participants will receive an experience t-shirts, a certificate of participation and a copy of all your photos to take home.

Activities

Spend three hours with one of our qualified keepers performing a range of a zoo-per activities such as: 

• Preparing the diets for the Giraffe, Porcupine and Meerkats at animal kitchens under controlled conditions.
• Going down to the giraffe and feeding them their browse.
• Going down to the rhino and giving them a brush down/applying mud or cream and then doing some cleaning.
• Going to red river hogs and feeding them browse.
• Going up to the fossa and placing enrichment in the outside enclosure and feeding using extendable tongs.
• Throwing food over to porcupines/meerkats.

Please note these are suggestions of the types of activities that could be available. The programme will be set by the animal management team, based on the circumstances on the day, but we will always endeavour to make the experience as enjoyable and informative as possible. 

Please note:

• During peak season, our experience are booked up several weeks in advance. To avoid disappointment we recommended contacting us more than three weeks ahead for any requested experience dates. 
• Please be aware that pregnant women will be unable to take part in any pre-booked experience.
• Guests must be from the same household.