School Group Camps

Experience the Zoo from dusk till dawn! Overnight night camps include guided trail hikes, up-close animal encounters, engaging activities and games, a delicious late-night snack and a continental breakfast. Best for campers ages 7 and up, you will have the unique opportunity to experience the Zoo when the nocturnal animals are waking up at night and the diurnal animals are waking up in the morning. The only question is will your campers wake up to the sounds of the coyotes yipping or the lions roaring?!

• Duration: Sleep over at the Phoenix Zoo! Camp begins at 6:45 p.m. (6:15 p.m. if you include pizza dinner) and ends at 9:00am the next morning.
• Group Size: Groups require a minimum of 25 paid campers. One adult chaperone (at least 18 years of age) is required for each 10 children that attend.
• Dinner: Hungry Howie’s Pizza may be added to any Night Camp for an additional fee.
• Price: $55/person

Visit the Zoo after hours! This memorable experience will include guided trail hikes, animal encounters, activities and a late night snack. A Twilight Camp is perfect for our younger campers, ages 5 and up.

• Duration: Camp begins at 6:15 p.m. (5:45 p.m. if you include dinner) and ends at 10:15 p.m. the same evening.
• Group Size: Groups require a minimum of 25 paid campers. One adult chaperone (at least 18 years of age) is required for each 10 children that attend.
• Dinner: Hungry Howie’s Pizza may be added to any Night Camp for an additional fee.
• Price: $45/person

Sleep under the stars at the Phoenix Zoo! A Wilderness Experience camp offers an authentic camping experience in the middle of the city. Interact with animals, walk the Zoo in guided night hikes, enjoy a grilled dinner and s’mores roasted over a campfire, and sleep in tents provided by the Zoo. In the morning, wake up to the sounds of Siamang gibbons and waterfowl and enjoy a delicious continental breakfast.

• Duration: Stay in family-sized tents. Camp begins at 5:30 p.m. and ends at 9:00 a.m. the following morning.
• Group Size: Groups require a minimum of 25 paid campers. One adult chaperone (at least 18 years of age) is required for each 10 children that attend.
• Dinner: Choice of grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, and veggie burgers with all the fixings are provided by the Zoo.
• Price: $70/person

• Climate-controlled classroom
• Sleeps up to 120 campers in partitioned sections

• Permanent concrete-floored canvas tents with ceiling fans
• Sleeps up to 90 campers in four separate structures
• Includes centralized outdoor fire pit (weather permitting)

  

• Climate-controlled classroom
• Sleeps up to 40 campers in one undivided sleeping area

  

• Outdoor campsite, composite granite and dirt
• Sleeps up to 75 campers in individual family-sized tents
• Tents sleep 4-5 people, and are provided and set up by Zoo staff
• Available for Wilderness Experience Camps only

Have you ever wondered what the animals do at the Zoo after dark? Campers will discover, through hands-on activities and inquiry-based learning, the adaptations and behaviors of nocturnal animals. Recommended for create-your-own camp groups or groups with younger campers.

Campers will come face-to-face with creatures of all different trophic levels (producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers and decomposers). Using the design process to create a model, they will discover everything on Earth has an important place in the food web! Recommended for Grades 3 – 5.

Desert animals have developed amazing abilities and methods to overcome the challenges they face in the harsh desert environment. Using the scientific inquiry process, and with a focus on local species, campers will examine the adaptations that allow animals to survive in the desert. Recommended for Grades 3 – 4.

Discover how nature inspires us to create things for it and from it! Using the engineering design process, campers will be challenged to create a prototype of a new invention for an animal at the Zoo. Recommended for Grades 5 – 8.

Campers will become field conservationists for the night, learning to understand the challenges that conservationists face and strategies they use to protect animals. Campers will discover small ways that they can make a big difference! Recommended for Grades 6 – 12.