Zoo Keeper Experience
Spend four hours working alongside our keepers — from feeding the animals to mucking them out and giving them a groom. The real job, the real routines, the real animals.
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Time
- 12pm – 4pm
- Price
- On enquiry
Animals and experiences
Meet the animals — then get closer
Meet them all on a day out — or book an experience and step right into their world.
- 40+
- species in our care
- 30 min
- one-to-one encounters
- 4 hrs
- the real keeper routine
Book an experience
Every experience funds the animals’ care.
Meet the animals
Who you’ll meet
Our animals fall into the groups that shape our work. Filter by what matters to you — every one of them is here, waiting.
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Critically Endangered in Scotland
Scottish Wildcat
One of the UK’s most threatened mammals — our flagship project.
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Ambassador species
Kookaburra
The laugh you’ll hear before you see it.
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Critically Endangered
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
Among the world’s most threatened primates.
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Ambassador species
Barn Owl
The heart-faced hunter of the hillside’s dusk.
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Native · in our care and hospital
Red Squirrel
Scotland’s first Red Squirrel Hospital rescues, rehabilitates and releases.
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Free-roaming · step-free walkthrough
Bennett’s Wallaby
Wander among the wallabies in the Australia Walkthrough.
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Ambassador species
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Helping visitors understand ecosystems, adaptation and biodiversity.
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Vulnerable
White-fronted Brown Lemur
Facing rapid habitat loss in Madagascar.
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Meet them on an encounter
Emu
Curious, tall, and always first to say hello.
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And more
Over 40 species across the hillside
Macaws, galahs, squirrel monkeys, Bengal owls, donkeys, pygmy goats — come and meet them all. Plan your day out →
Book an experience
Step into their world
Get closer than a day ticket ever allows — hands-on mornings with the keepers, one-to-one animal encounters, and visits built for schools. Every booking is an act of support: the money goes straight to the animals’ care.
Book an experience2026 experience prices are confirmed when you enquire — tell us who you’d like to meet and we’ll take care of the rest.
30-Minute Animal Encounters
Hand-feed the animals, learn about their diets, and get closer than you thought possible. Only you enter the enclosure — your family watches and photographs from just outside.
- Duration
- 30 minutes
- Price
- On enquiry
Pick who you’d like to meet (tap to enquire):
Educational Visits
School and group visits that bring the curriculum to life — keeper talks, hands-on learning, and the conservation stories behind every enclosure, tailored to your class.
- For
- Schools and groups
- Includes
- Talks · hands-on learning · conservation stories
- Price
- On enquiry
Behind-the-Scenes Tours
See the zoo the public never does — the kitchens, the hospital, the work behind the welfare. Arranged personally for small groups.
- For
- Small groups · by arrangement
- Price
- On enquiry
Book an experience — support our work
The closer you get, the more they benefit.
Every experience is priced to fund what it celebrates: expert care, better habitats, and the conservation work that keeps these species with us.
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