Become a zookeeper for the day at Hobbledown!
Zookeeper experience
(Suitable for ages 10+)
Duration: 10am - 1pm / Availability: Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday
Cost: £95 (Hobbledown admission included!)
Itinerary:
- Feed the livestock, collect hay and distribute in hayracks
- Prepare lunch for the meerkats and otters and learn about their different dietary requirements.
- Meet some of our exotic animals*
- Meet and feed the otters during the keeper talk
- Meet and feed the meerkats, lemurs OR our small furries
- Build some enrichment for some of our animals
- 'All muck in'...
- VIP zoo tour: meet some our other animals, learn about how we care for them, help with feeding.
- Meet some of our reptiles and learn how we care for them.
*Animals may vary depending on age of participant, and welfare of the animals.
*All items subject to change dependent on the welfare of the animals
Junior Zookeeper experience
(Suitable for ages 6 - 10)
Duration: 2pm - 4pm / Availability: Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays
Cost: £75 (Hobbledown admission included!)
Itinerary:
- Feed, clean and bathe our giant tortoises
- Meet our cheeky armadillo
- Feed the otters and meerkats
- Make something fun for our lemurs and watch them play with it OR help us feed the rainbow lorikeets
- Pony grooming
- Zoo tour – get to know our other animals around the park, learn how we care for them, help with feeding
- Meet some of our reptiles and learn how we care for them
*All items subject to change dependent on the welfare of the animals
What you need to know:
- Prices for all zookeeper experiences automatically include admission onto the park, for both the participant and one accompanying adult
- Each experience can accommodate a maximum of 2 people.
- Participants should be physically fit due to the nature and demands of the work.
- Please bring wellies if you are joining us for a Zookeeper experience!
- Member prices are £75 for Zookeeper Experience & £50 for Junior Zookeeper Experience. Please ensure you are logged into your membership account when booking to benefit from the discount.
- CLICK HERE for important info about medical conditions and allergies
T&Cs
- Disclaimers must be read and signed prior to the experience.
- Prices for all zookeeper experiences automatically include admission onto the park, for both the participant and one accompanying adult
- Max 2 people per time slot for Zookeeper experiences.
- Experiences available throughout the year excluding Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
- T&Cs subject to change.
