| Fee: |
Included with admission |
| Audience: | All ages |
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| Dates: | Second weekend of each month |
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Calendar: All About Enrichment Weekends
An orangutan ponders which bag to open first!
At the San Diego Zoo
The second weekend of each month
Animal enrichment is highlighted during these special weekends at the Zoo. With keeper talks and special activities for the animals, these weekends are enriching for the Zoo's guests as well as the animals!
Enrichment is accomplished by adding to an animal's environment or changing that environment to satisfy an animal's physical and psychological needs. While enrichment is done regularly at the San Diego Zoo, All About Enrichment Weekends feature scheduled activities with a variety of animals, with different enrichment activities and different animals each month. All About Enrichment Weekends also offer special keeper talks throughout the Zoo.
A red river hog enjoys its own version of bowling!
A full schedule of each month’s enrichment activities will be posted at the front entrance of the Zoo. In addition, you can check here to see what animals will be featured each month; see schedules below.
All About Enrichment Weekends are not only stimulating for the animals, but provide you an opportunity to learn more about many aspects of these critters and what it is like to care for them. Come back every month to see what is enriching the animals’ lives!
Saturday, September 13
TIME |
ACTIVITY |
LOCATION |
9:15 a.m. |
Tiger Keeper Talk |
Tiger River |
10:30 a.m. |
Peccary Keeper Talk |
Polar Area |
11 a.m. |
Otter Keeper Talk |
Bear Canyon |
11:30 a.m. |
Small Mammals Keeper Talk |
Koala Arch Cages |
Noon |
Primate Keeper Talk |
Ituri Forest Bridge |
1 p.m. |
CZ Surprise |
Children’s Zoo |
Lynx Keeper Talk |
Cat Canyon |
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Gorilla Keeper Talk |
Gorilla Tropics |
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Zebra Keeper Talk |
Polar Area |
1:30 p.m. |
Orangutan Keeper Talk |
Absolutely Apes |
1:45 p.m. |
Warthog Keeper Talk |
Cat Canyon |
Sunday, September 14
TIME |
ACTIVITY |
LOCATION |
9:15 a.m. |
Tiger Keeper Talk |
Tiger River |
10 a.m. |
Bonobo Keeper Talk |
Bonobos |
11:30 a.m. |
Grizzly Bear Keeper Talk |
Bear Canyon |
Noon |
Red River Hog Keeper Talk |
Panda Canyon |
12:30 p.m. |
Snow Leopard Keeper Talk |
Cat Canyon |
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Mandrill Training Session |
Monkey Trails |
1 p.m. |
Gorilla Keeper Talk |
Gorilla Tropics |
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CZ Surprise |
Children’s Zoo |
1:45 p.m. |
Warty Pig Keeper Talk |
Camel Road |
