Be a Zoo Keeper for the Day at Flamingo Land Zoo
About this experience
You will be a guest and temporary colleague at Flamingo Land Zoo, for the day, and will have the unique opportunity to discover what it’s really like to work as a Zoo keeper. In a day packed full of new and exciting experiences, you’ll step behind the scenes and gain a wealth of hands-on knowledge including how to care for some of the world’s rarest and most exotic creatures.
You’ll also discover that being a keeper isn’t for the faint hearted as you join the staff to help them complete their daily routines. Meet with giraffes, hippos, rhinos as well as farm animals and reptiles. What a fabulous day you will have.
SKU: PFLAMK
For 1
participant12 Months
ValidityFlexible
BookingFree
ExchangesInstant
Delivery
“An amazing experience”
Took my 9 year old to the zoo keeper for the day experience. What an amazing day! Got real hands on experience with a lot of animals and hand fed penguins, giraffes and wallabies amongst other animal encounters. Would highly recommend! All the zoo keepers were really friendly and made my little girls day so memorable.
What's Included
- Discover what it’s like to work at Flamingo Land
- Work with a variety of animals
- 20% off in the gift shop
- Admission to Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo
- Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
Upon meeting at Flamingo Land’s main reception, you will receive a health and safety briefing from the member of staff who will be accompanying you for the day. You’ll then go behind the scenes to experience close contact with their wonderful array of animals.
The morning is spent in the farm, walking the ducks, feeding and cleaning the goats, sheep and cows. You’ll break for a quick rest before heading to the South American and Australasian areas, to feed and clean the giraffes and hippos. Lunch is generally between 13.30 and 14.00. After this you’ll head into the lemur exhibit to feed the lemurs and then the meerkats before visiting the rhinos. During your day you will also have the chance to handle some reptiles and feed the penguins.
Please note all the above is subject to occasional change.
Location
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Yorkshire and Humber
- Malton, North Yorkshire
Participant guidelines
- Minimum age: 8 (under 16s must be accompanied by a non-participating adult at no extra cost)
- All spectators must pay normal day visitor rate and will not be able to accompany the guest into animal areas
- The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary
Availability
The experience is available seven days a week all year round (except 25th December). All experiences must be pre-booked.
We recommend you book at least four weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available before the expiry date listed on the voucher. All bookings are subject to availability.
Your day during the summer will start at 09.30 and end at 16.00, during winter the day runs from 09.00 to 15.30.
What about insurance?
The centres contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.
Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience.
How it works
Customer Reviews
“An amazing experience”
Took my 9 year old to the zoo keeper for the day experience. What an amazing day! Got real hands on experience with a lot of animals and hand fed penguins, giraffes and wallabies amongst other animal encounters. Would highly recommend! All the zoo keepers were really friendly and made my little girls day so memorable.
“Awesome Day as a Zoo Keeper”
The experience was a Christmas gift from my daugher. The day was well organised from start to finish & all of the keepers that I met were friendly, very knowledgeable & dedicated to the animals in their care. There was lots of poo picking, animal feeding, bed making & even some manual labour thrown in for good measure. Had a fantastic time & it was good to go behind the scenes, would recommend this experience to anyone who loves the zoo.
“My zoo keeping experience ”
My experience was a Christmas present from my mum and dad, my sister came along with me and was able to join in some activities such as hand feeding the lemurs and helping to clean out the tapir (Woody). My sister and I both enjoyed the experience. Our favourite part was feeding the giraffes, it was an experience in it’s self! We would also both like to say how nice and friendly the keepers were, in particular Chloe the giraffe, hippo and Zebra keeper, she was knowledgable and very friendly.