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Beginning September 1, 2008
Welcome
to the El Paso Zoo’s new
Zoo Adventure Program!
El
Paso Zoo Adventure Programs have been created for every age
group, from toddlers and schoolchildren to adults and seniors. Each
program features an environment rich in discovery opportunities including
special animal encounters. Some programs are seasonal while others are
offered throughout the year. In October
we are offering Saturday Adventure Teen Camps plus a Holiday Camp between
Christmas and New Years. During the
months of April and May grandparents looking for quality experiences
with their grandchildren will enjoy our Grandpa or Grandma "Special
Morning at the Zoo" adventures.
A series of Teacher Workshops will begin in November including programs
on life in the Chihuahuan Desert, animal adaptations, birds of El Paso and Zoo
conservation. Sleepovers, Night Prowls
and Toddler Treks are scheduled at different months throughout the year, but
are also offered to special groups at almost any time when requested in
advance. We call these kinds of
programs Zoo On Demand Programs.

Zoo
On Demand Programs also include curriculum based animal
encounter programs at the Zoo or at local schools designed to help students
discover the natural world that we share with the rest of the planet.
Guys and gals on the dating scene looking
for a super cool adventure can go on scheduled Night Prowls or Photo Safaris or
request a Zoo On Demand Super-deluxe Elephant Experience offering the
opportunity to help give our gentle giants their morning bath and breakfast!
Learn More
Scheduled Programs
On Demand Programs
(Zoo, schools, and other locations)
A
look at the Zoo’s Future
In the next two years, the El Paso Zoo will double in
size with an exciting new tortoise-shaped reptile house and a “Passport to
Africa” savanna exhibit. Here you will
be able to walk or take a Zoo train ride through El Paso’s very own piece of
Africa. Our savanna will be home to
African lions, zebras, giraffes, antelope, meerkats and other interesting
animals. In addition, the Zoo plans to
open a new El
Paso Water Utilities Discovery Education Center and the El Paso Electric
Renewable Energy Demonstration Project “Windows to the Wild Outpost!”

Leopard frog
The
Discovery Education Center will
feature a fun classroom and exhibits for elementary school groups to learn
about our Chihuahuan desert and water conservation. Zoo educators and
volunteers will present a variety of animal encounter programs for visitors on
weekends. The center will include special displays about water
conservation, a desert spring exhibit with small animals that
live in the water and computer-learning stations.

Meerkats
Windows to the Wild
Outpost will
look like a real Africa research station and a colony of meerkats,
the playful mongooses seen on Animal Planet's Meerkat Manor, will live in and
outside the station. Solar and wind energy will provide power to the
building, while educators and Zoo volunteers help visitors learn
about renewable energy and stewardship important to people and wildlife
around the world.