Plan Your Visit to Edinburgh Zoo
We are open every day of the year, including Christmas Day, from 9am until:
| 6.00pm | April - Sept. |
| 5.00pm | Oct. & March |
| 4.30pm | Nov. - Feb. |
How you can help
The natural world needs our help...and we need yours! Please consider making a donation to support our conservation, education and research work, both within our parks and across the world.
Work Experience
To work with animals at Edinburgh Zoo you must be over-18.
Edinburgh Zoo has a policy of not accepting personal work experience requests. We tend to only give long-term placements to students studying an animal-related qualification at a university of which we are affiliated with.
If you are interested in volunteering at Edinburgh Zoo please visit our volunteering page. Please note however, that volunteers do not work directly with animals.
If you are interested in seeing the latest vacancies at Edinburgh Zoo please visit our vacancies page.