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.
Primary Resources
Please free feel to download the following resources to use for primary groups either as part of your Zoo visit or in your school.
Fur, Feathers, Skin and Scales
This trail is a marked out route for school groups to follow to see some of the zoo's vertebrates.
This is a worksheet based on Scottish animals. Get th estudents to sort out which vertebrate group do they belong to?
This worksheet allows students to match up animals to their vertebrate group.
Penguins
Name each of the penguin parts.
These are colouring in sheets for each of Edinburgh Zoo's penguin species.
Rainforests
This trail is a marked out route for school groups to follow to find some of the rainforest animals.
These are colouring in sheets of rainforest animals that have different camouflage patterns.
Senses
This trail is a marked out route for school groups to follow to find out about animal senses.
Choose which sense animals rely on most.
Simple Life Cycles
Match parent to baby with this baby boom activity sheet.
Extra Zoo Trails
This trail is a marked out route for school groups to follow to find out about animals that are active during the day and night.
This trail is a marked out route for school groups to follow to find out about animals that live in hot and cold places.
Extra Activity Sheets