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.
Daily Events Schedule
Edinburgh Zoo is committed to educating our visitors about the wonder of our animals with a number of educational talks and activities taking place throughout the day.
Don't miss you chance to meet some of our more unusal animals at our animal encounter session at 1pm. Watch a training session with our sea lion keepers and enjoy our daily penguin parade.
|
11:15am |
Sea lion talk & welcome to the zoo |
|
11:45am |
Chimpanzees * + (Outdoors at the top viewing wall or indoors in poor weather or announced otherwise) |
|
12:00pm |
Brilliant Birds + |
|
12:15pm |
Sun bears * |
|
12:45pm |
Koalas + (Inside the Australian exhibit) |
|
1:00pm |
1/2 hour animal encounter + (Inside Brilliant Birds main foyer) |
|
2:15pm |
Penguin parade & talk * + |
|
2:45pm |
Indian Rhinos * + (Lower viewing platform or bottom house in poor weather) |
|
3:00pm |
Monkey House + |
|
3:30pm |
Stellar's sea eagles * + |
* With a keeper if available
+ Has indoor areas for when there’s bad weather
Other times to note:
-
Budongo Trail is open from 9.00am - 4.30pm (last entry 4.00pm)
-
All animal houses close 15 minutes before the Zoo closes.
Please Note: We will make every effort to provide this programme. Some events may have to be amended or cancelled at short notice, depending on weather, staffing or other circumstances beyond our control.