October 04, 2024
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Boo at the Zoo is returning to the Philadelphia Zoo on weekends from Oct. 12-27. Activities will include trick-or-treating and pumpkin feedings for animals.
Bats, bears and hippos will be chomping on pumpkins at the Philadelphia Zoo for three weekends in October as part of its annual Halloween festivities.
This year's Boo at the Zoo will be held every Saturday and Sunday between Oct. 12 and 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission tickets range from $19 to $29.
Visitors can enjoy the zoo's autumn and holiday decor while taking part in trick-or-treating at dedicated stations (with a special members-only one to find), photo opportunities and a chance to see festive feedings.
Trick-or-treaters can dress up in spooky or silly costumes, but props like toy guns and fake weapons are prohibited.
Philadelphia Zoo members can enter the park at no additional cost and have access starting at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 12, 20 and 26. There will be a sensory-friendly hour with fewer crowds and quieter noise on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
The pumpkin feeding schedule on Saturdays is as follows:
• 10:00 a.m. – Rodrigues fruit bats inside the Rare Animal Conservation Center
• 11:00 a.m. – Giant tortoises at Reptile House
• 11:15 a.m. – Andean bear in Bear Country
• 2:30 p.m. – Gorillas at Primate Reserve
• 3:00 p.m. – Hippos in African Plains
Sundays will have a different schedule:
• 10:00 a.m. – A cat in Big Cat Falls
• 11:15 a.m. – Sloth bear in Bear Country
• 11:30 p.m. – Turkey vultures near Back Yard Kitchen
• 2:30 p.m. – Ossabaw Island hogs by KidZooU
• 2:00 p.m. – Orangutans at PECO Primate Reserve
Along with the Halloween celebrations, children can participate in family-friendly activities. The Zoo's Conservation Education team will task participants to match a skull to its respective animal for a prize, or they can play games on the Impala Lawn.
Zoo visitors can also see the zoo's latest additions: an endangered Sumatran orangutan baby boy named Jambi that was born in July, and a baby red-tailed monkey.
If guests need their own taste of pumpkins, they can go to the Impala Café for a pumpkin latte or to Scoop Shack for a pumpkin sundae with pumpkin ice cream.
