Zoo Keeper for a day

For many of us, the chance to see what goes on behind the scenes at any zoo or wildlife park would be something beyond our wildest dreams! But now the opportunity to do just that is on offer, and could be a great gift for any animal lover who really wants to have the chance to talk to staff, meet some of the animals & get stuck in for the day. PLEASE read the key info or notes for each experience before you buy - many have age restrictions for instance.

For specific species, please check their own pages e.g. Monkey Keeper, Big Cat Keeper

	Keeper for the Day Experience at Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Shropshire £199.00 Join the team and shadow an expert member of staff at Hoo Farm with this Keeper for the Day Experience. It's a hands-on experience - get ready to do some work! - and you'll spend the morning handling reptiles, including a 12ft Burmese python, meeting hedgehogs, helping clean the giant tortoise Victor and meeting survals before lunch! After eating, meet and feed the meerkats and then it's off to see the lemurs, foxes and raccoons. Finally, you'll meet the owls, the binturongs and the brush-tailed possums. Please note that as each day is different the animals you meet and the order in which you meet them may vary. The experience includes admission to Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World. Find out more from Virgin Experience Days
	Keeper for the Day with Lunch for Two at Dartmoor Zoo £230.00 What a great opportunity to join the team with this Keeper for the Day with Lunch for Two experience! Spend the day with the experts, looking after various species. Discover all about their animal diet and nutrition, husbandry, and the training and enrichment programmes that keep the animals healthy and happy. This is a hands-on experience with some hard work, too! But there's lots of photo opporutnities and you can enjoy lunch in the Jaguar Restaurant together, and take a certificate of your achievement home with you, along with the memories of your day! Prepare for a very hands-on experience, with a bit of hard work too! You’ll have plenty of fantastic photo opportunities, and as part of your day you can enjoy lunch in the Jaguar Restaurant together, as well as taking a certificate of your achievement home. Available from Virgin Experience Days.
	Zookeeper Experience for Two at Ark Wildlife Park, Lincolnshire £275.00 Food preparation, face-to-face encounters and feeding are all in a day’s work for zookeepers and this is a chance for two of you to have a behind the scenes tour and and find out what is involved in looking after the animals to keep them well and happy! After your hands-on keeper experience, tuck into lunch at the Kalahari Café and the rest of the day to have a look at all the animals at the park! Use the code AHW2025BAG and get 10% off, valid until 31.12.25, not applicable to non-discountable gifts. Available from BuyaGift
	Half Day Keeper Experience at Northumberland College Zoo for Two, Northumberland Was £140, now £120 Experience what life as a zookeeper is like with this half-day keeper experience at Northumberland College Zoo! Get close up with some of the zoo's animals. A keeper will on hand to take you around the zoo to show you what their daily tasks are and letting you join in too!, and to answer your questions! After a morning's work with the animals, explore the zoo at your own pace for the rest of the day. A drink from the zoo kiosk will keep you going! Use the code AHW2025BAG and get 10% off, valid until 31.12.25, not applicable to non-discountable gifts Find out more from BuyaGift