Summer Camp
Summer camp registration will be announced soon.
Celebrate Bronx Zoo's 125th anniversary with us at zoo camp! Our summer camp allows you to learn about animals and nature while having a WILD time. WCS Education has your summer covered with fun, educational camp experiences! We provide unforgettable experiences for your camper including age-appropriate, hands-on activities, up-close animal experiences, time to explore the park and tons of educational fun that builds on campers' innate love for our wild planet.
Select a camp experience below for more information!
Toddler Camp: Animals Move
Celebrate Bronx Zoo's 125th anniversary with us at zoo camp! Our summer camp allows you to learn about animals and nature while having a WILD time. Toddler Camp provides a welcoming and safe experience for children and their adults to learn together through inquiry and play.
In this camp, your little ones will have the chance to explore the different ways that animals move in a child-centered learning space. We recognize that young children learn through play, so you and your toddler will engage together in play-based and hands-on activities that let early learners use all their senses and celebrate their natural curiosity. You will meet an animal up close in the classroom and explore a zoo exhibit to learn more about animal movement. We will provide guidance and support for you, as an adult participant, to engage in and enhance your toddler’s learning.
One ticket covers one adult and one child. One additional adult ticket may be added on at time of purchase. Camper must be 2 - 4 years old at the time of the program.
Entering Kindergarten
Kinderzoo: Animal Tales of Eric Carle
Celebrate Bronx Zoo's 125th anniversary with us at zoo camp! Our summer camp allows you to explore our 265-acre zoo and learn about animals and nature while having a WILD time. You will be engaged all week with fun activities, exhibit explorations, animal encounters and special 125th anniversary experiences. Spend the week exploring the animal tales of Eric Carle in Kinderzoo Camp! These classic stories will come alive as you play games, participate in dramatic play and sensory exploration, visit zoo exhibits, and meet animals up close in the classroom. During this exciting week, you will discover that every creature has an important job in nature.
This drop off camp is designed for those entering Kindergarten in the fall of 2024. Campers must be 4 years old on or before their first day of camp.
Entering 1st - 2nd Grade
Week of Wildlife: ZOOper Heroes
Celebrate Bronx Zoo's 125th anniversary with us at zoo camp! Our summer camp allows you to explore our 265-acre zoo and learn about animals and nature while having a WILD time. You will be engaged all week with fun activities, exhibit explorations, animal encounters and special 125th anniversary experiences. Join forces with the Bronx ZOOper Hero to help safeguard the 5 elements: earth, water, air, fire and heart. Each day of this camp, you will face an eco-emergency that threatens one of the elements. Through exhibit visits, animal guest presentations and hands-on science experiences you will gain the knowledge to put a stop to the villains and save the day!
Entering 3rd - 5th Grade
Wild Adventurers: Young Naturalist
Celebrate Bronx Zoo's 125th anniversary with us at zoo camp! Our summer camp allows you to explore our 265-acre zoo and learn about animals and nature while having a WILD time. You will be engaged all week with fun activities, exhibit explorations, animal encounters and special 125th anniversary experiences.
Do you love wildlife? Then this camp is for you! Join us to learn about the Bronx Zoo's local and exotic wildlife through hands-on investigations, scientific inquiry and field research. Each day you will meet animals up close in the classroom, visit zoo exhibits, and play outdoors. Plan on full days of exploration and adventure that will give you a new appreciation for the natural world!
Entering 3rd - 5th Grade
Wild Adventurers: Conservation Storytellers
Celebrate Bronx Zoo's 125th anniversary with us at zoo camp! Our summer camp allows you to explore our 265-acre zoo and learn about animals and nature while having a WILD time. You will be engaged all week with fun activities, exhibit explorations, animal encounters and special 125th anniversary experiences.
From the Jungle Book to WCS's 96 Elephants campaign, storytelling plays an exciting and important role in our relationship with wildlife. Embrace your inner storyteller during this this camp by exploring a day in the life of different types of wildlife storytellers, including conservation photographers, field journalists, myth makers, and more! Each day you will meet animals up close in the classroom, visit zoo exhibits, and discover new stories.
Entering 6th - 8th Grade
Junior Scientists: Zoolympics
Celebrate Bronx Zoo's 125th anniversary with us at zoo camp! Our summer camp allows you to explore our 265-acre zoo and learn about animals and nature while having a WILD time. You will be engaged all week with fun activities, exhibit explorations, animal encounters and special 125th anniversary experiences. While the Summer 2024 Olympic Games are taking place in Paris, the Zoolympics will be in full swing at the Bronx Zoo! Join the Games to see the fastest, strongest, and most acrobatic members of the animal kingdom. You will investigate the traits that allow species to not just sruvive, but thrive, in their environments. Throughout the week, visit zoo exhibits, meet animals up-close in the classroom, and compete in their own version of the Games!
Entering 6th - 8th Grade
Junior Scientists: Nature Investigators
Celebrate Bronx Zoo's 125th anniversary with us at zoo camp! Our summer camp allows you to explore our 265-acre zoo and learn about animals and nature while having a WILD time. You will be engaged all week with fun activities, exhibit explorations, animal encounters and special 125th anniversary experiences.
If you love being outdoors and exploring nature, then this camp is perfect for you! Join us to learn about local wildlife through nature exploration, field research, exhibit visits, art making, and animal encounters. You will enjoy full days engaging in hands-on activities and investigating different species and their habitats, and use what you learn to help protect wildlife and wild places.
Entering 9th - 12th Grade
Teen Camp: Wild Survival
Celebrate Bronx Zoo's 125th anniversary with us at zoo camp! Our summer camp allows you to explore our 265-acre zoo and learn about animals and nature while having a WILD time. You will be engaged with fun activities, exhibit explorations, animal encounters and special 125th anniversary experiences. Join us on a journey to discover extraordinary animals, the wild places they call home, and the threats they face from our changing climate. During this two-week program, you will learn valuable field investigation skills and species' survival techniques. You will put these to use as we explore nature-based solutions to combat the negative impacts of climate change in WCS's top priority regions. Meet animals up-close and discover what we can do to help WCS’s flagship species in their race against extinction!
Teen camp participants will receive two camp shirts with their registration.
Entering 3rd - 5th Grade
Little Zoo Vets
Ever wonder what it would be like to be a zoo veterinarian? What do you do when a tiger has a tooth ache or an elephant has a sore foot? How do you anesthetize a fish or an aardvark? Does a walrus say "ah"? In this after-camp class, students will learn about the different aspects of zoo veterinary medicine taught by WCS veterinarian Dr. John Sykes. Classes will involve real veterinary medicine equipment and supplies. Students will gain an appreciation of what zoo veterinarians do every day and how animals at the zoo are cared for.
This class is designed for students entering 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade in the fall of 2023. This is an after camp program that meets from 3pm-4:30pm with a very limited class size.
Entering 6th - 8th Grade
Zoo Vet Academy
Has your middle schooler ever thought about being a veterinarian? If so, this class is perfect. Taught by WCS zoo veterinarian Dr. John Sykes, we will explore veterinary medicine from a "wild" perspective! Using a combination of live animals, real veterinary equipment, and custom-designed models, we will learn about how the vets use medicine and surgery to help keep all the animals at the zoo healthy—from the fish to the elephants!
This class is designed for students entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade in the fall of 2023. This is an after camp program that meets from 3-4:30pm with a very limited class size.
Schedule
| June 11 — June 14 June 17, 18, 20 & 21 4 day camp |
Toddler Camp (2-4) | Animals Move |
| July 1 — 3 3 day camp |
Kinderzoo (K) | Animal Tales of Eric Carle Wild Adventurers (3-5) | Conservation Storytellers Jr. Scientists (6-8) | Nature Investigators Animal Tales of Eric Carle |
| July 15 — 19 5 day camp |
Kinderzoo (K) | Animal Tales of Eric Carle Wild Adventurers (3-5) | Conservation Storytellers |
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July 1 — July 1 — 3 |
Week of Wildlife: ZOOper Heroes Wild Adventurers: Young Naturalists Wild Adventurers: Conservation Storytellers |
| July 5 — July 7 3 day camp |
Kinderzoo: Welcome to My Biome Wild Adventurers: Conservation Explorers Junior Scientists: Conservation Collaborators |
| July 10 — July 14 5 day camp |
Week of Wildlife: Wild Discoveries Wild Adventurers: Nature Adventures Junior Scientists: Conservation Collaborators Zoo Vet Academy (After camp program) |
| July 17 — July 28 2 week program |
Natural New York (Teen program) |
| July 17 — July 21 5 day camp |
Kinderzoo: Welcome to My Biome Wild Adventurers: Conservation Explorers |
| July 24 — July 28 5 day camp |
Week of Wildlife: Wild Discoveries Wild Adventurers: Nature Adventures Little Zoo Vets (After Camp program) |
| July 31 — August 4 5 day camp |
Week of Wildlife: Wild Discoveries Wild Adventurers: Conservation Explorers |
| August 7 — August 11 5 day camp |
Kinderzoo: Welcome to My Biome Junior Scientists: Conservation Collaborators |
| August 14 — August 18 5 day camp |
Week of Wildlife: Wild Discoveries Wild Adventurers: Conservation Explorers Junior Scientists: Conservation Collaborators |
| August 21 — August 25 5 day camp |
Week of Wildlife: Wild Discoveries Wild Adventurers: Nature Adventures Junior Scientists: Conservation Collaborators |
| August 28 — September 1 5 day camp |
Kinderzoo: Welcome to My Biome Wild Adventurers: Conservation Explorers Junior Scientists: Conservation Collaborators |
Price
$1130 members / $1250 regular (2 week program)
$590 members / $655 regular (5 day camp)
$369 members / $410 regular (3 day camp)*
$230 members / $250 regular (Toddler Camp)
*Prorated price the week of July 5 - July 7
Extended Care
Camp starts daily at 9:00am and ends at 3:00pm. Extended Care is available from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Extended Care includes free play, exhibit visits, and nature play exploration. You can add on items such as Extended Care and additional camp t-shirts when adding your selected camp purchase to your cart. Minimum number required to run the program.