Summer Camp
Summer camp registration will open winter 2025
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!
CENTRAL PARK ZOO SUMMER CAMP
Summer camp at the Central Park Zoo means fun-filled days packed with animals, zoo explorations, new friendships and amazing experiences. Book a week of camp for your child and let their wildest adventure begin! Camp session and pricing details below.
Ages 2 to 4 with a caregiver
Zoo Fledglings: Fur, Feathers, and Scales, Oh My!
Is it furry, spikey, or scaley? Join us for a super sensory experience where we learn about animal textures! Discover a variety of animals in this hands-on, interactive 1-hour camp for toddlers and their caregivers. Up-close animal encounters, art experiences, hands-on investigations, and zoo exploration are part of this week-long mini-camp for toddlers and their caregivers.
One ticket covers one adult and one child. This camp is best suited for children ages 24 months to 48 months. Please note: Morning session is catered to 2-3 year olds, afternoon session is catered to 3 and 4 year olds!
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Entering Kindergarten or 1st grade
KinderZoo: Who's Who at the Zoo
Calling all animal helpers! Do you want to work at a zoo one day? Come to Zoo Camp and see what it takes to run a zoo! We’ll get to meet people who work right here at the Central Park Zoo and learn about their wild jobs. We’ll see animals up close, play games and spend lots of time exploring the zoo, too!
KinderZoo campers must be entering kindergarten or 1st grade in fall 2025.
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Entering 2nd and 3rd Grade
Week of Wildlife: Zoo-opoly
Surviving and thriving is the key to this game! This week, camper utilize critical thinking and teamwork in STEAM challenges and obstacles to complete Zoo-opoly and rule the zoo! Campers will investigate like scientists and engineers working to conserve wildlife and wild places in New York and around the world. Each day, campers will complete hands-on activities, meet animals up close and explore the zoo.
WOW campers must be entering 2nd or 3rd grade in fall 2025.
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Entering Grades 1st - 3rd & 4th - 6th
Wild Safari Half Day: Backyard Biologists
Warning: this camp contains nature! Summer campers will get messy as they learn, play, and explore in the Zoo! They’ll meet animals up close, complete nature-based challenges and discover wildlife right here in our neighborhoods and around the world!
Half day camp runs from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Sessions are offered for rising 1st-3rd graders and rising 4th to 6th graders, respectively.
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Entering 4th to 6th grade
Zoo Explorer: Critter Scene Investigation
Attention, Campers! We're looking for master animal trackers and zoo-per sleuths for a special assignment this week! Together, campers are immersed into a world of Zoo mystery and intrigue, with hands-on investigations, up-close animal encounters and solving peculiar puzzles. *cue suspenseful music!*
Zoo Explorers must be entering 4th to 6th grade in fall 2025.
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Entering 7th to 9th grade
Conservation in Action: Zookeeping 101
Do you think you've got what it takes to care for Zoo animals? Roll up your sleeves, get messy, and find out this week! During Zoo Keeping 101, we'll get up close to animals, meet zookeepers and see what it takes to care for the animals at the Central Park Zoo.
Conservation in Action campers must be entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade in fall 2025.
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Central Park Zoo Summer Camp 2025 Schedule
All camps run 5 days per week with the exception of July 4th week, when camps run Mon to Thurs.
| June 2 — June 6 |
Zoo Fledglings Mini Camp: Fur, Feathers and Scales, Oh My! Morning session (2-3 year olds & caregivers) Afternoon session (3-4 year olds & caregivers) |
| June 16 — June 20 |
Kinderzoo: Who's Who at the Zoo (entering K or 1st grade) Week of Wildlife: Zoo-opoly (entering 2nd-3rd grade) |
| June 23 — June 27 |
Kinderzoo: Who's Who at the Zoo (entering K or 1st grade) Week of Wildlife: Zoo-opoly (entering 2nd-3rd grade) |
| June 30 — July 3 4 day camp* |
Kinderzoo: Who's Who at the Zoo (entering K or 1st grade) Zoo Explorer: Critter Scene Investigation (entering 4th-6th grade) |
| July 7 — July 11 |
Week of Wildlife: Zoo-opoly (entering 2nd-3rd grade) Zoo Explorer: Critter Scene Investigation (entering 4th-6th grade) Wild Safari Half Day: Backyard Biologists (entering 1st-3rd grade) |
| July 14 — July 18 |
Kinderzoo: Who's Who at the Zoo (entering K or 1st grade) Zoo Explorer: Critter Scene Investigation (entering 4th-6th grade) Wild Safari Half Day: Backyard Biologists (entering 1st-3rd grade) |
| July 21 — July 25 |
Kinderzoo: Who's Who at the Zoo (entering K or 1st grade) Conservation in Action: Zookeeping 101 (entering 7th-9th grade) Wild Safari Half Day: Backyard Biologists (entering 4th-6th grade) |
| July 28 — August 1 |
Week of Wildlife: Zoo-opoly (entering 2nd or 3rd grade) Conservation in Action: Zookeeping 101 (entering 7th-9th grade) Wild Safari Half Day: Backyard Biologists (entering 4th-6th grade) |
| August 4 — August 8 |
Zoo Explorer: Critter Scene Investigation (entering 4th-6th grade) Conservation in Action: Zookeeping 101 (entering 7th-9th grade) |
| August 11 — August 15 |
Week of Wildlife: Zoo-opoly (entering 2nd or 3rd grade) Zoo Explorer: Critter Scene Investigation (entering 4th-6th grade) |
| August 18 — August 22 |
Kinderzoo: Who's Who at the Zoo (entering K or 1st grade) Week of Wildlife: Zoo-opoly (entering 2nd or 3rd grade) |
| August 25 — August 29 |
Kinderzoo: Who's Who at the Zoo (entering K or 1st grade) Week of Wildlife: Zoo-opoly (entering 2nd or 3rd grade) |
Price
$650 members / $720 regular (5 day camp)
$520 members / $580 regular (4 day camp)*
$440 members / $490 regular (5 day camp, half day)
$220 members / $275 regular (Zoo Fledglings toddler camp)
*Prorated price the week of June 30 - July 3 only
Accessibility
Campers will spend plenty of time outdoors during a range of weather conditions, including heat, humidity, and precipitation, as well as travel over uneven, natural surfaces. Accommodations may be available. Please visit the Central Park Zoo Accessibility website for more details, or contact us at CPZeducation@wcs.org with questions.
Our office is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
If you have any questions, please call 800-433-4149 or email cpzeducation@wcs.org
Please visit the Central Park Zoo Know Before You Go page to review park policies related to COVID-19.
