Austin Zoo reopening weekend
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 05/31/2020
Austin Zoo will be opening on a limited basis starting tomorrow, Friday, May 29th at 9:30am, subject to the new temporary policies and precautions. Key provisions: Masks are required (and will be made available for purchase). If you are not wearing a mask, or face covering, you will not be allowed to enter the Zoo. Social distancing will be strictly enforced. For non-members, a limited number of zoo admission tickets will be sold per hour; they are only available for purchase online, and no walk-ins will be allowed. Members will be permitted to visit at any time and will not require advance reservations.
Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.
- Please, if you are not feeling well or have a temperature over 100.4, refrain from visiting and come another day.
- Masks are required. If you are not wearing a mask, or face covering, you will not be allowed to enter the Zoo. Masks will be available for purchase.
- Social distancing will be strictly enforced.
- Zoo admission tickets will be available and a limited number will be sold per hour, with a specified check in time and can only be purchased online.
- Train tickets must also be purchased online.
- No walk-ins will be allowed.
- The Zoo has created a one-way path through the Zoo that guests are required to follow.
- Daily activities such as keeper talks will not be offered.
- Wheelchairs and strollers will not be available for rent at this time.
- To minimize exchanges of items between guest and staff, Groupons will not be honored during this time.
- Our concession stand will be closed.
- Feeding our animals will not be allowed.
- No outside food.
- No cash transactions, credit/debit cards only.
- Our restrooms will be closed. We will have portable restrooms at the new entrance of the Zoo uphill from the Gift Shop and in our Picnic Grove area.
- Portable hand washing stations will be located at key points throughout the Zoo.
- Our Discovery Center will be closed.
- Surfaces throughout the Zoo will be sanitized according to CDC disinfecting guidelines.
- We will have a small gift shop for purchasing souvenirs, drinks and prepackaged snacks.
- If you would like to purchase a membership, you must do so online.
Members
- Members may visit the Zoo at any time during our regular business hours. You do not need to make a reservation.
- Please have your membership card ready to display as you approach admissions. This will enable us to speed up our entry process.
- All members who purchased a membership before the coronavirus forced us to temporarily close the Zoo will receive a two month extension on their membership.
- If you have not received your membership card, or you purchased a membership while the Zoo was closed, please announce your name at admission.
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.
Organization:
Austin ZooLocation:
10808 Rawhide Trail
Austin , TX, 78736United States
See map: Google Maps
Phone:
(512) 288-1490Contact name:
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Email address:
The event has already taken place on this date:
05/31/2020
Time:
9:30am
Price:
Zoo admission
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