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ENCOUNTERS
Get Up Close and Personal on your next trip to the Zoo!
Wild Encounters are the perfect way to meet your favourite animals up close. Wild Encounters runs year-round and we are currently booking wild encounters up until: January 7, 2023.
Tickets are typically released two weeks prior to encounter date. If you do not see the date that you are looking for, please check the website at a later time.

Africa Rainforest
Fridays-Sundays: 1:30PM
Join us as we guide you through our lush African Rainforest Pavilion to meet our ring-tailed lemurs, pygmy hippos, meerkats, and Lake Malawi cichlids!
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Camels & Carrots
Fridays-Sundays:
11:30AM
Did you know Wild Bactrian Camels are one of the world's most critically endangered large mammals? Go behind-the-scenes to meet our Caravan of Camels and learn more about this incredible species in this up-close experience!
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Down Under in Australasia
Fridays-Sundays: 2:00PM
Join us as we take you on an up-close adventure through our Australasia Pavilion to meet a MacLeay’s spectre, our mob of kangaroos, and our Great Barrier Reef fish.
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Masai Giraffe
Fridays-Sundays: 11:00AM
Join us as we take you on an up-close adventure to see the world's tallest land mammal and their behind-the-scenes habitat!
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Polar Bears
Fridays-Sundays:
3:00PM
Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at the back of our polar bear house and learn all about these incredible Arctic Ambassadors.
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Snakes
Fridays-Sundays: 3:30PM
Join us behind-the-scenes in our Education Portable to immerse yourself in the captivating world of Ontario's native snake species.
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Please contact us at [email protected] or 289-200-4362 for more information.