River Otters
Full-day camp for children ages 7 - 9.
DETAILS
Summer Camp
In River Otters, campers spend the day tracking a grizzly bear, traveling through the forests of Borneo and discovering the wild in our very own backyard. Each curriculum has a theme which will develop throughout the week with zoo exploration, activities, games, big body play and empathy building opportunities. Curricula align with age-appropriate learning and development standards with an emphasis on both a camper’s development as a scientist and peer collaboration.
Summer Camp 2024 Themes
Secret Lives of Animals
Can you picture how you’d live your life if you could hear as well as a snowy owl? What if you could sense heat like a pit viper? How would the world look if you could see in ultraviolet like a honeybee? The animals around us know many secrets about the world our senses just won’t reveal to us. Join us for a fun week of finding out the secrets only animals know!
My Big Backyard
Alert: there are wild animals all over your neighborhood right now! Also, they were there yesterday, and they’ll be there tomorrow. There will always be wild animals, right in our own backyard! We’ll explore how we can be good neighbors for wildlife in our immediate neighborhoods, across our state, and around the world.
REGISTRATION
Camp Scholarships
To support accessibility for families with financial barriers, we offer both partial and full scholarships. These scholarships can also apply to extended care registrations.
During the registration process, you will select that you are applying for a scholarship and complete the prompted questions. This will reserve your program selection without requiring immediate payment of any fees while staff review your scholarship request.
Staff will review scholarship requests bi-weekly and award, until funds are exhausted.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at camps@zoo.org if you have any questions. We are happy to walk you through this process.
Camp Safety & Policies
Find information regarding the zoo's camp safety and program policies. Including kid codes, cancelation or modification, inclement weather plan, waitlists, and grouping requests.
Visit the Safety and Policies page
Accomodation & Inclusion
Explore the zoo's commitment to accessibility with our Accessibility Guide, sighted guide policy, bathrooms, sensory considerations, and more.
Learn about access at the zoo
Cancelation and Modification of Camp Registration
All programs require a $50 non-refundable fee which will not be returned regardless of cancelation or modification date. Below are additional important cutoffs for cancelations or modifications.
- Registration for day camps closes 2 weeks prior to the session start date.
- Modifications and cancelations can be made until 2 weeks prior to the session start date.
- If a session is beginning in less than 2 weeks, the program fee will not be returned in the event of modification or cancelation (including extended care). Example: If camp starts on Monday, July 22nd, final camp modifications or cancelations must arrive in the camps@zoo.org inbox by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 7th.
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Questions?
If you have additional questions or need assistance contact us at camps@zoo.org.