Travel With The Zoo

Plan a Trip You'll Remember Forever

If you crave an out-of the-ordinary travel experience, now is the time to come travel with the Cincinnati Zoo!

Our trips are adventurous, educational, intimate and fun. All our tours are escorted by zoo naturalists who are very knowledgeable, friendly and well-traveled. So pack your bags and get ready for a big adventure!

An Exclusive Safari To Kenya
June 2 - 14, 2012

Escorted by Mark Fisher | Full Description (pdf) | Attend our complimentary travel evening on Feb. 9, 2012, to learn more.

You'll visit an elephant orphanage at the edge of Nairobi National Park, where you'll see infant elephants that have lost their families and are being rehabbed and cared for.

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Travel 200 miles north to the Samburu Reserve, home to a number of wildlife species rarely found elsewhere in Kenya: Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, and Beisa oryx, all found only north of the equator. The graceful gerenuk, an antelope with its characteristic long neck, spends much of its time in a bipedal stance seeking relaxation in the sparse scrub that grows in this harsh terrain.
 

Galapagos - A Natural Selection
July 26 – August 6, 2012

Escorted by Mike Dulaney | Full Itinerary (pdf) | Attend our complimentary travel evening on Feb. 23, 2012, to learn more.

A visit to the Galapagos Islands is the quintessential natural history experience. On these remote islands, scattered across the equator in the Pacific Ocean, species of plants, birds, reptiles, and marine organisms thrive; many of which live nowhere else on Earth.

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Contemplate prehistoric land-iguanas, 600-pound giant tortoises, and 13 species of finches, each with a distinct beak adaptation which led to Darwin’s theory of evolution. Marvel at marine iguanas, lava lizards, and flightless cormorants. Hike ancient lava flows and enjoy the crazy courtship dance of blue-footed boobies, watch puffed-up crimson-throated frigate birds show off for their mates, gaze, awestruck, at hundreds of waved albatrosses. Only in the Galapagos can you snorkel with a penguin on the Equator.
Expert naturalists show you the biological and geological wonders of these enchanted islands, the native plants, the secluded coves and the awe-inspiring wildlife that crawl, fly, chirp, and swoop throughout the archipelago.

 

Alaska Adventure –  July 11 - 22, 2012

Escorted by Brian Jorg | Full Description (pdf) | Attend our complimentary travel evening on Feb. 23, 2012, to learn more.

This 12-day adventure is designed with an emphasis on Alaska’s wildlife and wild places. With our private naturalist guides and customized transportation we’ll depart from some of the well-trodden tourist routes and visit places where we are most likely to find Brown and Black Bear, Moose, Caribou, Dahl Sheep, Humpback Whales, Orcas, Mountain Goats, Puffins, Cormorants

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and a variety of other birds, mammals and other wildlife. In addition to our wildlife adventures we’ll also have opportunities to explore Alaska’s pristine landscape of towering mountains, picturesque valleys, rushing rivers and boreal forests.

For reservations and more information please call (513) 487-3318 or email zootravel@cincinnatizoo.org.