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two women standing at a rock wall with a hippo in the water. the women are holding a canvas painting with a hippo nose print on itFunds raised help to provide food, toys, and fun enrichment for Zoo animals, so giving multiple gifts benefits the hippos and increases your chances of meeting them!  Enter as many times as you like, now through August 31, 2024. Winner will be contacted by September 7, 2024.

 

Ultimate Hippo Getaway

Give Fritz a $5 birthday gift and you could win the Ultimate Hippo Getaway!

Fritz is 2!  To celebrate his birthday, we are offering a prize package that includes a private behind-the-scenes tour of Hippo Cove for 5 people to meet all 4 hippos,$1,250 in flight vouchers with gold status from Frontier airlines, a 2-night stay at Graduate Cincinnati, an original kiss painting by Fritz, a $50 gift card to Fiona’s and more!

How to participate:

  • A $5 birthday gift gives you a digital Fritz kiss and one entry to win the grand prize!
  • A $20 birthday gift also gets you the digital Fritz kiss and gives you 5 entries to win the Ultimate Hippo Getaway.

We are now offering and additional perk of free access to our virtual member site with every purchase. So, even if you don’t win the grand prize of meeting Fritz & Fiona, you will get to watch them on live cams every day in September!

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baby hippo fritz sticking his head of the water with his mouth open

The Ultimate Hippo Getaway Grand prize winner receives:

*$1,250 flight vouchers from Frontier Airlines - with Gold Status.
*A private Behind the Scenes tour for 5 people to meet all 4 hippos (valid through 10/31/2025)
*Two-night hotel stay at the Zoo’s Official Hotel – the Graduate Cincinnati
*Original Fritz kiss painting
*$50 gift card to Fiona’s located in the Graduate Cincinnati
*Complete library of Fiona books illustrated by Richard Cowdrey