Ultimate Zoo Getaway - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

A $9 gift gives you a digital Rico boop print and one entry to win the grand prize, a $40 gift also gets you the digital Rico boop print and gives you 9 entries to win.

The Ultimate Zoo Getaway Grand prize winner receives:

A Behind the Scenes tour for 4 people with our very own Thane Maynard to meet Fiona the hippo and Rico the porcupine
$1,000 in flight vouchers from Frontier airlines
Two-night hotel stay at the Summit Hotel – the Zoo’s Official Hotel

Purchase through January 31, 2026 to be entered to win.

Funds raised help to provide food, toys, and fun enrichment for Zoo animals, so giving multiple gifts benefits the animals and increases your chances of meeting them! Enter as many times as you like, now through Jan. 31st. Winner will be contacted by February 7, 2026.

Please note: Weather must be 40 degrees or warmer for the hippos to come outside.

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Official Rules & Details

Zoological Society of Cincinnati, an Ohio nonprofit corporation dba The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (“Zoo”), a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, is sponsoring a fundraising event in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio. All proceeds of the event will go to the Zoo and will be used in furtherance of its charitable purposes.

Entrance to Ultimate Zoo Getaway is a donation of a hippo Birthday gift for $9 or nine entries for a $40 gift. Each $9 donation receives a digital Rico nose boop print and provides one entry to the drawing. One Winner will receive a behind the scenes tour for 4 people to meet the hippos, Rico and another surprise animal.

Alternate method of entry available. A minimum donation of $9.00 is requested. Free entries defeat the charitable fundraising purpose of this event and are not encouraged. However, Mail in requests for alternate method of entry can be obtained by mail to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Events Department 3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220. All requests must be made before noon on January 31th, 2026. Contact the event administrator for any mail in entry questions. All gift sales are final. No refunds are available except in the exclusive discretion of the Zoo. Void where prohibited. The chances of winning are based upon the actual number of entries received.
All sales for Ultimate Zoo Getaway will end January 31, 2026 at 11:59PM. The winner will be contacted on or before February 7, 2026.

A name and email will be attached to each hippo gift. Positive identification will be required to claim any prize.

The winner will be contacted directly by phone or email. Any questions about these rules and regulations or the prize should be directed to the event administrator at [email protected].

By entering this Sweepstakes, you will be automatically opted-in to receive communications from the Sponsor and Contributors and may opt out upon receiving the first communication.

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