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Plan Your Visit

Experience all the Animal Park has to offer!

Reservations required for most tours and events, held only on weekends and select holidays. On a tour of our Park, you’ll walk the three-quarter-mile path with an experienced guide and gain an understanding of each species’ ecological importance. You’ll also get to see and learn about each animal’s individual behaviors, characteristics, and quirks. Every visit is a new conversation! Large Group Tours and Wild Field Trips are available Wednesdays through Sundays with advance booking. Want to visit us more often? Consider purchasing an adventure pass for year-round fun!

Special Event: Egg Hunt Adventure

Age range: Kids Up to 10
Duration: 1 -1.5 hours

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Family Adventures

Age range: Any
Duration: 45 min – 1.5 hours

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Adult Adventures

Age range: 12+
Duration: 1 – 2 hours

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Annual Adventure Passes

Unlimited Adventure Tours
for a year!

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Twilight Tours

Age range: 12+
Duration: 2 hours

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Seasonal Events

Age range: Any
Duration: 1+ hours

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Birthday Parties

Age range: Any
Duration: 1+ hours

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Wild Field Trips

Age range: Any
Duration: 1 hour

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Large Group Tours

Age range: Any
Duration: 1 hour

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Private Tours

Age range: Any
Duration: 1+ hours

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Photo Safaris

Age range: 18+
Duration: 1+ hours

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Wild Overnights

Age range: Any
Duration: 6+ hours

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or Family!

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Need a place to stay?

Visitors coming to to the Animal Park from out of town can receive a 15% discount on rooms at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Mebane. Guests can call 919.304.9900 and mention the “Animal Park rate.”  Thank you to the Holiday Inn Express & Suites for their partnership! 

Important Information

Know Before You Go

Learn more about your upcoming visit to the Animal Park at the Conservators Center.

Accessibility, Safety, and Pets

The Animal Park is not wheelchair accessible; however, accessibility accommodations are available for visitors with mobility issues. Please note that we are not able to allow unauthorized vehicles, including scooters or motorized wheelchairs, in the Park. Find more information about disability accommodations and access in the Tour FAQ on our Plan Your Visit page.

If you are planning to visit the Animal Park, please take a moment to review your confirmation email and text to complete our online tour waiver.  Waivers will also be available in the gift shop for visitors to complete during check-in.

For safety reasons, the Animal Park cannot allow visitors to bring pets on site. Any visitor who brings an animal to the Park will be asked to leave immediately. No animals may be left unattended in a vehicle.

Due to the uneven surfaces of our tour path, for children’s safety, we cannot allow them to ride in wagons in the Park, and we encourage child sling carriers over strollers. Strollers are allowed, with children secured inside, but at the parent’s sole discretion.

Family Adventures

Step into the Animal Park for an immersive, guided walk among some of the world’s most fascinating species. Led by one of our experienced and passionate tour guides, this experience lasts approximately 30–90 minutes, depending on group size, pace, and interests.

Have you ever looked a lion, tiger, leopard, or wolf in the eye? Had a “conversation” with a jungle cat? Witnessed the flickering tufts of a caracal’s ear? What on earth is a binturong—and why is it so important to its natural ecosystem?

Discover all this and much more when you join us for an Adventure tour at the Animal Park!

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Egg Hunt Adventure
March 28, 2026

The Animal Park’s Egg Hunt Adventure will be a fun-filled activity for kids to learn about animals and conservation and enjoy some time outside.

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Adult Adventures

Step into the Animal Park for an immersive, guided walk among some of the world’s most fascinating species. Led by one of our experienced and passionate tour guides, this experience lasts approximately 60–120 minutes, depending on group size, pace, and interests.

You’ll encounter some of our most iconic residents, including lions, tigers, leopards, and wolves, many of whom are known for their curiosity and attentiveness to visitors. You’ll also meet an array of remarkable smaller species such as binturongs, New Guinea singing dogs, caracals, ring-tailed lemurs, servals, bobcats, and jungle cats, animals that often surprise guests and quickly become favorites.

The conversations and tour information are tailored for adults and mature children, and all tickets are at the adult price. No young children, please. If you have children younger than 12, please consider our Family Adventure.
 
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Twilight Tours

As the Animal Park settles into evening, the Twilight Tour offers a guided walk led by one of our most highly experienced guides during a time when many animals are naturally more active. Guests may hear lions calling, wolves howling, and New Guinea singing dogs vocalizing, and may catch glimpses of species like tigers, leopards, or other nocturnal residents as daylight fades.

The experience includes observing animals as guides offer favorite treats and scent enrichment, providing insight into individual preferences and daily care. Designed to feel different from daytime visits, each tour is shaped by animal activity and guest curiosity, making it a memorable experience for first-time and returning visitors alike.

The conversations, tour information, and tour length are tailored for ages 12+, and all tickets are at the adult price. If you have children younger than 12, please consider our Family Adventure.

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Seasonal Events

Events planned throughout the year provide fun educational opportunities and one-of-a-kind experiences for all ages!
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Group Tours

Looking for an amazing group activity for scouts, camps, senior centers, college groups, or other social groups?

Group tours are perfect for any large groups of any age. 

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Wild Field Trips

Teachers and administrators: Take your students on a Wild Field Trip! On a one-hour tour, our trained guides will introduce them to over 20 species, connecting each animal’s characteristics and adaptations to science concepts tailored by grade level. Tours are designed to meet North Carolina Standard Course of Study science goals and objectives.

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Private Tours

A Private Tour is the perfect way for animal enthusiasts of all ages to discover a new world at the Animal Park. Private tours are limited to intimate groups of up to 15 people. Our knowledgeable tour guides are happy to cater to your interests and let you decide where the tour will go next!

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Photo Safaris

Capture breathtaking photographs of wild species like lions, tigers, leopards, and wolves!

Photo Safaris at the Animal Park are thrilling experiences and an opportunity to go behind the scenes to take your very own one-of-a-kind images of our animals. Regardless of your photography experience, it’s always a fun adventure!

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Wild Overnights

Sleep under the stars with a chorus of lions, leopards, wolves, and more while you camp just outside of the Animal Park.

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