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🐼🎃 WIN a Junior Red Panda Keeper Experience at Dublin Zoo! Boo at the Zoo is BACK with a spook-tacular midterm adventure...
20/10/2026

🐼🎃 WIN a Junior Red Panda Keeper Experience at Dublin Zoo!

Boo at the Zoo is BACK with a spook-tacular midterm adventure! 👻

🪄 24th of Oct – 1st of Nov: Complete our Zoo-pernatural Trail for your chance to WIN!
🧛 26th to 30th of Oct: Meet Dracula and his Boo Crew from 11am–3pm!
🎃 31st of Oct: KIDS IN COSTUME GO FREE!*

Get ready for a fa-boo-lous Halloween at Dublin Zoo! 🦇✨

🔗 https://www.dublinzoo.ie/zoo-news/boo-at-the-zoo-a-zoo-pernatural-midterm-adventure-and-spook-tacular-kids-go-free-offer-this-halloween/ T&Cs apply.

Kids Go Free valid for tickets purchased at the gate on 31st of October. Full T&Cs apply.

20/10/2026

🦥 It’s World Sloth Day! 💚

Come meet Betsy and Linus — our grape loving Linnés two-toes sloths at Dublin Zoo!

Their rainforest homes are under threat from habitat loss, making it more important than ever to protect them. Celebrate World Sloth Day by learning more about these incredible animals 🌿

19/10/2026

🐾 Episode 2 of Zoo TV Series is on tonight - 8pm on RTÉ One! 📺💚

Tonight’s episode shines a spotlight on Dublin Zoo’s vital work as a conservation charity, including efforts to help protect one of Ireland’s most threatened native bird species – the curlew. Hatching and rearing these chicks at Dublin Zoo this summer was part of a wider collaborative conservation initiative involving Dublin Zoo, Fota Wildlife Park, Breeding Waders EIP Project and the NPWS, working together to help secure a future for this native species. 💚

Tune in for a behind-the-scenes look at the incredible animals, dedicated teams and conservation work happening at Dublin Zoo! Proudly sponsored by SSE Airtricity, Dublin Zoo’s sustainability partner, and produced by Moondance Productions.

🗓️ Monday, October 12th
🕗 8pm | RTÉ One
▶️ Available afterwards on RTÉ Player

18/10/2026

Have you met a giraffe’s closet relative? 🦓🦒

✨ Two iconic Dublin experiences. The Dublin Double is back! ✨ For the second-year running, Dublin Zoo and EPIC The Iris...
15/10/2026

✨ Two iconic Dublin experiences. The Dublin Double is back! ✨

For the second-year running, Dublin Zoo and EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum are teaming up to bring you the Dublin Double Ticket. 💙 bit.ly/4i0gYeQ

Discover Ireland’s global impact through immersive storytelling and multi-sensory galleries at EPIC by day, before heading to Dublin Zoo after dark for the magic of Wild Lights: Passport to Wonder. 🌍✨

And the best part? You’ll save 15% when you experience both.

🎟️ On sale from October 15th
📅 Visit from 12th November 2026 to 5th January 2027
🔗 Book at dublinzoo.ie

Discover what it means to be Irish by day. A world of wonder by night.

14/10/2026

We’ve heard you! Due to popular demand, we’ve EXTENDED our Wild Lights Early Bird Offer until this Friday, October 16th! 🎉🐦Book Wild Lights or Santa experiences to enjoy a FREE Dublin Zoo day visit for up to 2 adults + 2 children!*

💜 Annual Pass Holder Early Bird Offer: Annual Pass Holders booking Wild Lights or Santa experiences can receive a voucher for 20% OFF an Individual or Family Annual Pass renewal!

⏰ Both offers now end 16th October!
❄️ Don’t miss your chance to make some winter memories!

👉 Book now: https://bit.ly/4AMq736
*Terms and conditions apply. Full T&Cs: https://bit.ly/4hpmsk6

13/10/2026

🦛📖 A world-first achievement, an incredible story and now a beautiful new book! ✨

To celebrate Imani the hippo’s groundbreaking surgery, Dublin Zoo’s very own Emma Vince has written and illustrated Imani Learns to See, a heartwarming book bringing Imani’s remarkable story to life! 💚

If you tuned into the first episode of The Zoo on RTÉ One last night, you’ll have witnessed this incredible story unfold! Following months of careful planning and preparation, Dublin Zoo’s animal care and veterinary teams, working alongside multiple specialists, successfully carried out the world’s first recorded cataract surgery on a common hippopotamus, restoring 18-year-old Imani’s sight in her left eye!

This historic achievement has transformed Imani’s quality of life, helping her move around, run and swim with greater confidence and ease. 🦛

📖 Imani Learns to See is now available to purchase at Dublin Zoo! Pick up your copy and share this extraordinary story with your little explorers. 💕

https://tickets.dublinzoo.ie/products/922871/?branches.branchID=5

12/10/2026

🐾 The Zoo is back TONIGHT at 8pm on RTÉ One for Season 13! 🦛🌿📺

The wait is over! A brand-new season of The Zoo kicks off tonight at 8pm on RTÉ One, proudly sponsored by SSE Airtricity, Dublin Zoo’s sustainability partner. 💚

Produced by Moondance Productions, we can’t wait for you to see what’s been happening behind the scenes at Dublin Zoo! Season 13 brings you incredible stories about our animals, the dedicated people who care for them, and our work as a conservation charity to help protect wildlife in Ireland and around the world. Look out for some truly remarkable moments, including Imani the hippo’s world-first cataract surgery, our work with the Breeding Waders EIP Project to help protect Ireland’s native curlew, and some very special new arrivals, including our precious (soon to be named!) siamang gibbon baby. 🦛🐣🐒

📺 Tune in TONIGHT!
🗓️ Monday, October 12th
🕗 8pm on RTÉ One
▶️ Available afterwards on RTÉ Player

Don't miss it! 💚

https://www.dublinzoo.ie/zoo-news/the-zoo-is-back-season-13-returns-to-rte-one/

EARLY BIRD OFFER FOR WILD LIGHTS / WINTER / SANTA BUNDLES ✨ Book a qualifying winter experience during our Early Bird O...
08/10/2026

EARLY BIRD OFFER FOR WILD LIGHTS / WINTER / SANTA BUNDLES ✨

Book a qualifying winter experience during our Early Bird Offer to avail of our Early Bird offer (a free Dublin Zoo day visit for up to 2 adults + 2 children!). Early Bird Offer does not apply to group or corporate bookings. 👉 Full Early Bird T&Cs: bit.ly/4hpmsk6

❄️ CHOOSE YOUR WINTER ADVENTURE! bit.ly/4AMq736

There’s something for visitors of all ages and the Early Bird offer is running across:
✨ Wild Lights
🎟️ Flexi Wild Lights
🎅 Santa’s Grotto + Wild Lights
🦒 Santa’s Grotto + Day Visit
💜 Sensory-Friendly Santa’s Grotto + Wild Lights
💜 Sensory-Friendly Santa’s Grotto + Day Visit
🌙 Sensory-Friendly Wild Lights Night


Annual Pass Holder Early Bird Offer: Eligible Dublin Zoo Annual Pass Holders can receive a voucher for 20% off the renewal of an Individual or Family Dublin Zoo Annual Pass.

What can the Animal Kingdom teach us about generations? 🐘🦍🐧🦒This Positive Ageing Week, we’re looking to nature’s wisdom ...
01/10/2026

What can the Animal Kingdom teach us about generations? 🐘🦍🐧🦒

This Positive Ageing Week, we’re looking to nature’s wisdom to see how animals stay connected across generations! 💚
Age Action

At Dublin Zoo—and in the wild—growing older isn’t about stepping back. It’s about stepping up into essential roles of wisdom, mentorship, and community care.

Swipe through to discover what wildlife can teach us about growing older together! ➡️️

In nature, every single generation has a vital part to play. Who is an older role model in your life that you’re celebrating this week? Let us know in the comments below! 👇

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Phoenix Park
Dublin
DUBLIN8

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 6pm
Thursday 9:30am - 6pm
Friday 9:30am - 6pm
Saturday 9:30am - 6pm
Sunday 9:30am - 6pm

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(01) 474 8900

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