Let the Spook-tivities Begin at Zoo Boo presented by King & Spalding
Calling all ghouls and goblins! Get your favorite costumes ready and get your spook on with Zoo Boo presented by King & Spalding! We’ll have many fan favorites and also new additions, including EXTENDED Zoo Boo After Hours along with new snacks and merch! Read more for the 411 on Zoo Boo, including parking tips:
1. Added Zoo Boo After Hours Nights!
No tricks here! You’ll get to enjoy MORE Zoo Boo After Hours nights! Starting on September 27, not only will you be able to enjoy Zoo Boo during regular daytime hours, but you can extend the fun with Zoo Boo After Hours until 9:30 p.m. (with last entry at 8:00 p.m.) and experience spooky fun at nights! Zoo Boo After Hours dates are listed below.
2. Navigate Parking Your Broom
With cooler temps and fall festivities, traffic and parking will be busier around the Zoo and Hermann Park. To help you avoid increased traffic, allow for extra time and check out our recommended parking options, including carpooling, rideshare, the 6400 Fannin parking garage and the METRORail. To get to Houston Zoo from the METRORail, you’ll need to ride the Red Line, exit Memorial Hermann Hospital/Houston Zoo. You can walk through the brand new Commons at Hermann Park to reach the Zoo’s main entrance from both the METRORail stop and parking garage.
3. Enjoy The Spook-tacular New Attractions
New this year, you’ll get to enjoy our creepy ghost town that you can walk through during the day and during Zoo Boo After Hours. It’s located between Cypress Circle Café and the lions exhibit! See pumpkin animatronics, located in both our African Forest and Spooky Forest. Also, talking pumpkins with jack-o-lantern faces will be there to greet you at Flamingo Terrace.
BONUS: Make sure to check out our new fall treats menu like our brownie churro fries, apple fries, turkey legs, and more! On top of that, our Zoo Store is filled with all the cute fall vibes with their new merch. Stop by the Zoo Store on your way out!
4. Returning Zoo Boo Favorites
As you walk through the Zoo, you may see some Zoo Boo classics like our lantern tunnel that illuminates at dark, Peek-a-boo pumpkins with an animal surprise inside, the picture perfect pumpkin arch photo-op, and our Spooky Forest that will be available only during Zoo Boo After Hours. There’s more to enjoy and do with the family, so make sure to get your tickets soon before they sell out this fall season!
5. Be On The Lookout For Fall Animal Enrichment
Pumpkin spice and everything nice! Our keepers love to treat our animals to fall-themed enrichment which include several tasty pumpkins. Tapirs, Galápagos tortoises, Asian elephants, and our African lions are just a few of the animals you may stumble upon enjoying their enrichment.
Check our daily schedule to see what’s going on the day of your Zoo visit!
Zoo Boo presented by King & Spalding is included with general admission and is FREE for members. As mentioned before, we’re extending our hours to allow guests to experience the fun lights and spooky sparkle of Zoo Boo After Hours. We hope to see you soon… if you dare!
