Spring Break Safari Camp

Epoch Adventures  Do you have a future in time travel? Join the Time Voyagers on their adventures through the Virginia Zoo to discover animals throughout time. Journeying from the beginning of life on Earth to the distant future, time travelers will explore animal adaptations, Earth patterns and change, and the depths of their imaginations. Through up-close animal encounters and hands-on learning activities, campers will become experts on animals throughout the ages. It’s going to be epoch! 

Spring Break Safari Camp is an exciting opportunity for students in grades 1-5 to dive into nature in a safe, hands-on, and age-appropriate setting. Campers of all abilities and learning styles can enjoy a fun, action-packed week where they will encounter animals up close, express their creativity, and explore the entire Zoo. With behind-the-scenes adventures and games galore, Safari Camp is a great way to discover the natural world.

Spring Break Safari is for students who are currently enrolled in 1st-5th grade in spring 2019. 

2019 Spring Break Safari Camp registration is now open!

Can't wait for spring? Check out School's Out Safari Camp!

For additional information on Safari Camp, email the Education Department or call 757.441.2374 (229).

Daily Themes

So You Want to be a Time Traveler: Monday April 15
Discover what it takes to be a Time Voyager! Learn how to be a responsible time traveler and help the Zoo build its very own time machine for animal research. Time travel trainees will receive the basics on how the Earth goes through many changes in cycles, and how our actions in the present affect things in the future. We’ll leave the wormholes to the worms. 

Life Finds a Way: Tuesday, April 16
There’s a first time for everything! With a fully-functional time machine, the Time Voyagers take their first journey back to where it all began. While being introduced to some of the earliest animals that ever lived, campers will learn what all life needs to survive the test of time. 

Stuck in the Middle with You: Wednesday, April 17
Jurassic times call for Jurassic measures. Follow the Time Voyagers on their      “t-rex” through the Zoo as they race through time to learn about ferocious animals that lived millions of years ago. When their time machine breaks down in the Mesozoic, they’ll learn how animals, living and extinct, get their energy and how predators and prey survive in such a dino-eat-dino world. 

Back to the ZOOture: Thursday, April 18
Mayday! Mayday! The time machine takes the Voyagers a bit too far, and lands them thousands of years into the future. Campers will use their knowledge of animal adaptations to imagine how animals might change far into the future as their habitats go through changes of their own. Time flies when you’re having fun! 

Race Against Time: Friday, April 19
There’s no time like the present. Finally back in their own time, the Time Voyagers will discover how humans are impacting animals around the world right now. They’ll learn how habitats change due to natural and man-made factors, and what we can do at home to protect animals throughout space and time.