Visit Southwest Florida’s Nationally Accredited Zoo
The Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens is much more than a walk-through zoo. Cruise on a guided tour through islands of monkeys, lemurs, and apes. Experience engaging zoo keeper talks, wildlife shows in the Safari Canyon Open-Air Theater; alligator feedings or Jungle Larry™. It’s wild fun from apes to zebras in Southwest Florida’s only nationally accredited zoo!
Hand-feed a Giraffe!
Hand-feed giraffes and discover rarely seen species like Malagasy Fosas or giant anteater. While you may have seen the viral video about the African honey badgers, you can now see them in person at the Naples Zoo. African honey badgers are fierce creatures that can only be seen at four zoos in the USA! You’ll also find favorites like lions, cheetahs, and parrots in this historic Naples, Florida botanical garden. With glass wall barriers you will get wildly close to bears, panthers, lions, and more.
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An Award-Winning Family Fun Naples Attraction
The Naples Zoo is consistently voted the “Best Place to Take Kids” by Gulfshore Life and the Naples Daily News. Additional awards include “Best Family Fun Activity,” “Best Local Attraction,” “Best Nonprofit Organization,” and “Best Education Resource”. Read the Naples Zoo featured blog article here!
Safari Squad Programs for Kids
Safari Squad family programs are for children ages 3 – 5 years old. The Safari Squad program is offered from 10 – 11 am one Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday each month and feature a short lesson, arts and crafts, a storybook reading, and play stations!. Registration is required.
Wild Encounters Behind-the-Scenes Guided Experiences
Get closer to the Naples Zoo animals through behind-the-scenes guided experiences called Wild Encounters. There are five 1-hour tours to choose from: Making Enrichment for the Honey Badgers, Watching Athena the Florida Panther in a Training Session, Feeding the Red-Ruffed Lemurs, Taking Home a Personalized Giraffe Painting, or Feeding an Anteater. Each Wild Encounter is held on a specific day and time. Space and age restrictions apply.
There are special events throughout the year. Zoo membership is also available.
COVID-19 UPDATES: Open with limited capacity from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with last entry at 2 p.m. On-site ticket purchases are allowed however, online ticket purchases are highly recommended to allow for contactless entry. Despite removing timed ticketing, the Naples Zoo will still be maintaining a limited capacity of 1200 each day.
Safari Canyon can seat up to 400 guests, however, the capacity will be limited to 80 guests to allow for enough space to safely separate by 6 or more feet. Zoo staff will be sanitizing high touch point areas between shows.
The playground is open however, it will be closed daily from 11:30 a.m .to 12:00 p.m. for cleaning.
Primate Expedition Cruise is open with limited capacity for social distancing.
The Zoo will also maintain a separate outdoor entrance and exit, as well as an outdoor gift shop.
CDC social distancing guidelines to stay a minimum of 6 feet away from other Zoo guests who are not in your immediate household, especially around animal exhibits are strongly encouraged.
Following the latest CDC guidelines, fully vaccinated guests do not have to wear a mask. For guests who are not fully vaccinated, masks are strongly encouraged inside the Gift Shop, on the Primate Expedition Cruise, and while feeding the giraffes.
The Naples Zoo has installed hand sanitizing stations. But encourage guests to bring their own hand sanitizer for their visit for convenience and safety reasons.
