Creature Campouts

Join us for an overnight adventure! We’ll be around when the rest of the Zoo is closed so we will see who may be awake!

Beginning in 2025, each Creature Campout will have its own theme and craft. Tickets for 2025 available in January 2025. 

All Creature Campouts take place on select Friday and Saturday nights, beginning at 5:30 p.m. and lasting until 9:00 a.m. the following morning. Due to limited staff, we cannot accommodate latecomers or those wishing to leave early.

All campers will need to bring their own tents and sleeping bags. Each Creature Campout includes dinner, a guided tour, activities, an animal encounter, and a bedtime snack. In the morning, the adventure continues with continental breakfast and activities. Closed-toe shoes are required.

We welcome individuals, families, and friends to attend the Creature Campout. All participants must be at least five years old at the time of the campout. Youth under 18 years must be accompanied by an adult.

Participants should plan to attend the entire event; we are unable to accommodate latecomers or those wishing to leave early.

We will conduct the Creature Campout rain or shine. Campouts will only be cancelled in the event of severe weather: any dangerous meteorological phenomenon with the potential to cause damage, serious social disruption, or loss of human life. In the case of severe weather, the Zoo will contact you during the day of the Creature Campout. If weather is anticipated to reach freezing temperatures or heavy rain patterns overnight, it may result in moving the participants to sleep inside. The Education Department also reserves the right to cancel a Creature Campout if fewer than 10 participants are registered by close of business on the Tuesday prior to the event. If the Sedgwick County Zoo cancels the Creature Campout, all participants will be notified and given a full refund.

Sedgwick County Zoo is a smoke-free facility. The Zoo does not have wi-fi or wireless internet access anywhere on the grounds. There are a very limited number of outlets near the camping area.

Ticket sales end 48 hours prior to the event.

2025 Dates and Themes

March: Crawling, Slithering and Hopping

• Spend a fun night at the zoo exploring the world of all things that crawl, slither and hop! Have a viper of a time with your family with a night at the Zoo you won’t forget.

June: What’s in Your Back Yard?

• A whole new adventure awaits you in your backyard. Join us at the Zoo for a fun night learning what you might find in your own backyard at home while getting to experience the Zoo at night.

August (Indoor Creature Campout): Aquatic Wonders

• Have a fun night at the Zoo and learn all about animals that splash and swim. Come and wave hello to the whole new world that’s underwater!
• Tents are not needed for this indoor Creature Campout. Sleeping location will be in the Cargill Learning Center.

September: The Unhuggables

• Ever wonder how something like a cockroach has an important role to play in their habitat? There are many unhuggables like the cockroach that, although they don’t look huggable in person, help out with so many things and deserve to be protected. Come for a fun night at the Zoo as we talk about the different levels of cuteness of animals and their important ecosystem services.

Click below to purchase tickets for Creature Campouts through September

$45 Members     $50 Non-Members

Add Wild Lights to your Wild Night!

Tickets for the October Creature Campout with Wild Lights will be available in September 2025.

Saturday, October , 2025 includes Wild Lights as your evening activity.

Ticket prices for the Creature Campout with Wild Lights are $65 for Non-Members and $60 for Members

Click below to purchase tickets for Creature Campout, Wild Lights Edition

$60 Members     $65 Non-Members

Terms and Conditions: Each person over the age of six months who attends any education program must have a ticket. All Creature Campout participants must be at least five years old at the time of the campout. Space is limited. Tickets will be scanned at the door. All classes take place rain or shine. Your purchase serves as your permission for use of your image by Sedgwick County Zoo. All reservations are final. No refunds or transfers. Ticket may not be copied or resold and may be used only once. Tickets will not be replaced if lost, stolen or unused. No refunds.