Feed The Giraffes at New Experience at Philadelphia Zoo
A brand new, hands-on experience is coming to the Philadelphia Zoo. Visitors can get eye-to-eye with the three tallest residents of America’s first Zoo. Participants will have a chance to feed the Zoo’s giraffe family, which includes Stella, Abigail and Bea.
Giraffe Encounter is the ultimate Zoo experience for those who have always wished to feed and learn more about the giraffes. For this experience, guests will purchase their ticket on their phone using a QR code. They will then pick-up browse, which is a variety of acacia and combretum trees, leaves, shoots, vines and herbs. Guests will then ascend the new raised platform, to get closer and higher up to the giraffe trio that includes Stella, Abigail and Bea. After feeding the giraffe, guests and visitors are then invited back on the standard path to take more photos and watch friends and family partake in the experience.
“Our new giraffe encounter is an incredible way for guests to get up close and personal with our tallest residents,” said Philadelphia Zoo Director of Mission Integration Dani Hogan. “Not only are we able to provide a truly unique opportunity for so many people, we’re also able to enrich and enhance the lives of our giraffes. This is an unforgettable experience you can’t get anywhere else!”
Philadelphia Zoo is home currently to three giraffes, including Stella (female) who was born on May 27, 2001, and her daughter Abigail (female), who was born on July 17, 2010; and Bea (female) who was born July 1, 2019 at Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee, who arrived at Philadelphia Zoo on November 20, 2020. Stella is Bea’s adoptive mother.
Giraffe Encounter is available daily from 10:00am to 12:00pm Noon and 1:00pm to 4:00pm. This new encounter is only $6 for general admission holders, $5 for Individual, Dual, Family and Family Plus Members, and $5 for Family Deluxe Members.
Tickets are available inside the Zoo only, in African Plains, through a QR code. Guest can feed the giraffe their favorite treat of browse to enjoy. The giraffe’s 18 inch tongues move very fast, so have those cameras charged, on and ready!
