BEDTIME WITH THE BEASTS

Bedtime with the Beasts is a special overnight program for youth groups (ages 6-18) and their chaperones. An Oakland Zoo education specialist will lead your group on an evening night hike around the zoo where you’ll get a look at what the zoo is like after all of the guests leave. Afterwards, enjoy snacks, participate in a fun activity, and decorate your own Bedtime with the Beasts t-shirt before heading to bed in our education building for the evening.

In the morning your group will enjoy a tasty continental breakfast in the Maddie’s Center for Science and Environmental Education and pack up all of your things. After breakfast you’ll get the chance to meet one of our education animals, and then get ready to take a morning tour to see some of the animals before the guests arrive. Once the program ends you may head back home or feel free to take the rest of your morning to visit the zoo with your group.

Groups arrive at the zoo at 7:00pm and the program ends the next morning at 9:45am. Maximum group size is 50 participants (including adults). Bedtime with the Beasts is offered in the spring and fall by reservation. Rain or shine, this night is sure to be a memorable experience that everyone will enjoy!

Bedtime with the Beasts Themes

• Zoo Snoops
  

  Put your thinking caps on! Groups will work together to solve the clues that lead to each animal on our tour and you will learn about each animal we discover on our journey from an Oakland Zoo Education Specialist. You may end up behind-the-scenes or face-to-face with an animal to meet and touch- it’s a mystery!

• Canopy Campout

Spend an evening at the zoo exploring the many wonders of the rainforest. Many of the things we use everyday are found only in this amazing place. Learn how to protect this valuable resource, and have an up close and personal encounter with a rainforest animal. It everything you’ve wanted to know about the rainforest packed into one fun evening!

• What's on the Menu?

Examine predator-prey relationships and learn how to uncover an animal's diet by looking only at its skull! Learn the special tricks prey animals need to stay alive in the wild. Compare predator and prey animals with up-close visits from our zoo's animal ambassadors. You’ll be a predator/prey expert by the time you leave in the morning!

• Animal Badge Bonanza (Girl Scout Extended Overnight Program)

Just for Girl Scouts, enjoy a nocturnal zoo tour, crafts and games, a yummy late-night snack, and a special meet-and-greet with one of our Education Animal Ambassadors or a behind the scenes sneak peak. You'll complete all of the requirements necessary to earn one of the following badges:

• Brownie Animals Try-It
• Brownie Eco-Explorer Try-It
• Junior Plants and Animals Badge
• Junior Wildlife Badge

Reserve a night just for your troop or join us on one of our Council Nights and meet new Girl Scout friends from throughout the Bay Area. Guaranteed to be a night your troop will never forget!

• Custom

Have a different idea? Choose our custom program and work with an Oakland Zoo Education Specialist to create your own overnight adventure. Earn badges, focus on a particular theme you've studied in school, celebrate your birthday... design it just for you!

Prices

$75.00 per person
15 person minimum. 50 person maximum.

For Girl Scouts: Brownies must have one chaperone for every six children; Juniors require one chaperone for every eight children

*One adult FREE for every ten children*

To schedule your overnight experience, please call Trinity Leiser at (510) 632-9525 x203.