We will begin booking field trips after we announce our opening date.

Interactive Field Trip Information

• Field trips are offered Monday - Friday at 11 AM and 1 PM. 
• Each interactive field trip includes the following: hands-on, educational guided tour, feeding opportunities for stingrays, birds and reptiles, Coloring book and a come back pass for each child and the event room provided for lunch or discussion.
• Field Trips are $15 per child. 1 teacher per 30 students will receive free admission and additional teachers/chaperones are $11.95.  Summer field trips booked between June 1st and July 31st will be $16 per child and $11.95 for additional teachers/chaperones.
• The capacity per field trip is 100 individuals per time slot. If you have a group of 100 or more individuals, please reach out to desmoinesfieldtrips@bluezoo.us for special accommodations. 
• We recommend a 10:1 teacher/chaperone to child ratio with an 8:1 ratio preferred especially with younger children.
• Summer field trips booked between June 1st and July 31st will be $16 per child.
• Field trips are available Monday-Friday throughout the year except school holidays. Examples include Winter Break, Spring Break and National holidays

Booking Information

• A $50 non-refundable deposit is required to reserve your field trip, which will be used towards the purchase of admission.
• Should you need to cancel, we charge a $50 cancellation fee OR you can reschedule to a future date at no additional fee with 24 hours notice (based on availability).
• Blue Zoo is not able to offer field trips on holidays or Spring Break.  

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