Today's Regular Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Visitor Info

Daily Activities

Below are all of the regularly scheduled activities at the Zoo. If you’re looking for special events, head over to our Events page.

If you’re looking for additional information about your visit, check out our Visitor Info page.

Zoo Hours

Monday – Sunday

9:00am – 4:00pm

**Onsite Admission Tickets stop being sold one hour before Zoo closing.**

Entry into the Zoo stops fifteen minutes before closing.

Full Moon BBQ Wild Slide

9am - 3:45pm — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
9am - 3:45pm — Saturday, Sunday

Cost: $3.50 plus tax

Riders must be 4 years of age and 40 inches tall to ride

Weather dependent

Protective Life Carousel Rides

9am - 3:45pm — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
9am - 3:45pm — Saturday, Sunday

Cost: $3.50 plus tax

Children under two, receive a free ride on the carousel with a paid accompanying adult. Children two and older must have a ride ticket.

Weather dependent.

Red Diamond Express Train Ride

9am - 3:45pm — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
9am - 3:45pm — Saturday, Sunday

Cost: $3.50 plus tax

Weather dependent

Goat Walk

9:30am — Every Day

This exciting experience is an enrichment activity/exercise for our goats and is not interactive for guests, but is viewable from the walking paths around Alabama Wilds. Please note, the route of the goat walk varies and goats may be walked through certain areas restricted to guests.

Sea Lion Training

10am — Saturday, Sunday
2pm — Saturday, Sunday

Coca-Cola UNITED Predator Zone (Lion Training)

11:30am — Saturday, Sunday
3pm — Saturday, Sunday

This exciting experience puts you face-to-face with African lions. Watch how the keepers care for the lions during this narrated presentation. Predator Zone features a training area where zookeepers and visitors are on the same level as the animals. See behind-the-scenes training that the keepers conduct on a daily basis to care for the Zoo’s lions.