Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

Events

Birthday Party Animal Appearances

Enhance your birthday party with a private animal encounter!

An expert staff biologist will introduce your group to one of the Zoo’s resident animals in an up-close personal encounter. Presentations are approximately 15 minutes in length and are subject to animal and staff availability.

Available Animals

  • African White-Bellied Hedgehog**
  • Barn Owl
  • Blue tongued Skink
  • Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula
  • Coendou
  • Cornsnake
  • Domestic dog**
  • Domestic Rat**
  • Giant African Millipede**
  • Giant Fruit Bat
  • Green iguana
  • Green Wing Macaw
  • Kestral (small hawk)
  • Kinkajou
  • Laughing Kookaburra
  • Opossum**
  • Prehensile Tail Skink
  • Radiated Tortoise
  • Red Tegu
  • Striped Skunk
  • Tawny Frogmouth
  • Three-Banded Armadillo**
  • Two-Toed Sloth

Birthday Party Fees

$50 per animal appearance (includes 1 staff person)


**Animals you can touch

Contact Reservations to book an animal appearance for your special event.