Holiday Gift Ideas

Purchase a Zoo gift card that can be used for Zoo memberships, carousel rides, and budgie sticks. Buy in-person at the Zoo’s front gate or call 253-404-3689.

Share the unforgettable experience of an Eye-to-Eye Shark Dive. Cage Dives are available for non-divers ages 8 and up. Buy a shark dive for someone else with a gift card (available at the front gate or by phone 253-404-3689).

Share the excitement of discovering animals with a Zoo membership, or double the fun with a combo membership that grants unlimited year-long admission to both the Zoo and Northwest Trek Wildlife Park!

Give a magical evening of holiday wonder with tickets to Zoolights. Your loved ones can explore seas of dazzling lights, be inspired by all-new animal displays, and warm up with tasty treats.

Tickets now on sale!

Browse the Zoo’s gift shop for high-quality creations perfect for any budget. Find unique gifts from local artisans, handmade jewelry, plush animals, science toys, books, clothing, and more!

“Adopt” a Zoo animal to help support animal care, wildlife conservation and the Zoo’s educational programs. Each adoption gift comes with a stuffed animal, adoption certificate, animal fact sheet and photo.

NEW: Our new green sea turtles, hammerhead sharks and spotted rays are now adoptable too!

Looking for the perfect gift for an animal-lover? Let them become a Keeper for a Day at the Zoo! Whether as Keeper or Marine Biologist, they’ll spend a day with our keeper or aquarist staff, learning how to prep food and care for our animals. Pick the Teen option (age 13-17) or Adult (18+). You can even do it as a couple or family!

What are you waiting for?

Give the gift of wild these holidays with an experience at our sister zoo, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park.

Located near Eatonville, WA, just an hour from Tacoma, the park offers you the chance to see native Northwest wildlife: bison, moose, elk, mountain goat and more in our Free-Roaming Area, plus cougar, grizzly bear, lynx and other forest animals on the walking trails.

On a Keeper Adventure Tour, get off the tram tour roads and into the adventure of a lifetime. Ride a Jeep, meet a keeper and get up close and personal with animals!

On a Photo Tour or Youth Photo Tours (ages 10-15) you get a specialized tram tour that stops at the perfect photo moments, with plenty of room and all the windows down for a clear view.

Or just gift a membership to bring your loved one nature all year long.