Activities Include: Haunted House – ages 6 and up, strobe lights in use in Lodge at Moose Lake, Spooky Graveyard – waiting to greet you on your way to Water’s Edge: Africa, Trick-or-treat at Spooky Treat Stations – throughout the Boo at the Zoo path, Lighted Pumpkins – located in My Big Backyard, Pirate’s Cove . . .
Restaurants & Gift Shop open during Boo at the Zoo – Cozy Goat (beverages only)
International African Penguin Awareness Day is October 10, and the African penguin keepers at Water’s Edge: Africa have a special social media celebration in the works. On our Facebook and YouTube channels, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will share a video about our flock of 16 African penguins, who serve as animal ambassadors for their wild counterparts. . . .
One guest that bought a bubble maker in our gift shop was playing with it on the
26 NIGHTS OF ELECTRIC SAFARI START ON FRI., DEC. 6 – AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TODAY! – Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is preparing the mountainside with millions of lights for the 34th year of Electric Safari. Twenty-six nights of mountainside lights starts on Friday, Dec. 6, and tickets are available starting today at cmzoo.org/electric. Plus, Electric . . .
The Thundergod Gift Shop is open every night for Zoo-themed gifts and hot cocoa.
Whether given as a gift or used to celebrate a favorite species, symbolic adoptions
ADVANCE, TIMED TICKETS REQUIRED FOR ALL SEVEN NIGHTS OF HALLOWEEN FUN – Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will feel the Halloween spirit when little ghouls and goblins attend Boo at the Zoo, starting Fri., Oct. 20, 2023. This decades-long Colorado Springs Halloween tradition is a fun way for families to trick-or-treat, enjoy Halloween festivities in a unique . . .
Pizza with a View – Elson’s Place – Cozy Goat (beverages only) – Thundergod Gift
ADVANCE, TIMED-TICKETS REQUIRED FOR ALL SEVEN NIGHTS OF HALLOWEEN FUN – Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will feel the Halloween spirit when little ghouls and goblins attend Boo at the Zoo, starting Fri., Oct. 18, 2024. This decades-long Colorado Springs Halloween tradition is a fun way for families to trick-or-treat, enjoy Halloween festivities in a unique environment . . .
Pizza with a View • Elson’s Place • Cozy Goat (beverages only) • Thundergod Gift
Adopt Choices for Elephants Support your favorites with digital, traditional, gift
Refresh the exterior of the Thundergod Gift Shop and Guest Services buildings to
Part of what makes Cheyenne Mountain Zoo so special is its beautiful forested mountainside landscape. In addition to maintaining and improving animal exhibits, guest areas and behind-the-scenes animal care spaces, CMZoo works to responsibly manage its expansive grounds, of which many guests might not be aware. “The Zoo property spans 142 acres on the mountainside . . .
This project is made possible thanks to a generous gift from The Dusty Loo Family
Pachyderm Artists Amaze Us. All five female African elephants at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo are artists. Lucky paints on canvas and makes individual signature trunk prints. Kimba and the rest of the herd; Jambo, LouLou and Missy, create canvas and paper paintings. Lucky was the first African elephant at the Zoo to begin painting in the . . .
Elephant Encounters Purchase Elephant Art Elephant Art can be purchased at the Zoo Gift
