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ZooVentures: Grades 7-9

Investigate the mysteries of the animal world. Make friends of the two-legged and four-legged varieties.

If animals are your passion, this is the camp for you. Investigate the animal kingdom and all its diversity.  Go on a quest to find native Florida wildlife along the Hillsborough River. 

Discover the interconnections between animals while feeding giraffes and searching for zebras across the Serengeti Plain®. Plus, enjoy all the fun and adventure of Busch Gardens® and Adventure Island®.

Here are just some of the experiences you can expect:

  • Hand feed a giraffe from the back of a flat bed truck
  • Encounter animals up close daily and make new best friends of the two-legged and four-legged varieties.
  • Explore Busch Gardens’ animal exhibits and enhance your conservation knowledge about wildlife at risk during interactive group activities
  • Enjoy all the world class rides, shows, and immersion animal exhibits Busch Gardens and Adventure Island have to offer. 


ZooVentures is a 5-night long camp which begins at 12:00 p.m. Saturday morning and ends promptly Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m.

Busch Gardens® Camps are fully chaperoned resident camps that include the following amenities:

  • Transportation between Busch Gardens and Tampa International Airport (TPA)
  • All meals and snacks
  • Two Camp T-shirts and a water bottle
  • Housing at our dormitory, Mzinga Lodge
ZooVentures starts at $700.