Nashville Zoo is proud to offer an exciting series of educational outreach programs to Middle Tennessee - "Wildlife on Wheels." These entertaining and educational programs feature live animals and activities brought right to your facility. Provide your group – of any age or size – with an up-close experience with animals from around the world!
Program Offerings & Pricing
Early Childhood Program
Introduce your group of 2-3 year olds to their new favorite animals. Hear a favorite animal story from a zookeeper during an “Animal Tales” program, featuring a story and two animals.
Base price: $40, price will increase based on animal choice and other applicable fees.
Pre-K Program
Bring a little wild to your preschoolers! Choose to learn all about owls, explore the woods or investigate the rainforest with your group of 4-5 year olds.
Base price: $40, price will increase based on animal choice and other applicable fees.
K-12 Classroom Conservation Program
Spend an hour learning about endangered animals around the world and how you can help save them. Meet a few of the Zoo’s ambassador animals at the end of this instructional program.
Base price: $200, additional fees may apply as described below.
Zoo on the Move Program
Bring the Zoo to you with this formal presentation program! Perfect for any age group and any audience size. Customize your presentation by selecting 4-6 animals that will make your group go wild! Topics include habitats, classification, adaptations or customize your own topic.
Base price varies by group size: Up to 35 participants - $60; 36-70 participants - $75; 71-100 participants - $100; 101-200 participants - $200. Programs with more than 200 participants should contact us before booking to determine pricing.
Price will increase based on animal choice and other applicable fees.
Meet and Greet
Add a little wild to your next event by inviting a Nashville Zoo Star. Your guests will enjoy meeting our animals and learning interesting facts about these unique guests. Features two animals for 30 minutes, with no formal presentation.
Base price: $275, additional fees may apply as described below.
Book your program now!
Questions about your booking? Email us at outreach@nashvillezoo.org.
Attention Library Summer Reading Programs! Please call the Zoo's Outreach Office directly to book a program - 615-833-1534 ext. 145.
Additional Fees
Travel & Transportation Fee
Fees vary by location and distance traveled. We do not currently travel to counties not listed below.
- Davidson County – Free
- Cheatham, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson Counties - $30
- Allen, Bedford, Cannon, Christian, Coffee, Dekalb, Dickson, Hickman, Logan, Macon, Marshall, Montgomery, Maury, Simpson, Smith, Todd, Trousdale Counties - $60
- Barren, Clay, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Monroe, Moore, Perry, Putnam, Stewart, Trigg, Van Buren, Warren, White Counties - $90
- Benton, Bledsoe, Cumberland, Decatur, Henry, Marion, Overton, Pickett, Sequatchie, Wayne Counties - $120
Layover Fee
1+ hour layover between programs - $30 flat fee
Before and After Hours Fee
March 11 - October 12, programs starting before 9 am or after 6 pm - $50
October 13 – March 10, programs starting before 9 am or after 4 pm - $50
Outreach Animals
From scales to fur to feathers, the animals available for Wildlife on Wheels Outreach Programs come in all shapes and sizes. We’ve broken them out into three groups, but each group includes a variety of mammals, reptiles and birds. Choose from our small but mighty ★ Animals or our most popular Zoo Stars from the ★★★ Animal line-up!
★ Animals | $45 each
These animals may be more common, but you’ve never seen them this close!
African Hedgehog
African Millipedes
Bearded Dragon
Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula
Common Crow
Corn Snake
Eastern Box Turtle
Emperor Scorpion
European Rabbit
Long-tailed Chinchilla
Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches
Nanday Conure
Tenrec
White's Tree Frog
★★ Animals | $60 each
You’ve probably never been in the same room with these animals before…
Belgian Hare
Colorado River Toads
Common Barn Owl
Degu
Double Yellow-Headed Amazon
Eastern Screech Owl
Egyptian Uromastyx
Gopher Tortoise
Honduran Milksnake
Kenya Sand Boa
New Guinea Blue-tongued Skink
Striped Skunk
Virginia Opossum
★★★ Animals | $80 each
These animals always steal the show! Get to know some of our most fascinating ambassador animals.
Boa Constrictor
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Flemish Giant Rabbit
Hyacinth Macaw
Kinkajou
Linne's Two-toed Sloth
Palawan Binturong
Palm Cockatoo
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
Contact Us
Questions about Wildlife on Wheels? Contact us at outreach@nashvillezoo.org. Please note, all programs must be booked online; we cannot book your program over the phone.
Booking for a library summer reading program? Please make a note in your reservation.
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