Halloween at the Zoo
- 28 October 2023 - 1 November 2023
- 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
- Event
Look forward to a spooktacular Halloween weekend at Dresden Zoo, complete with pumpkin treats for the animals, fiendishly decorated creepy cliffs, and Halloween tales.
Saturday 28 October
Pumpkin treats for the animals
| 9:30 am | Snow leopard |
| 10:15 am | Vultures |
| 11:30 am | Meerkats |
| 12:00 pm | Red kangaroos |
| 2:45 pm | Lion-tailed macaques |
Animal hangouts
1:45 pm Elephants
2:30 pm Humboldt penguins
Zoo Kasper Puppet House: 11:00 am / 12:00 pm / 2:30 pm / 3:30 pm Halloween tales and scary stories at the Zoo Kasper Puppet House for little ghosties aged 3 and over – with Jule Richter.
Sunday 29 October
Pumpkin treats for the animals
| 11:45 am | Lions |
| 12:00 pm | Mandrill |
| 3:00 pm | Meerkats |
Animal hangouts
9:30 am Tour of the tundra aviary
11:00 am Koala weighing
11:00 am Lion feeding
1:45 pm Elephants
2:30 pm Humboldt penguins
Monday 30 October
Pumpkin treats for the animals
| 9:30 am | Golden takins |
| 11:00 am | Howler monkeys |
| 11:30 am | Banded mongooses |
Animal hangouts
12:00 noon Pelican feeding
1:45 pm Elephants
2:30 pm Humboldt penguins
Zoo Kasper Puppet House: 11:00 am / 12:00 pm / 2:30 pm / 3:30 pm Halloween tales and scary stories at the Zoo Kasper Puppet House for little ghosties aged 3 and over – with Jule Richter.
At 11 am on 31 October, everyone is invited to the big Halloween party with a stage show for weatherproof witches and ghosts, a circus that encourages participation, a spooky forest, vampire tales and a campfire with “Knüppelkuchenˮ (bread on a stick) to toast. The big lantern procession starts at 5:00 pm.
Programme overview 31 October 2023
Pumpkin treats for the animals
| 9:30 am | The Underground Zoo (rats) |
| 10:30 am | Orangutans |
| 11:00 am | Lion feeding |
| 11:45 am | Pumpkin treat for the lions |
| 12:00 pm | Red kangaroos |
| 1:45 pm | Elephant |
| 2:30 pm | Humboldt penguin feeding |
| 3:00 pm | Snowy owls |
| 3:30 pm | Giraffes |
11:00 am – 5:00 pm: Stage show for weatherproof witches and ghosts “Adventures with KESS & Tommy at Halloween”, plus a chance to join in with the SANRO Children’s Circus
11:00 am – 5:00 pm: Witch’s chamber & vampire crypt
Don’t be spooked! From 11 am, Walpurga the witch and the vampire Svetlana von Munkelberg can be spotted haunting the old cliffs.
11:00 am – 5:00 pm: Trick or treat – Ring the doorbell of the Drill family and see what happens.
11:15 am / 1:15 pm / 3:15 pm / 4:15 pm: “Hour of the Blood Moonˮ – Interactive vampire tales for anyone from 6 to 99 years.
No passage through the cliffs during the reading (approx. 20 min).
11:00 am – 4:30 pm: Children’s face painting
11:00 am / 12:00 pm / 2:30 pm/ 3:30 pm: Halloween tales and scary stories at the Zoo Kasper Puppet House for little ghosties aged 3 and over, with Jule Richter
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm: “Knüppelkuchenˮ (bread on a stick) at the campfire
5:00 pm: Start of the lantern procession – Meeting point: Square OUTSIDE the zoo entrance