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Zoo camps give kids the keys to the animal cages! There are several zoo camps across Ontario where kids can spend summer time to get hands on experience with animals and learn firsthand what life is like inside the zoo. Of course, they get to meet many of the animals face-to-face. For kids who love wildlife and animals zoo camp offers the experience of a lifetime.

A zoo camp is usually organized as a residential summer camp program that gives campers a chance to work with animals in a zoological park. Younger children may have activities like games, songs, activities, animal visits, stories, crafts and walk-abouts. Older children may undergo advanced training in zoo maintenance and even animal behavior. Teens can explore animal behavior, wildlife conservation and career options at these zoo camps.

Some activities at zoo camps include:
• Zoo keeping - Cleaning, feeding and watering at the zoo.
• Animal sharing: Free time with the animals.
• Wildlife safari: Campers learn about wildlife and the environment. Night safaris teach about nocturnal animals.
• Hiking: Learning to identify native plants and animals.
• Orienteering: Using a compass to navigate the woods.
• Animal tracking: Identifying the footprints of deer, raccoons, chipmunks, bears, and more.

Campers can also choose from a variety of activities taught by SCBI scientists and keepers. Outdoor living skills, arts and crafts, tree climbing, sports and campfires may also be included. Talent shows, presentations, biking and outdoor sports are also organized by zoo camps. In fact, these camps may cover every aspect of the zoo and aquarium that affects the wellbeing of the animals like nutrition, enclosures, security, exercise and enrichment, veterinary care, contact with visitors and so on. Campers at zoo camps are taught about endangered species, extinct animals, wildlife art, tribal art and many related subjects too.

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Safari Zoo Camp This animal camp at Jungle Cat Wold Zoo offers a variety of activities including hiking, swimming, biking and of course animal interaction. Camp Specialties: Animals, Environment, Outdoor Living, Science	Overnight – Adventure/Computer/Education/Science Southern Durham Region — Ontario
Camp LOA Kids sleepover in cottages and teepees, in this overnight camp just outside of Ottawa. Activities include farm animals, horseback rising, bowling and more. Camp Specialties: Animals, Bilingual	Day & Overnight – Traditional Ottawa — Ontario
HUMBER ARBORETUM NATURE CAMPS Well-suited to families from throughout the GTA, this camp focuses on ecology, in summer and March break programs, with sports, arts, more. Camp Specialties: Environment, Animals	Day Camp – Traditional Toronto — Ontario Greater Toronto Area — Ontario
Pawsitively Pets Kids Camp All camp programs are hands-on with animals. A variety of camp programs are offered for campers aged five to 16. Camp Specialties: Animals, Science	Day Camp – Adventure Greater Toronto Area — Ontario Ottawa — Ontario
Sunnybrook Stables Riding Camp This horseback riding camp offers summer camp and March Break programs where campers get twice daily riding lessons and testing. Camp Specialties: Horseback Riding/Equestrian, Animals	Day Camp – Sports Toronto — Ontario
TIME TRAVELLERS UPPER CANADA VILLAGE Young history buffs learn all about life in the 19th century at this kids camp located between Peterborough and Kingston. Boys and girls get a taste of the past. Camp Specialties: Hands-on Activities, Animals	Overnight – Adventure Morrisburg — Ontario
Toronto Zoo - Zoo Camp Located at Toronto Zoo, this offers unique programs to stimulate kids' interest in the natural world. Go behind the scenes at Ontario's largest zoo. Camp Specialties: Animals, Environment	Day Camp – Adventure Toronto — Ontario
Toronto Zoo Serengeti Bush Camp A uniquely wild adventure camp in the GTA, where kids (six and older only) stay overnight and explore the African Savanna right in Toronto. Camp Specialties: Animals, Environment	Day Camp – Family Camps/Resorts Toronto — Ontario
Camp Robin Hood This summer camp in the Toronto suburb of Markham offers various arts and sports activities including archery, soccer and much more.	Day Camp – Traditional Greater Toronto Area — Ontario
Frontier Trails Camp & Outdoor Education Centre This eastern Ontario summer camp offers day and overnight programs and a variety of activities from horseback riding to ESL to paintball, more.	Day & Overnight – Traditional/Adventure Eganville — Ontario Ottawa — Ontario
Circle Square Ranch A summer camp in Eastern Ontario that also features a girls only week. Camp activities include various sports, along with arts and more.	Day & Overnight – Adventure/Traditional Throughout Canada — Other
Bannockburn Day Camps A summer day camp and March break camp in Toronto featuring a variety of sports including soccer, baseball and basketball plus leadership training and more!	Day Camp – Traditional Toronto — Ontario
Big Wave Camp A day camp with various locations in or near Toronto and a wide variety of activities including soccer, dance, rock climbing, support for ESL & ADHD and more!	Day Camp – Traditional Greater Toronto Area — Ontario Caledon — Ontario Brampton — Ontario
Camp Frenda Summer camp in the heart of the Muskokas. Outdoor activities include horseback riding, rock climbing, water skiing and many others.	Overnight – Traditional Port Carling — Ontario
Camp Joshua Equestrian Camp Kids enjoy outdoor adventure and horseback riding lessons at this camp ideally located between Guelph and Toronto, also featuring a residential program for girls.	Overnight – Sports Guelph — Ontario
Camp Kahuna Halton region camp offering leadership training and a variety of sports including biking, swimming, hiking and much more.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Milton — Ontario Burlington — Ontario Throughout Ontario
Camp Kodiak Integrated residential summer camp for children & teens with and without ADHD, LD, NLD and AS. Social skills program, academic program and 50+ activities.	Overnight – Special Needs Parry Sound — Ontario
Camp Mariste Quebec summer camp with specialized programs in cinema and horseback riding. Activities include numerous other sports.	Overnight – Quebec Rawdon — Quebec
CH.I.L.D. Camp Exemplary program for children with autism and other special needs, ideal for kids from Brampton, Mississauga and the rest of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).	Day Camp – Special Needs Vaughan — Ontario
Circle R Ranch A day and overnight camp in Southwestern Ontario, focusing on interaction with animals, along with sports, leadership focus and more.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Western Middlesex County — Ontario
Downsview Park Day Camps There are a variety of weekly themes including nature, art, science, sports and leadership. Extended care and lunch options are available.	Day Camp – Traditional Toronto — Ontario
Evergreen's Green City Adventure Camp Discover the city's fascinating natural world at Evergreen Brick Works, a kids day adventure camp in the heart of Toronto. Kids experience a new side to the city here!	Day Camp – Adventure Greater Toronto Area — Ontario
Forrestel Riding & Sports Camp A horse camp in upstate New York offering arts and other sports like archery, tennis and more. This summer camp also has wilderness trips.	Overnight – Sports/Adventure New York — United States
Glenbrook Day Camp Offering a choice of day camp or overnight camp, this Toronto summer camp offers arts and sports activities and much more.	Day Camp – Traditional Markham — Ontario
Kemur Equestrian Girls Camp This all-girls camp in Cambridge, Ontario focuses on horseback riding and related equestrian skills, as well as outdoor activities like games, campfires and skits.	Overnight – Sports Cambridge — Ontario
Natureways Outdoor Education Summer Camp This camp lets kids from Ajax, Pickering, Markham and the rest of the GTA learn about plants and animals, acquire survival skills, do arts and crafts and much more.	Day Camp – Adventure Pickering — Ontario Southern Durham Region — Ontario Northern Durham Region — Ontario
Oakville Equestrian Centre Oakville horseback riding camp held during March break, summer, Christmas and PA days. Ideal for the young equestrian and with riding lessons for kids of all ages.	Day Camp – Sports Oakville — Ontario
Pickering Horse Centre A horseback riding camp offering full day and half-day equestrian programs ideal for girls or boys from Ajax, Oshawa, Pickering and elsewhere throughout the GTA.	Day Camp – Sports Greater Toronto Area — Ontario
Richmond Hill Country Club Day Camp There's much more than golf at this summer camp, including tennis and swimming as well as arts programs including dance. ADHD integrated.	Day Camp – Traditional Richmond Hill — Ontario
Royal Ontario Museum Summer Club Diverse Toronto summer camp (with March Break programs) offering kids programs in environment and science as well as arts and more.	Day Camp – Traditional Toronto — Ontario
Science and Technology Summer Camps UOIT Get a unique science and tech education in this program by the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, ideal for children from Ajax and elsewhere in the GTA.	Day Camp – Computer/Education/Science Oshawa — Ontario
Ways of the Woods Day Camp This Halton region summer camp travels to different conservation areas each week, with various activities. Year round programs also offered.	Day Camp – Traditional Milton — Ontario
Zodiac Day Camp Conveniently located for many GTA parents, this traditional kids day camp offers arts and sports activities, March Break programs and more.	Day Camp – Traditional Toronto — Ontario

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