Event type
Tour
Event status
Passed
Dates
18 September
18 October
18 October
Price
Free with zoo entry
This heritage tour is now over for 2025.
Find out more about our history
The Whipsnade story (1926 – Present): Roses, Royalty, and a breeding revolution!
Step back in time to Whipsnade’s earliest days.
You will find out how to create a zoo from the very beginning and why we owe a debt of gratitude to 150 Welsh miners. Our guides will also share how our breeding successes are woven right through the Whipsnade Story from the beginning to the present day.
- Dates: The tour will run on Thursday 18 September (as part of our Walk of the Week series) and Saturday 18 October.
- Times: Each tour starts at 10.30am and will finish at approximately 11.45am.
- Location: Meet us at the Membership booth, in between the Visitor Centre and Woodland Walk, and the tour will finish at our scimitar-horned oryx habitat.
Important information
- These tours will run for around 60-90 minutes.
- Tours are free of charge, but please book in advance. If spaces are available, it may be possible to join us on the day.
- Admission to the Zoo is not included and must be purchased separately or a ZSL membership held.
- Each tour is a stand-alone experience covering different eras of the zoo.
- They are open to all but due to their length and the amount of walking involved - participants must be over 12yrs old.
- Participants under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a participating adult.
- Participants must have a good level of mobility. This is a 90-minute walking tour covering uneven terrain.
- The maximum number of participants per tour is 20 people.
Whipsnade Zoo is a conservation zoo
Recovering wildlife
Conservation breeding at the Zoo
We are breeding animals to keep their species healthy in zoos with a population that could eventually be released back into the wild.