Woodland Park Zoo is giving its longtime Family Farm a full-on glow up, transforming it into Wild Encounters, a phased, hands-on zone built for face-to-face time with animals and their keepers. The makeover will add a paid lorikeet walk-through aviary, bring in Aldabra giant tortoises and refresh the contact area where goats and other ambassador animals meet guests. Work will roll out in stages, with a first-phase opening targeted for summer 2026 and a larger expansion in 2027.
What’s Changing At The Family Farm
Phase 1 will debut Lorikeet Landing, an all-season, ticketed aviary where guests can hold nectar cups for lories and lorikeets, along with an expanded Animal Encounters area that keeps the ever-popular goat contact experience and upgrades the…..