Fancy becoming a parent to your favourite animal? Become one without the day to day work. Adopt a "Wild Child" for the whole year! Fortunately, your child remains at the Zoo ... by adopting you will be helping to provide the support necessary to feed and care for your favourite animal for a full year and to maintain your favourite Zoo as one of the best Zoo's in the world.

Benefits to be enjoyed

• Free entrance tickets
• Personalised Certificate of Adoption
• Many more freebies for Adoptive Parents!

Please note that benefits are issued according to the category of adoption. Bring joy to your family by becoming a part of ours. It's a feeling of belonging!

Children's Adopt-an-Animal Club

Join the Adopt-an-Animal Children's Club at the National Zoo and get a FREE entry (valued at R55) and a personalised adoption certificate. Adopt an animal from the list below for only R100.

• Reptiles
  Axolotl, Bullfrog, Snapping Turtle, Bearded Dragon, Python (African), Adder (Puff, Gaboon), Snouted Cobra.
• Mammals
  Marmosets (Blackeared, Cotton-top), Red Panda, Red River Hog, Nyala, Impala, Rabbit, Mongoose, Donkey.
• Birds
  Ostrich, Marabou Stork, Swan (Black, Black-necked, Mute), King Vulture, Macaw (Blue-yellow, Scarlet), African Grey Parrot.
• Fish
  Turkey Fish, Piranha, Jelly Fish, Malawian Cichlid, Clown Fish.

Adoption list

View the special bird adoption packages and other species up for adoption.

Adoption application

Please contact the National Zoo on info@nzg.ac.za to apply to adopt.