Festival Field Egg Hunts
Nashville Zoo will be distributing 30,000 plastic eggs for children to find and redeem for prizes. Because these egg hunts are about having fun and going wild and not about the number of eggs collected, ALL egg-hunting children will receive an egg-cellent prize pack. Click here for some tips to make your day "eggstra" special!

Egg hunts will take place on the Zoo's Festival Field, located behind the gift shop. Everyone is encouraged to arrive at least an hour before the egg hunt times. The times are:

   

• 2 & under......10 a.m. OR 12:30 p.m. *


• 3 years.........10:30 a.m. OR 1 p.m.*


• 4-5 years......11 a.m. OR 1:30 p.m.*


• 6-7 years......11:30 a.m. OR 2 p.m.**


• 8-10 years.....Noon OR 2:30 p.m.**




Please one egg hunt per child.

*Parents can accompany child onto field. PLEASE NOTE: The 2 and under egg hunt is only for ages where children are old enough to retrieve their own eggs.

**Parents DO NOT accompany children onto field. PLEASE NOTE: We ask that all parents stay on the side of the field to ensure everyone's enjoyment and that everyone can keep their children in sight.

Zoo-Wide "Golden" Egg Hunt
Join in a hunt for larger "golden" eggs hidden throughout the Zoo. These select eggs contain a special prize only revealed when the egg is opened! Limit one "golden" egg per person.

Animal Egg Hunts
Check out some of our animals as they hunt for eggs stuffed and hidden especially for them! Watch the elephants crack open their treat-filled, supersized eggs. Sneak a peek as the tigers stealthily approach their eggs before devouring them. Share a laugh as the meerkats curiously gnaw and nibble their fruity eggs.

Time	Habitat
10 am	Clouded Leopard / Red Panda Egg Hunts
10:30 am	Bat Feeding (Unseen New World) & Hyacinth Macaw Talk
11 am	Tiger Cub Egg Hunt & Aviary Talk
11:30 am	Rhino Iguana Feeding (Unseen New World) & Porcupine Talk
12 pm	Elephant Egg Hunt & Alligator Talk
12:30 pm	Grassmere Historic Farm & Critter Encounters Talks
1 pm	Cougar Egg Hunt & White-Cheeked Gibbon Talk
1:30 pm	Red-Crowned Crane & Siamang Talks
2 pm	Meerkat Egg Hunt & Red River Hog Egg Hunt
2:30 pm	Cassowary Feeding & Giraffe Talk
3 pm	Guenon & Tiger Egg Hunts & Grassmere Historic Farm Talk
3:30 pm	Rhino Hornbill Talk & Lemur Egg Hunt
4 pm	Critter Encounters Egg Hunt & Elephant / Giraffe Talk

Bunny Games
Do the bunny hop, play a round of hopscotch and enter the egg and spoon races! Games are free to play and for the purpose of fun; no finish line prizes will be awarded.

Gardens, Gardeners and Other Merriment
Stop by the Grassmere Historic Home's garden to smell the roses, help us create the largest paper garden this side of the Mississippi, and get some great gardening tips from the Master Gardeners.

Face painting and photos with the Easter Bunny will be available for an additional fee near the egg hunt field.

Bunny Breakfast (registration required)
Start the big day off right with a full breakfast! Our popular "Bunny Breakfast" is offered the morning of Eggstravaganzoo by reservation only and for an additional cost. Don't miss this opportunity to avoid the lines and get your picture taken with the Easter Bunny (additional fee applies). For more information on the Bunny Breakfast or to reserve your spot at the breakfast table, please click here.

Eggstravaganzoo is included with Zoo admission, and no reservations are needed. Bunny Breakfast is by reservation only.