Overview

• Event hours run 6–9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays from Oct. 3 through Nov. 1 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
• New programming includes a history-themed scavenger hunt, luminary decorating, creepy crawler displays, and animal enrichment demonstrations.
• The Creature Kitchen offers nightly rotating meet-and-greets with animals such as ferrets and an opossum.
• Guests can enter with a Hersheypark Halloween ticket via the bridge or buy separate zoo admission starting at $14.50 plus taxes and fees.
• Visitors are encouraged to bring a flashlight, as this is the zoo’s only after-dark opening for viewing nocturnal behaviors.