New Experience Coming to Ark Encounter’s Ararat Ridge Zoo

by Ken Ham on March 3, 2024
Featured in Ken Ham Blog

I’m very excited to announce that our creative and dedicated zoo team has crafted another new experience for our guests—and I think it’s going to be very popular. It involves going behind the scenes at Ark Encounter’s Ararat Ridge Zoo to meet one of our most popular animals. See if you can guess what it is—hint: it’s one of the slowest animals in our zoo.

I’m sure you guessed it—coming to Ararat Ridge Zoo is a 30-minute Behind-the-Scenes Sloth Experience with Felix, our popular Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth. This experience will require a separate paid ticket.

During our sloth experience, guests will:

  • Learn about the sloth kind
  • Interact with fascinating biofacts like a sloth skull and a claw from an extinct giant ground sloth
  • Head to the sloth habitat to meet a sloth trainer and Felix
  • Enjoy watching Felix receive training or enrichment
  • Feed Felix and take pictures with him
  • Take home a special souvenir
  • Boy feeding sloth
  • Guests observing sloth
  • Guests holding fossils
  • Guests holding fossils

This fun program will be available for all guests ages 6 and up (however, ages 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult). It requires a separate ticket, and there are only six spots available per day (Monday–Saturday at 11 a.m.), so it will likely sell out quickly due to how popular Felix is and how much guests of all ages enjoy Ararat Ridge Zoo. And a portion of the proceeds from the sloth experience will be donated to Samaritan’s Purse as they work to meet the needs of people in Latin America, the native range of sloths!

Come meet Felix close-up by reserving your spot at our brand-new behind-the-scenes experience at ArkEncounter.com. And be sure to also check out all our other zoo animals during your visit (admission to Ararat Ridge Zoo is included free with your Ark Encounter admission).

We continue to add wonderful experiences at our Christian attractions. Come visit the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.

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