All schools are required to make a booking for all Zoo visits and programs to access our special pricing.

Booking type	Cost per student
Education experience (includes entry)*	$15.55
Self-guided visit (entry only)*	$12.30

* Bookings for education experiences or self-guided visits require a minimum of 10 students​. 
Prices are effective 1 January 2026

Supervising adults
We want you to be able to supervise your students fully and fulfil your duty-of-care and so we provide free admission for supervising adults on the following ratios:

• K – 3 :  One adult per five children  (1:5)
• 4 – Tertiary: One adult per ten students (1:10)

Additional adult helpers pay regular Zoo admission.

Carers and companions
Perth Zoo offers free entry to carers or essential companions of those with particular needs. We accept the national Companion Card or a letter from a recognised care/social service organisation.

The principal of the school needs to provide a letter identifying the carer/essential companion/education assistant (special needs) that will be accompanying your group.

Evolutionary relationships between groups can be represented using phylogenetic trees (construction of phylogenetic trees not required).
Sequencing a fossil record requires a combination of relative and absolute dating techniques to locate fossils onto the geological timeline
  Humans as primates are classified as great apes. The species within the great ape family are differentiated by DNA nucleotide sequences, which brings about differences in:

• relative size of cerebral cortex
• mobility of the digits
• stance and locomotion – adaptations to bipedalism, brachiation and quadrupedalism
• prognathism and dentition

Determining relatedness and possible evolutionary pathways for hominins uses evidence from comparisons of modern humans and the other great apes with fossils of:

• Australopithecus afarensis
• Australopithecus africanus
• Paranthropus robustus
• Homo habilis
• Homo erectus
• Homo neanderthalensis
• Homo sapiens

Tool use is seen in a number of hominin species and the study of these tools provides important insight into the evolution of the human cognitive abilities and lifestyles. Trends are seen in the changes in manufacturing techniques and the materials used in the tool cultures of:

• Homo habilis
• Homo erectus
• Homo neanderthalensis
• Homo sapiens

To book Keeping Up with the Neanderthals, please submit the booking request form below.

You will receive a written confirmation for your booking within five working days. Please telephone 9474 0365 if you do not receive a confirmation within this time.

Please note this is a booking request form only. Your booking is confirmed once you receive a booking confirmation email from our Discovery and Learning team.

Transperth
Getting on-board with Transperth is both low-cost and environmentally-friendly. Buses 30 and 31 from the City will drop you literally at our front gate!

Transperth can provide you with information on transport costs and help you plan your excursion route to Perth Zoo using public transport.

Contact the Transperth Education Team on (08) 9326 3970, education@transperth.wa.gov.au or visit their website here. Remember! Off-peak travel only. Two weeks’ notice is preferred.

BYO and chartered bus
The safest way to drop students off is to enter the carpark off Mill Point Road and drive along the access road (10km/hr) and pull into a temporary bus bay to unload. Charter buses can then proceed to exit onto Labouchere Road and BYO buses can circle the block and park in the (free, limited) bus parking in the Mill Point Road parking area.

Lunch
Ordering lunch via Flexischools is the easiest and most convenient way to ensure your child’s excursion is otterly zooper. Simply download the Flexischools app and Perth Zoo’s excursion menu will be available to make an order.

Off display
With the Zoo open every day of the year, this means that some exhibits and areas may be closed and animals off-display from time to time. Check the Off Display section on the day of your visit.