Dublin Zoo tickets: €22.50 online, €26.50 at the gate, the hours by month, and Phoenix Park around it

💡 The Short Version: Dublin Zoo is €22.50 online and €26.50 at the gate, so booking saves €4 a head. A child aged 3 to 15 is €17 online; under-3s are free. A family of two adults and two children is €62.50 online. A Flexi ticket, valid once within two months with no date, is €25.50. Tickets are non-refundable. Hours: 9:30 to 17:30 in October and 9:30 to 16:00 from November to January, with last admission an hour before closing. Phoenix Park around it is free. Book at dublinzoo.ie. Or book a tour: the zoo’s own listing on GetYourGuidead is the same €22.50.

Tickets and prices

Dublin Zoo sells tickets at dublinzoo.ie and says it saves up to 15% when you book online in advance. Search results for “Dublin Zoo tickets” include sites that share the zoo’s name but not its address. Prices are per person.

• Flexi tickets are valid once, within two months of purchase, with no date to choose. Expired ones are not refunded.
• Additional needs. An adult with additional needs is €15.50 and a child €11, and one carer goes free. A carer ticket can be booked only with an additional-needs ticket, and you bring your carer ID.
• No refunds. All tickets are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged once booked.
• Go City. The zoo is on the Go City Dublin Pass. See Dublin Pass: is it worth it?.

Tours worth paying for

The same ticket is on GetYourGuide. The price is GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” price, per person.

Dublin Zoo entry ticket

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Dublin Zoo Entry Ticket: A Wild Experience with 400+ Animalsad is the zoo’s own listing, sold as an official ticket at the same €22.50 as its site. It costs the same as buying from the zoo.

What to see

The zoo has more than 400 animals of 70 species, from elephants to primates, in Phoenix Park.

The gateway to the African Plains at Dublin Zoo. Photo: Bonovox84, Wikimedia Commons.

1. The African Plains. They close 30 minutes after the zoo’s last admission, which is 15:30 from November to January, so go there first on a winter day.
2. Wild Lights. A separate ticketed event with its own tickets on the zoo’s site. The zoo’s daytime hours change while it runs, so check them on the day.

What to skip: the Flexi ticket, unless the weather or your plans are uncertain. It costs €3 more than the dated online ticket.

Opening hours

Last admission is an hour before closing. Visitors under 16 must be with an adult, and teenagers may be asked for ID.

• Late or early arrival: if you have a time slot and arrive before the last entry time you are not refused entry.
• Closures: the zoo can close in extreme weather and for state occasions.

Phoenix Park

Phoenix Park is a mile and a half from O’Connell Street. It was formed as a royal hunting park in the 1660s and opened to the public in 1747. It is free and open 24 hours a day. The main gates, at Parkgate Street and Castleknock, are open round the clock, and the side gates are open from about 7:00 to about 22:45.

• The deer. A large herd of wild fallow deer lives in the park. Do not feed or approach them.
• The Visitor Centre and Ashtown Castle. Free. The castle is a tower house that probably dates from the seventeenth century, and the Visitor Centre has an exhibition on the park’s history. The restored Victorian kitchen garden next to it is open daily 10:00 to 16:00, and the Biodiversity Centre opens on Wednesdays and Sundays. Closed 25, 26, 30 and 31 December.
• The Áras an Uachtaráin. Free tours of the President’s residence run almost every Saturday, and tickets are handed out on the day at the Visitor Centre, first come first served. See free things to do in Dublin.
• Farmleigh. The grounds, gardens and gallery are free daily 10:00 to 18:00, and the house is closed for the rest of 2026.
• Cars. The OPW advises leaving no valuables in a parked car, including in the boot. Barbecues, camping and drones are banned.

The Wellington Testimonial in Phoenix Park. Photo: Metro Centric, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

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