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Your Membership to The Wilds has gone digital!

It's time to turn in your plastic membership card for a sustainable online card, housed conveniently on the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium's free mobile app

We've gone digital for memberships to:

  • The Wilds
  • Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
  • Zoombezi Bay

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Member Perks

Membership at The Wilds includes 12 months of benefits:

  • FREE Open-Air Safari Tours (May - October) while pass is valid
  • FREE parking
  • FREE digital member magazine, The Wilds Connection
  • Discounts on premium safari experiences and tours offered year-round

Additional Membership Benefits Include:

  • Discounts for lodging at Nomad Ridge, the Lodge, and The Wilds' Cabins at Straker Lake
  • Discounts at The Wilds Gift Market and Overlook Café 
  • Add the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to your Wilds membership for a discount
  • Discounted admission to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium 
  • Offers from The Wilds and our partners

More Benefits  |  Membership FAQs

Family Plus

Fun for the whole family!

Admits up to two primary named adults in the same household plus either dependent children OR grandchildren up to age 21 (not both). This membership also includes up to two named or unnamed guests.

Family Membership

Fun for the whole family!

Admits up to two primary named adults in the same household plus either dependent children OR grandchildren up to age 21 (not both).

Individual Plus One

Admits one named adult and one unnamed guest.

Individual Membership

Admits one named adult.

DIscovery Family Membership

A membership for families who live in Ohio, and qualify for Ohio Direction SNAP/EBT.

The Wilds is dedicating $5 of the cost of your membership (included in price) to support our local and global conservation efforts. We are committed to saving species worldwide through conservation action, education, science, becoming a trusted conservation resource to the community, and modeling environmental sustainability. We are proud that when a member visits, we know that these visits are benefiting animals in their native range.  Learn more about our conservation efforts.