2025 Dates: Friday October 17th and Saturday October 18th from 6pm-8pm, check-in starts at 5:30pm 

NEW SPECIAL GUESTS for 2025 Gators and Ghouls!

A "REAL" Dinosaur visitor, come meet Selena the Yutyrannus! She will be available for meet and greets + photos! From Pangea Land of the Dinosaurs.

A spooky dry ice experiment with our friends from the Arizona Science Center!

 

Our visitors will be present both nights!☺︎


Come visit the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary's annual Gators and Ghouls event for a spooky family night of FUN! The PHS property will be open for guests to explore all of the activities and some of the amazing reptiles we care for! We will be offering a variety of reptile and Halloween fun including:

  • Candy!!!! (goodies of all types will be available for various diet restrictions)
  • Trick or Treating Stations with candy and other goodies. Feel free to bring your own bag or we will have one available for you!
  • Face Painting
  • Games
  • Petting Zoo with a variety of reptiles!
  • Feeding Demonstrations with our Crocodilians and Venomous snakes
  • Raffle drawing to feed a Crocodilian or Capybara
  • Once the sun goes down, you can borrow a flashlight to find the alligators and crocodiles from their reflective eyeshine! 

This is not meant to be a scary event - it’s fun!  

 

Cost: 

Adults:  $35

Children 4-17:  $30

4 and under Free

 

We encourage everyone to dress up in their Halloween costumes!