
School’n’Rail Bern Animal Park.
A great place to learn: inspire your pupils with amazing encounters with animals.
10% discount on the school rate for admission to Bern Animal Park.
Day Pass for Schools for CHF 15 per person.
A place where you learn even if you don’t mean to.
See puffins diving underwater, primaeval musk oxen, long-legged moose and majestic leopards. Immerse yourself in the tropical world of the vivarium. Meet free-living basilisks and look crocodiles in the eye. There is so much to see and learn at Bern Animal Park.
Your school trip.
For school groups of ten or more people.
Travel by public transport and enjoy the following benefits:
School trip offer.
10% discount on the school rate for admission to Dählhölzli Zoo.
Day Pass for Schools in the GA Travelcard area of validity for CHF 15 per person, including for accompanying adults.
Offer valid from 1 January to 31 December 2026.
Discounted prices (excluding travel).
Admission to Dählhölzli Zoo:
Children aged at least 6 and under 16: CHF 5.40.
Young people aged 16 and over in initial education: CHF 5.40.
Teachers/companions: CHF 7.20.
One teacher free of charge per class.
Prices include VAT. Prices and products subject to modification.
Prices as at: 1 January 2026.
Interested? How to book your RailAway school trip.
Vivarium with crocodiles, monkeys, iguanas and free-living tropical birds.
Outdoor enclosures for seals, brown bears, leopards, wolves, elk and many other wild animals.
Aare riverbank enclosures with native animals such as ibex, otters and marmots.
School courses and workshops with exciting animal encounters for all school years.
Thematic kits you can borrow for on-site school lessons.
Large forest playground with picnic area and barbecues.
Outward journey: to Bern, Tierpark and approx. ten minutes’ walk through the forest to the main entrance, according to the online timetable.
We recommend that you book early – ideally two weeks before you start your journey.
For at least ten participants.
Suitable for wheelchairs.
You can book educational and adventure programmes by phone. Bookings must be made at least two weeks in advance (Tel. 031 321 15 26, Monday to Friday 9am-4pm).
If you have any questions or queries about the offer, please contact the SBB Contact Center on 0848 44 66 88 (CHF 0.08/min.).
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