Eggstravaganzoo brings Easter enjoyable to the El Paso Zoo

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Games, sweet, and pictures with the Easter Bunny are all a part of the 2026 version of the Eggstravaganzoo this Easter weekend with rabbit ear adorned staff and stations scattered all through the zoo.

The video games had been probabilities for youths to earn sweet and replenish their Easter baskets whether or not it is egg races within the Asia part, cornhole close to the penguin habitat, and even ring tossing at a number of factors all through the Africa part. The Easter Bunny was additionally roaming across the zoo all through the day, greeting visitors of all ages.

Fore some attendees, like Josh Vedamanikam, say that Easter is not about sweet or eggs, however household.

“It’s our baby’s first Easter, she’s barely eight months old so we wanted to take her somewhere special,” Vedamanikam stated. “We’ve been here before and she really likes looking at the animals so we figured, hey, perfect timing.”

Another household celebrating their first easter collectively is the Olson household, with mom Sydney bringing her new child daughter who has by no means celebrated easter or been to the zoo earlier than.

“This is her first time, she’s ten months old,” Olson stated. “It was kind of impromptu to come, but it’s perfect because it’s Eater and the weathers perfect.”

Neomi Vanbrocklen-Gilmore, a toddler that was on the occasion stated, “My favorite part about easter is all the joy that I get.”

Besides the Easter festivities, attendees had been in a position to benefit from the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens and all of the animals it has to supply. Some say seeing their favourite animals had been an added bonus to the actions.

“My personal favorite is the penguin,” Vedamanikam stated. “Penguins are cool, they’re just cold and they waddle around. So what more could you ask for. It’s cool because when our daughter first saw them, she was, enamored and she wanted to get through the glass.”

The Eggstravaganzoo on the El Paso Zoo will proceed Sunday, April 5, 2026 from 10 am to three pm, for extra data on the occasion click on here.