If You Want a Wedding With Animals… The Brevard Zoo Wedding Is It

There are weddings where everything is perfectly timed…and then there are weddings where a giraffe casually walks into the background of your ceremony.

This wedding at the Brevard Zoo feels less like a “wedding day” and more like an experience—one where your guests aren’t just watching you get married… they’re part of something wild and creating memories that will last forever.

1. WHY THIS VENUE IS DIFFERENT

The Brevard Zoo isn’t your typical Florida venue—and that’s exactly the point. It’s one of the few venues where your wedding feels like a full-on adventure instead of a timeline.

• You can get married overlooking giraffes, zebras, and ostriches

• There are indoor + outdoor spaces like the Nyami Nyami River Lodge with huge windows and a veranda

• Your guests can literally interact with animals during cocktail hour. Check out the wedding here to see what their animal guests were!

  

2. ANIMALS + PORTRAITS

Getting bridal portraits with a sloth, or having your first look while feeding a giraffe can be an unforgettable moment at your wedding day. There are so many fun animal encounters here to enjoy that you can book with the zoo to do before your ceremony, during cocktail hour, and after your ceremony. The lions LOVE white wedding dresses and will go nuts when they see you.

Here are a few of my favorite animal encounters here.

Bridal portraits / first looks:

• -Feeding giraffes

• -Meeting a sloth

• -Feeding an Okapi

• -Feeding kangaroos

• -Feeding Lorikeets

  

  

  
  
  

Pre-Ceremony guest greeting / Cocktail hour with guests:

• -Armadillos

• -Macaws

• -Goats

• -Skunks

• -Porcupine

  

  

  
  
  

Cocktail Hour / Couple's Photos

• -Kangaroos

• -Lions! -They LOVE white dresses

  

  

  

3. CEREMONY

You think people are going to be focused on the couple…they are—but also, there’s a giraffe. Or something moving behind you that makes everyone smile mid-vow.

And honestly? That’s the magic of this place.

4. COCKTAIL HOUR , But Make It Interactive”

   
   

This isn’t a “stand around with drinks” kind of cocktail hour.

At the Brevard Zoo, your guests are exploring, meeting animals, moving around, actually experiencing something.

It turns that in-between part of the wedding into one of the most memorable parts of the day.

5. RECEPTION, From Safari to Dance Floor

   
   

Once the sun drops, everything shifts.

You go from wild, outdoorsy, animal energy…into a full-on party inside—music, dancing, chaos (the good kind). It’s the kind of wedding where nobody ever leaves early here!

There’s a reason I love being a Brevard Zoo wedding photographer so much—it never feels repetitive. Every time I photograph a wedding at the Brevard Zoo wedding venue, I find myself showing up early just to wander, take it all in, and honestly enjoy the space a little longer before the day begins. There’s something about this place—the movement, the energy, the unpredictability—that makes it one of my favorite unique Florida wedding venues to work at. If you’re planning a Melbourne Florida zoo wedding and want your day to feel like more than just a timeline—something immersive, a little wild, and completely unforgettable—I’ll be there early, camera in hand, already loving it before you even walk down the aisle.

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