K-12 School Group Tours
We are fully booked for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027. If you would like to be put on a waitlist, email biotrek@cpp.edu. Thank you!
General Tour Information
Our own interpreters will lead walking tours with interactive activity stations through three of the following learning centers:
- Rain Bird Rainforest
- Rain Bird BioTrek Ethnobotany Learning Center and Garden
- Mesozoic Garden and Learning Center
Tours are conducted rain or shine. Please advise students to dress appropriately (good shoes and clothes for walking). To schedule an in-person visit, please complete the Group Tour Reservation Form.
- Group Tour Reservation Form
- School Buses-Map, Directions, & Parking Information
- Private Vehicles-Map, Directions, & Parking Information
Frequently Asked Questions
The cost per student for in-person tours is $8. Chaperones and parents are free. We require a minimum payment of $240 (equivalent to 30 students) for all groups. We accept checks made payable to BioTrek. Payment can be brought to campus on day of tour.
NOTE: Price per student will increase from $8 to $9 dollars starting Fall 2027.
We are offering bus stipeneds for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027.
- California native plants and how the Gabrielino-Tongva native people use them (acorn grinding activity and brush making with dried yucca)
- California biomes and their unique characteristics
- Rainforest plants and their uses – cocoa butter demonstration, chocolate midge pollination, caiman talk
- The Mesozoic – “Age of the Dinos” and plants that existed during that time that still exist today (solar panel activity)
- Our animal station allows students to get an up close and personal with some of our reptiles