Zawadi Marketplace Photos and More! The Gift Shop at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge

Zawadi Marketplace is the Jambo House gift shop at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge. We recently visited the store to provide a few updates and photos of what you can expect to find during your vacation.

Below, we’ll preview the merchandise available at Zawadi Marketplace, including souvenirs, resort-branded merchandise, pantry items, and sundries. As with our gift shop photo reports, every item pictured might not be available during your visit. However, we update these articles reasonably often (at least once every two years). These posts are intended to help you discern whether you need to bring something or have a grocery order delivered in advance. Seeing the latest resort merchandise is also fun if you’re a resort fan!

The entrance to Zawadi Marketplace is stunning, just like the rest of the lodge. I always like to take a moment to admire the details and artwork. Often, an artist sits near the entrance, carving wooden African animals.

Zawadi Marketplace is open daily from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. The gift shop has two entrances. One entrance is near the resort’s bus stop, so you can walk through the shop to enter the hotel upon returning from the parks. Another entrance sits off the lobby a few steps away from the hotel’s main entrance.

It’s a large gift shop with plenty of apparel, among other things.

Zawadi Marketplace is significant in size.

You’ll find a section with resort-branded merchandise toward the front of the store. These items were not nearly as prominently showcased as in other resorts. So you might have to look for them.

Display with Animal Kingdom Lodge merchandise

Here is a t-shirt with the Animal Kingdom Lodge logo.

Here are a few photos of other resort-branded items

Most of the deluxe resorts at Disney have a robe with the resort’s logo.

Polo Shirt with Animal Kingdom Lodge Logo

Behind the main register, you’ll find a couple of African displays. It’s a gorgeous store with unique theming.

A few higher-end clothing brands are available like Lilly Pulitzer and Tommy Bahamas.

We found several displays with various African-inspired souvenirs.

The store also has a couple of plants in charming planters.

We’ll browse through the apparel items. Some have been around for a while, but some are newer.

Disney Parks Branded Merchandise (2024 Collection)

The Lion King-inspired items for Children

Several racks with Havaianas and other sandals were available. It’s so important to remember to bring comfortable, worn shoes on vacation. Disney is not a vacation destination where you want to break in a new pair of shoes.

Here we have a few more items that are themed to the Animal Kingdom Park, not the resort. Most of these items are also available at the park.

A display with Pandora charms and other jewelry sits near the register. Here are a few more photos of items within the same vicinity.

Watches | Animal Kingdom Lodge Gift Shop

Dooney and Bourke Display | Zawadi Marketplace

If you forget to bring swimwear or accessories, the gift shop has a few solutions. I know I say this often on our gift shop posts, but if you remember to pack eye goggles, it will save you the expense of buying a new pair. I don’t know if it’s just me, but when my son was younger, it was the one thing I always forgot to pack. By the time he was a teenager, we had a basket of goggles in our laundry room.

Here are a few other swimwear selections.

Sunscreen is available at Zawadi Marketplace.

Every gift shop at Walt Disney World has a selection of Minnie Ears.

Here are a few other caps and hats.

I’ve been told that Disney is phasing out regular MagicBands. We have visited most of the resort gift shops within the past couple of months. At first, we were told they were out. Now, we are hearing that they will no longer offer them. MagicBand+ are now available. They had a decent selection in the gift shop.

Most of the gift shops have a decent assortment of luggage.

Home essentials include mugs, tumblers, and more.

Autograph and pressed penny books are available near the register.

Pin collectors will have a selection of pins to browse.

An artist is set upp in the center of the gift shop off and on throughout the day. They take names and createblock-letterr artwork.

Here is a sample.

If you collect rocks, this is one of the few places to do so at Disney World.

Here are a few children’s plush items.

Board games, puzzles, cards, and other toys are available in the gift shop.

Lastly, we’ll preview the grocery items. This will give you an idea of what items are on hand. We’ve been photographing these gift shops for years and can attest that these items rarely change.

An overview of grocery items available in the hotel’s gift shop.

Here we have chips, dip, muffins, donuts, pastries, and bread.

A selection of fruit is available.

Other pantry items include cereal, breakfast bars, condiments, and more.

Most Disney-branded candy counts as a snack credit if you’re on the Disney Dining Plan.

The DDP symbol in the picture below identifies items that count as a snack credit.

Here, we have various flavored popcorn.

You’ll find a selection of health and personal items in the gift shop.

A sizeable refrigerated case sits at the back of the gift shop.

Here are a few photos of what’s available.

Lastly, a case containing various liqueurs sits behind the register.

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