The 8 Best Zoos To Visit In Europe: Based On My Own Experience

 

 

Also Check Out The Highlands Zoo In Kingussie

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Me and my bears lol I think what sold me on coming here was the Polar Bears. I’ve seen a few since at Budapest, Prague and Vienna.

This is not really an easy place to get to. What I did was get the coach from Edinburgh to Inverness and I think I had to get a bus or another coach to Aviemore and a train to Kingussie.

When you get here don’t even think about not waiting for the bus. I’ve never seen so many Sheep OMG it’s a long way but when you get there its a good experience. I would definitely love to come back. There isn’t a load of animals here but it is a nice place to go.

{Find Out More About Highland Wildlife Park HERE<<]

It’s a good excuse to go see Nessie on the way. I never see her but YES if you get as far as Inverness have a look at getting yourself to the Highland Wildlife Park. I shall leave the rest up to you but moving on…

 

 

Prague Zoo – Another Good One To Visit

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I never knew this prior to visiting but back in 2002 Prague Zoo was devastated by a catastrophic flood that caused lot’s of problems. Sadly lot’s of animals perished and then again in 2013 another flood hit the Zoo – although the majority of the animals survived this.

Now, after 10 years from the flood (when I visited) things seem to be back on track. On my last visit I see they were fundraising for (I think) a new enclosure for the Gorillas on higher ground. The Zoo is kind of on a mountain if this makes sense some parts are more protected from floods.

There last fundraiser was I believe for the Polar Bears. When I was here they were building a new enclosure. I’m not sure if this is ready yet but it’s somewhere I would actually love to come back and see. The Polar Bears did not look happy in their enclosure. I thought it was a bit small but I’m sure this was just temporary will change with there new place.

And I forgot about this – I remembered thinking WOW in six months I’ve seen Polar Bears at 4 different zoos. No Brown Bears lol they were there but nowhere to be seen. I thought I had more chance of seeing a wild one.

However, what really excited me at Prague Zoo were the Tasmanian Devils. I actually had to go in twice because I never see them the first time and then I did.

Which is quite interesting as were on the topic. Apparently in Tasmania the Devils are being wiped out by a disease and Prague Zoo is helping keep them alive with their conservation project making sure to jeep a breeding population of non infected Devils..

*Note: I was really hoping to see the Baby Pangolin when I visited but I never found them. This is another good reason to visit alongside the Tasmanian Devils.

 

My Visit To Zagreb Zoo

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I visited Zagreb Zoo back in 2022. It was a nice place. I can’t remember a whole lot about it but what I do was that it was pouring down with rain. There were these absolutely savage sparrows and I was right opposite the Chimpanzees with the Sea Lions to the left.

There are more animals here. It gets confusing when you visit as many places as I do but its cool. If you have children not much else to do for them in Zagreb apparently and it’s also pretty easy to get to. One thing I liked most about Zagreb was this it is so easy to get around.

 I think the Bosnian Pyramid I would definitely love to go back to and if I did I would be coming via Zagreb I think so maybe I will be back, and I think probably same with this next one…

The Artis Amsterdam Royal Zoo

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Shamefully I will admit that I didn’t see enough of Amsterdam Zoo whilst I was here. It is quite an odd place. Lot’s of twists and turns but maybe this was just me tired from my travels prior to getting here. Although Amsterdam in general I thought was a bit eccentric if that’s the word.

I would advise not to drink any alcohol before visiting – there are not many toilets here which made this for me very difficult. It is either wee yourself or go in the Lions enclosure lol I did not do this but was a funny thought I had in my head.

Although, despite this I found Amsterdam Zoo to be quite unique and unlike other places. I unfortunately did not get many photos. These were lost with my phone on my last trip to Lanzarote but the Elephants are pretty impressive from what I remember.

I also spotted this Black Panther here too. Something I haven’t see before.

 I guess I definitely have to come back here. It was so bad I missed so much here. No Giraffes or Zebras. Amsterdam was quite an expensive place I thought but I would go back.

Other Places I’d Like To Visit…

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I mentioned Paris Zoo, I’ve been to Paris but not to the Zoo and there are actually two of them. Berlin Zoo is another very famous one with Giant Pandas so that is on the list and a couple of others are Dublin Zoo and Madrid Zoo. I especially want to go to Madrid just for this.

I’ve literally just been looking at flights to Madrid, visiting the zoo and getting the coach from Madrid to La Linea Concepcion. Going back to Gibraltar.

I don’t know if/when I will do this. I travelled a lot last year but maybe I should stick to my original plan of flying to Finland and back from Poland via Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus. Each capital has a Zoo – Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, and Minsk.

I mean it’s strange I haven’t been to London Zoo but all in good time.