Monday, April 28, 2008

BIOPARC


I thought I would share with you some of the photos I took in the weekend at the new Bioparc that opened a couple of months ago. It is AWESOME. I have been to a few zoo's around the world and this would be in my top picks. I think it would be better than Auckland Zoo!


There is a part called the Madagascar and you can watch the lemurs run around you. You are not allowed to touch them but you can get really close as you can see...


There are heaps of Baby Lemurs and they are about 1 month old? They run around from adult to adult and they aren't scared of coming up to the people. This one below played for ages on the fence right next too a big group of us. The kids loved it. There is a queue to get into this part but so worth the wait.


This guy decided to have a sunbath which was really funny. It had been play fighting with another one then plonked himself down for a rest. These ones came right up to us also.


The one up the tree was jumping from tree to tree showing off. Our first time in this part, they were all asleep but around 5pm they were running around all over the place.



I took over 300 photos. The animals were so happy and you could get so close it was amazing. I just kept clicking away!

It costs 20 euros for Adult, 15 euros for Infant over 4 or 5? and 16.50 for senior. You can buy a year pass for double (eg 40 for adult). I can guarantee you that you will want to go back. They haven't finished yet - maybe a third left to finish. We spent almost 4 hours there and could have done another lap.

They open 10am - 6pm. It was really busy on Sunday so make sure you allow time for queueing. If you do decided to get a year pass, the queue for that was very long and could only imagine it would take ages to get through the line.

They have a restaurant that is Buffet style. It is 12.50 for Adults and 8.50 for children. I didn't get to see the food options as again the queue was very long so we went to the other little kiosk and got a boccadilla instead. I think it said at the entrance that you could NOT bring food into the parc?

Because this zoo is more about seeing the animals, less about fences. The little ones walking think they can climb over the low fence (2 year old can do it easy). We did manage to stop Jack from doing it, but they can't help themselves - can't blame them when cool animals are on the other side. Just be prepared! Obviously the lions etc are well fenced!

Enjoy! I am sure you will love it like we did!

Bridget