What zoos to visit 2018
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Shouldn't you post this in the Czechia discussion?
I'm going to Riga next week, so I'll check Riga Zoo out.
In July, I'm going to Cologne to see Cologne Zoo and hopefully Duisburg Zoo (if Baby the river dolphin is not alive by then, I'll maybe choose Wuppertal Zoo instead). I'm not sure if I'll visit other zoos than those two given that I'll only have five whole days and also want to do some non-zoo-related sightseeing in Cologne.
I'll probably also do a Danish zoo or two during the year, but I haven't decided which ones yet.
In July, I'm going to Cologne to see Cologne Zoo and hopefully Duisburg Zoo (if Baby the river dolphin is not alive by then, I'll maybe choose Wuppertal Zoo instead). I'm not sure if I'll visit other zoos than those two given that I'll only have five whole days and also want to do some non-zoo-related sightseeing in Cologne.
I'll probably also do a Danish zoo or two during the year, but I haven't decided which ones yet.
I will go to a Turkish zoo or two before I head out to the US for college
sooty mangabey
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Is this a serious suggestion? if so, you need to think again.
The places you mention here are very spread out. Even the Czech zoos do not form a natural itinerary - Prague and Pilsen, yes, obviously, but Dvorec is in the middle of nowhere, is almost certainly all-bit-impossible to reach by public transport (and if it is not, it would take an age to reach it in this way), and is simply not worth the effort required. It's a tatty little place, made remarkable only by its cobra collection - the display of which is functional in the extreme. Worth seeing, and worth seeing alongside other nearby zoos, but not really a destination in its own right.
I'd suggest you do a bit more research before asking for advice, here - you may then find some useful information is available to you.
Kakapo
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My plan is to visit zoos within less to 100 km of Geneva, as I have a friend here. So that includes Parc des Oiseaux, Domaine des Fauves and les Aigles du Leman. But very probably I will cannot do this zootrip, as I depend on the car of my friend that probably he will not have until after summer :-( :-(
For me:
Basel and Zagreb as one excursion (end of July, to check off all the zoos which are the only zoo in their country to hold a sun bear in one swoop, except for Łódź as Mali remains off show until the completion of the Orientarium so there is nothing I can do there).
Revisit to Usti, Hodonin, Olomouc and Jihlava as another excursion (probably August now although I had really wanted to go next month, I want to see the Usti cub active and I want to take my chance to see Li and Bara again while I still can, plus Adam/Ernst and Aja are real characters anyway).
Basin D’Arcachon, Saint Martin La Plaine and Zooparc Tregomeur as another excursion (likely September or October but I can’t really think that far ahead yet, that then boxes off all of the current on show sun bears in Europe for me).
Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre (pencilled in for my birthday in November for a sun bear overdose).
Everything else I want to do, such as Japan, USA, Poland and Borneo trips will have to wait until next year!
Basel and Zagreb as one excursion (end of July, to check off all the zoos which are the only zoo in their country to hold a sun bear in one swoop, except for Łódź as Mali remains off show until the completion of the Orientarium so there is nothing I can do there).
Revisit to Usti, Hodonin, Olomouc and Jihlava as another excursion (probably August now although I had really wanted to go next month, I want to see the Usti cub active and I want to take my chance to see Li and Bara again while I still can, plus Adam/Ernst and Aja are real characters anyway).
Basin D’Arcachon, Saint Martin La Plaine and Zooparc Tregomeur as another excursion (likely September or October but I can’t really think that far ahead yet, that then boxes off all of the current on show sun bears in Europe for me).
Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre (pencilled in for my birthday in November for a sun bear overdose).
Everything else I want to do, such as Japan, USA, Poland and Borneo trips will have to wait until next year!