Yes, may have to skip De Paay, ah well. Another time!
Amersfoort looks quite an ABC collection?
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Yes, may have to skip De Paay, ah well. Another time!
Amersfoort looks quite an ABC collection?
Nocturnal House and 'House of 100.000 animals' ( reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates ) are both quite intresting !
Amersfoort is one of 5 ZTL collections with giant horned lizards and one of two with spiny chuckwallas.
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Hi you should connect with the member Snowleopard. He is currently touring the Netherlands zoos.
I'm enjoying his posts, but I think he is in the Nordics, isn't he?
Pretty sure he is in Canada.
Miami_Bro
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Lol yes my mistake that trip to the Netherlands was in 2019. He did like 40 zoos there. So he can tell you which to avoid and save money and time. Safe travels! Enjoy!!
Yes he is probably back as school is about to begin in Canada!! I always enjoy your post!! Keep up the great work friend!!
Without a car, combining Ouwehands with any other zoo is not realistic... Depending on your interest you could either go birding around Ouwehands or I would suggest visiting the Airborne museum in Oosterbeek (which is between Ouwehands and Arnhem), if you have any interest in (war) history.
The forest near Ouwehands has all the classic forest birds and a normally showy tawny owl. The riverine area just below is interesting for water birds. The spoonbill colony will be gone by October, but there is a chance of osprey on migration then...
Birding sounds like a great plan. Do you have black woodpeckers around there?
There are, will have a look at the most accessible location with public transport.
When I spent a month in Europe in the summer of 2019, I ended up visiting 43 Dutch zoos as part of that trip. The day I was at Burgers' Zoo I didn't see any other facility, as that is a world-class establishment that deserves attention and time spent there can range from 5 hours to an entire day. However, Ouwehands isn't nearly as big and can be combined with other zoological facilities.
On August 4th, 2019, I spent 2-3 hours at ZooParc Overloon in the morning (a very nice zoo!), then I drove an hour to De Paay (probably an hour there max. as it's the worst zoo in the Netherlands), then I drove only 10 minutes down the road to Aquazoo Leerdam (a tiny aquarium) and finally I drove 40 minutes to Ouwehands and I ended up staying 3 hours at that ABC mammal-friendly zoo. Since then, they've added new exhibits like Bonobos, but Ouwehands is probably a 4-hour zoo at best. The key would likely be a rental vehicle, which speeds things up considerably on trips.
If you want to know anything about the 43 Dutch zoos that I visited, then all the information is on this thread in terms of the list of species, or time spent at each zoo. You can even use the search button to quickly look up a facility. Here you go:
Snowleopard's 2019 Road Trip: Netherlands, Belgium, France & Germany
On August 4th, 2019, I spent 2-3 hours at ZooParc Overloon in the morning (a very nice zoo!), then I drove an hour to De Paay (probably an hour there max. as it's the worst zoo in the Netherlands), then I drove only 10 minutes down the road to Aquazoo Leerdam (a tiny aquarium) and finally I drove 40 minutes to Ouwehands and I ended up staying 3 hours at that ABC mammal-friendly zoo. Since then, they've added new exhibits like Bonobos, but Ouwehands is probably a 4-hour zoo at best. The key would likely be a rental vehicle, which speeds things up considerably on trips.
If you want to know anything about the 43 Dutch zoos that I visited, then all the information is on this thread in terms of the list of species, or time spent at each zoo. You can even use the search button to quickly look up a facility. Here you go:
Snowleopard's 2019 Road Trip: Netherlands, Belgium, France & Germany
Brilliant stuff