Germany Tour 2018/2019

Spread across the two stages of the trip, last chance species (some of which may already be gone now, or which may be gone by the time I reach the respective collections) include:

Eastern Gorilla at Antwerp; Cacomistle, White-bearded Wildebeest and Screaming Piha at Arnhem; Spectral Tarsier and Spotted Cuscus at Ouwehands

I can confirm that as of the time of writing none of these have disappeared :p and I highly doubt the species at Burgers' will be disappearing anytime soon :) especially since the pihas are breeding readily!
 
Cross all of your fingers and toes that he hangs on another two months..... as of today I have booked a train to Duisburg for early February in the hope of getting there on time ;) part of a larger (and two-stage) Last Chance To See trip.

I can now be added to the ranks of those who have seen Baby :)
 
Thought I might as well give an update on my plans.

So in September I will AT LEAST be visiting both Berlins, Leipzig and Magdeburg. However, there is a chance that I might be going on a wider zoo tour with a certain someone, in which case I will also be heading to Hannover, Walsrode, Krefeld, Poznan, Wroclaw, Prague and Plzen.....but we’ll have to wait and see.
 
Thought I might as well give an update on my plans.

So in September I will AT LEAST be visiting both Berlins, Leipzig and Magdeburg. However, there is a chance that I might be going on a wider zoo tour with a certain someone, in which case I will also be heading to Hannover, Walsrode, Krefeld, Poznan, Wroclaw, Prague and Plzen.....but we’ll have to wait and see.

Krefeld seems a bit random, given nowhere near anywhere else mentioned and other (more) interesting places in close proximity?
 
Krefeld seems a bit random, given nowhere near anywhere else mentioned and other (more) interesting places in close proximity?
One reason only, the mountain anoa. Should it pass away I will likely do Dortmund or Wuppertal instead.
 
One reason only, the mountain anoa. Should it pass away I will likely do Dortmund or Wuppertal instead.

Ah, understand now. I must admit it didn't seem a million miles different to a Lowland Anoa when I (all too) briefly saw it in 2010 but I know I'd want to see it if I hadn't already. I'd forgot you'd already seen Baby.
 
Ah, understand now. I must admit it didn't seem a million miles different to a Lowland Anoa when I (all too) briefly saw it in 2010 but I know I'd want to see it if I hadn't already. I'd forgot you'd already seen Baby.

In fairness, the someone I may be travelling with wants to see Baby so Duisburg may be done together with Krefeld...
 
I want to see Baby! It’s annoying that I was in Münster and Cologne in December and I only found out about Baby after! Well, I’ll have to return to Germany soon anyway in order to finish off the other half of Berlin Tierpark that I didn’t get to see in just one day!
 
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Thought I might as well give an update on my plans.

So in September I will AT LEAST be visiting both Berlins, Leipzig and Magdeburg.

Itinerary wise I will be taking out a solid week, maybe a couple days extra, for this trip. Two days for each Berlin collection (second day of Berlin Zoo will include the aquarium), a day for each of the others. If the other zoos end up happening then Duisburg/Krefeld will happen on the same day, and Prague will also be given two days. Plzen would be two but apparently a huge majority of their offshow stock is currently onshow anyway due to renovation works behind the scenes...
 
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