Hi! I've just started to document some of my zoo experiences on instagram (@tomatthezoo) and I was wondering if anyone a) had similar accounts...
Glad to hear it! With small collections like this, you really get the impression that funds from every visitor count!
Really enjoyed your review Lafone! Really captured the feel of the place with those pictures :)
a bit of everything really! (vague I know :D), definitely will spend time on small and rarely seen species, reptiles/small mammals/birds but also...
I stand corrected, thank you! Thinking about Malayans, their enclosure at Port Lympne is very lush and dense, and that was as active as I've ever...
typical! thanks anyway @Dassie rat I'll keep an eye out for those species next time :))
great tips, thank you!
Visiting next week, will have plenty of time to see everything but any must-sees or advice from regulars? :)
Long post alert!! For zoos this size you'd usually expect to see meerkats, ring-tailed lemurs, farm animals etc, but Amazona have done well to...
And with regards to food, we just got (very average) sandwiches and burgers in the zoo like you said and then we ate in the hotel in the evenings....
Beavers are not common at all in European zoos so I was excited to see one! Amazing how a species can be so common for one visitor to see but a...
I'd start with the zoo first, it opens at 8am most days I think, then I'd leave the NHM until later in the day, there was a line going down the...
Also from Europe, thoroughly enjoyed the zoo here, agree with the previous post saying that the small mammal house and reptile house are not to be...
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