How many zoos/aquariums have you visited?

I've counted 25 zoos through my life and I'm 32 yo... so I'm depressed to see these great numbers at the first page of the post, and that 15yo boy that have been in 23 zoos, including three in my own country that I never visited! Seriously, I need a rich mate that take me traveling together to zoos of the world, haha.

 

In total I've been to 43 zoos in my life

Amazon World Zoo Park
Banham Zoo
Blackpool Zoo
Blue Planet Aquarium
Borth Animalarium
Bristol Zoo Gardens
Chester Zoo
Colchester Zoo
Cotswold Wildlife Park
Drayton Manor Park & Zoo
Dublin Zoo
Dudley Zoo Gardens
Edinburgh Zoo
Exmoor Zoo
Flamingo Land
Gentleshaw Wildlife Park
Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom
Isle Of Wight Zoo
Knowsley Safari Park
Linton Zoological Gardens
Living Coasts
Longleat Safari Park
Manor Wildlife Park
Marwell Wildlife
Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm
Paignton Zoo
Peak Wildlife Park
Reasheath Zoo
Sea Life Birmingham
Sea Life Blackpool
Sea Life London
Sea Life Weymouth
South Lakes Safari Zoo
The Deep
Tropiquaria
Twycross Zoo
Welsh Mountain Zoo
West Midlands Safari Park
Woburn Safari Park
Yorkshire Wildlife Park
ZSL London Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

 

Now I'm on 60.

~Thylo

 

Two weeks ago today..I did number 750 - Kinderzoo Knie in Switzerland, together with at least 3 other zoochatters( apologies to Nick if he is one too).Considering it is supposedly a childrens zoo ,and owned by a circus, it wasnt bad at all.I had expected much less/worse!

 

Currently at 95 and approaching 100, as discussed on this thread: http://www.zoochat.com/2/help-choose-my-100th-zoo-463439/

 

I hit 380 a few weeks ago. Now that I'm working in an area with plenty of new zoos I was expecting to have hit 400 by the end of the year without much effort (which would be very impressive!), but that's now looking unlikely due to work commitments and cost limitations - I've not been to a zoo for almost two months! Having said that, a Spanish trip later this week might yield a couple of new places and push me closer.

 

I turned 16 about two weeks ago and I've now been to 89 zoological facilities

89. Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute

Sadly I only saw about 15 animals there, because although they were open, they didn't give public access to most of the animal enclosures.

To avoid clogging up this thread more (sorry about the frequent earlier postings I made), I'll go ahead and post #90, which will be in a week from today:

90. Duke Lemur Center

 

It's not all about the numbers...

~Thylo

 

I know, and I agree. I simply added my age in regards to Kakapo's post about age. I've been very fortunate to be able to visit all the facilities.

 

Argh, haha.
So, jayjds, maybe you can be that rich mate that take me from zoo to zoo XD
Actually, I would not visit zoos or animal collections if they don't have some species that I lack in my photo collection. But of course, usually they does ;-) With 90 zoos, for sure you must have seen many incredible dreamed species!

 

I'm far from rich- as my father is military, we have moved a lot. I've lived in nine different houses, and accessing such a wide variety of zoos is a lot easier for me. Also, most of my family is in one state, and I often pick up a few when driving to see them.

 

Yep, a so traveling lifestyle for sure helps a lot in the zoo visiting compilation

 

I recently reached 100 zoos and that was Zoomarine in Portugal. I visit around 25 zoos a year but mainly repeats of the same zoos with only 5-10 new zoos a year.

 

"Only"????... and I considere myself lucky when I can have te opportunity to visit more than one zoo at a year!

 

I still have a lot of catching up to do from the sounds of things! I will have visited 42 by the end of the year!!

 

Just back from a three weeks trip that included visits to ten different zoos, five of them new for me. So my updated list have increased to 56 and looks like this:

Spain:

Zoo de Barcelona
Aquarium de Barcelona
Parc de les Aus (now closed)
Marineland Costa Brava
Marineland Mallorca
Aviario de Mallorca (now closed)
Safari de Mallorca.
Acuario de Porto Cristo
Zoo Aquarium de Madrid
Zoo Parque Grande (now closed)
Faunia
Mundomar Benidorm
Rioleón safari
L´Oceanogràfic
Zoo de Valencia (now closed)
Bioparc Valencia
Jardín del Papagayo
Zoo de Fuengirola
Selwo Marina
Zoo de Jerez de la Frontera
La Cañada de los Pájaros
Zoo de Guadalajara
Aviapark La Muela
Acuario de Zaragoza
Minizoo del Ebro (now closed)
Zoo Koki
Zoo de Santillana del Mar
Cabárceno
Acuario de San Sebastián
Parque ornitológico Los Molinos (now closed)
Senda Viva

France:

Zoo d´Asson
Parc Animalier des Pyrénées
Museé de la Mer Biarritz

Portugal:

Zoomarine
Zoo de Lagos
Zoo de Lisboa
Oceanario Lisboa

Netherlands:

Veldhoven Papegaaienpark
Apenheul
Harderwijk Dolfinarium
Avifauna Vogelpark
Burger´s Zoo
Artis Zoo (including Micropia)

Germany:

Duisburg Zoo
Weltvogelpark Walsrode
Berlin Zoo & Aquarium
Tierpark Berlin

Czech Republic:

Prague Zoo
Plzen Zoo

USA:

Bronx Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Prospect Park Zoo
Queens Zoo
San Diego Zoo
SeaWorld San Diego

 

128 different public collections in 21 countries or territories on 4 continents. Half of them in Germany, and about 9 somewhat iffy in terms of size or number of species.

 

Added some more since 2014.

Dutch Zoos
1. Apenheul
2. Aqua Zoo Friesland
3. Artis Natura Magistra
4. Avifauna
5. Burgers Zoo
6. Dierenpark Amersfoort
7. Dierenpark Emmen
8. Dierenpark Reptielenpark de Oliemeulen
9. Dierenpark Wissel Epe
10. Dierenrijk Mierlo
11. Diergaarde Blijdorp
12. Dolfinarium Harderwijk
13. GaiaZoo Kerkrade
14. Natuurpark Insectenwereld
15. Ouwehands Dierenpark
16. Safaripark Beekse Bergen
17. Wildlands Emmen
18. Zeehondencrèche Pieterburen
19. Zooparc Overloon

German Zoos
20. Alwetterzoo Münster
21. Berlin Zoological Garden
22. Dortmund Zoo
23. Duisburg Zoo
24. Euregiozoo Aachen
25. Greifvögelpark Saarburg
26. Kaiserslautern Zoo
27. Köln Zoo
28. Krefeld Zoo
29. Naturwildpark Freisen
30. Saarbrücken Zoo
31. Tierpark Berlin
32. Tierpark Hagenbeck Hamburg
33. TIerpark Merzig
34. Tierpark Schönewald
35. Weltvogelpark Walsrode
36. Wilhelma Stuttgart
37. Wolfspark Merzig
38. Zoo Leipzig
39. Zoo Wuppertal
40. ZOOM Erlebniswelt

Belgian Zoos
41. Antwerpen Zoo
42. Pairi Daiza
43. Planckendael

French Zoos
44. Aquarium Nausicaa
45. Aquarium de Noirmoutier
46. Zoo Mulhouse
47. Zoo de Palmyre Royan
48. Zoo des Sables D’Olonne

English Zoos
49. Blue Planet Aquarium Chester
50. Chester Zoo
51. Colchester Zoo
52. London Zoo

Polish Zoos
53. Nowe Zoo Poznan
54. Stare Zoo Poznan
55. Zoo Wroclaw

Czech Zoos
56. Zoo Plzen
57. Zoo Prague

Austrian Zoos
58. Tiergarten Schönbrunn Vienna

Swiss Zoos
59. Zoo Basel

African Zoos
60. Friguia Park (Tunesia)
60. Perry’s Bridge Reptile Park (South-Africa)

American Zoos
62. Animal Kingdom Orlando (Florida)
63. Busch Gardens Tampa (Florida)
64. Gatorland (Florida)
65. Los Angeles Zoo (California)
66. San Diego Zoo (California)
67. Sea World Orlando (Florida)
68. Sea World San Diego (California)

 

Nearly all my zoos and aquariums lately have been revisits, because I have lived in Virginia before. That being said, I never posted 91, and just got 92 after a weekend in Florida. However, I have also gone through my list of facilities and taken out two that were pushing the definition of a zoological facility. My total now stands exactly at 90:

89. Greensboro Science Center (last year sometime)
90. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Visitor Center and Aquarium

I think that my list is now solidified. I do count Moody Gardens Rainforest and Aquarium as two zoos, because they're two separate buildings with two separate admission prices. If anyone wants to make a case for why they shouldn't, feel free.

 

I may as well note that I'm on 100 now, two blocks up from what I originally voted as. My trip to the Czech Republic in January pushed me up with Jihlava as my 100th zoo.