Zoo and menagerie guide

Les Grands Mornings at the Parc des Félins de Lumigny: watch the lions eat their meal

Would you like to have breakfast with the lions? This is the unique experience offered by the Parc des Félins de Lumigny, just an hour from Paris, one Saturday a month from April to October!

Jardin d'Acclimatation, the amusement park in the heart of Paris

Once again, the Jardin d'Acclimatation welcomes us for some fun and relaxation. This amusement park for small children offers 40 attractions for children from 1 year of age, an educational farm and restaurants on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne at the gateway to Paris.

Le Potager des Princes, a remarkable garden and lively animal park

The Potager des Princes or Parc de la Faisanderie is one of the outstanding gardens of the Île-de-France region. Located in Chantilly, this historic park features waterfalls and fountains, trelliswork, a flowering kitchen garden, a Japanese garden, orchards and topiaries... Since 2013, the park has also been home to an animal park, with a veritable farmyard (chickens, rabbits, sheep, goats, pony, donkey, dwarf horse, etc.). Numerous activities for children are organized throughout the year: rabbit races, chicken races and orchestras, sheepdog work.

Good plan for families: the Paris Zoological Park is free for children under 13 years old, the weekend of March 25-26

This is the good plan for this weekend of March 25 and 26, 2023: this Saturday and Sunday, children under 13 years old get free admission to the Parc Zoologique de Paris (or Zoo de Vincennes), for the inauguration of the brand new season of the place, Predators.

La Serre aux Papillons in La Queue-lez-Yvelines, a tropical jungle near Paris

Forty kilometers from Paris, in the Yvelines, nestles an atypical and exciting place for the whole family, a butterfly greenhouse! Located in La Queue-lez-Yvelines, it was the very first tropical greenhouse in France to welcome these colorful and exotic insects, particularly graceful.

Beauval Zoo, tips and tricks for visiting the park

Beauval Zoo, ranked 4th most beautiful zoo in the world, is home to no less than 35,000 animals, including giant pandas (the only ones in France). To make the most of your visit over 1 or 2 days, we've put together some tips to help you avoid wasting time and getting tired.

Covid: restaurants, museums, bars, movie theaters, gyms... to reopen from mid-May?

As cultural life is almost at a standstill for months, and that restaurants, gyms, bars, places of nightlife are closed for even longer, Emmanuel Macron has just given hope to the French: in his address on March 31, the French President announced the reopening agenda of all these places will start on May 15, 2021.

Jardin des Plantes menagerie unfit for animals’ wellbeing?

The Paris Animaux Zoopolis association – working to defend animals – accuses the Menagerie of the Jardin des Plantes to be too dilapidated to provide animals it houses with a comfortable accommodation.

Coronavirus: Paris Zoo switches to confinement time

Amid the coronavirus epidemic, despite being able to go to Paris zoo, families can go on their laptops to discover the different entertainments provided by the Zoo de Vincennes on its website. All you need to keep you busy while confined!

PARIS ZOO RUN at Paris Vincennes zoological garden

The PARIS ZOO RUN is the first race for the conservation and protection of endangered species expects families and sportsmen at the Parc Zoologique de Paris on Sunday October 15, 2017.

Meet the caretakers of the Jardin des Plantes menagerie

The caretakers at La Menagerie, the oldest zoo in Paris, take you and your children on a tour of the animals' lives and work. You'll learn all about the animals' diet, care and daily life, from the tortoises to the pandas and orangutans.

Drive-through safari: a guided tour in the heart of the Zoo de Thoiry

Zoo de Thoiry as you’ve never seen it before! From July 15, 2017, Zoo de Thoiry offers guided tours within the pens thanks to a safari shuttle. For 90 minutes, we learn a lot about the 500 residents of the zoo. Bears, lions, wildebeests and hippos are closer than you can ever imagine.