Zoo of Jurques
Region : Basse Normandie
Description:
More than 650 animals are in this park that is 17 hectares wide.The zoo is organized along several axes:
- Children's Corner, with the mini farm, the space healer, the zoolympique stage, the area of games and the school of the zoo,
- The Plains and thematic zoo, with the African plains, South American and Australian, the maki catta park, the mountains of Africa, the jungle parrots, the islands of monkeys,
- Animals of Africa, giraffes, zebras, lions, servals, porcupines, baboons, meerkats, cheetahs and of course the emblematic animal of the zoo, the white lion ,
- Animals of Madagascar, with red maki or Macao ones, and with the whistlings,
- Animals of Asia, with the tigers of Siberia, panthers, otters, snowy owls,
- Animals of South America, with many varieties of birds, iguanas and boa constrictor,
- Animals of North America and Europe, with cougars, owls, raccoons and prairie dogs,
- Animals of Australia, with emeux, wallaby, shellfish or cocoa rosalbin.
This list is obviously not exhaustive.
Planning:
The zoo is open according to the schedule available here. Disclaimer : The management team of the destination has the possibility to change the opening days and hours without prior communication.Comments:
The zoo organizes events such as:- Contact with snakes,
- The meal of penguins,
- The land of wolves,
- The taste of lemurs
Finally, it is to note that the zoo open from 8:00 p.m. to midnight from the 28th to the 31st of July, 2011, to discover the night life of animals.
We hope this event will be repeated.
Address:
Parc Zoologique de Jurques, 14260 La Butte, JurquesJurques is located at 20 minutes of Caen, via the highway A84, sortie 42.
Jurques : N 49°01'07'', O 00°44'28''
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