Advantages: Lots of conservation work going on Disadvantages: The plight of the polar bear is distressing
Palmrye Zoo is on the west cost of France in the Charente region, it's located between Saintes and La Rochelle. It boasts of having 1600 animal and being 30 acres of the most important zoological garden in France. Finding the zoo is reasonably simple, unless you have a strange satnav (as we did) who likes to take you on a magical mystery tour first. For people without satnav, the roads are well signposted from several miles out. General information ... ...9am-7pm April to September, 9am-6pm rest of year. Sea lion and parrot shows run from April to end of October. The zoo is wheelchair accessible. Parking is free, dogs are not allowed in the zoo, even on leads. The entry price is reasonable at adults: Euro 14 and children 3-12: Euro 10. Onto the animals themselves, there is a good range of animals, as you enter the park you are greeted with a flock of flamingoes. There were actually far more flamingoes ...
Fiver29 08.06.2009
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