This zoo is awesome with so many animals and areas for children to have fun when they get restless…read moreor tired of looking at the animals. there are areas for families to have a picnic and there are several different food service areas to grab a bite to eat or a drink. As an adult I found the selection of animals to be pretty nice. You can go inside the bird aviary and one of the monkey pens so you can get up close. I thought that the giraffes and hippos were beautiful. Lots of flamingos and other birds to see as well. there were many educational Displays throughout the zoo to teach the children and adults more about sustainability and the natural habitats where the animals came from. I understand that they have a breeding program. there is also a nice display with dinosaurs including a merry go round and play area with the jurassic Park theme.

From the owner: Midden in het Zuid-Limburgse heuvellandschap, in een prachtige, bosrijke omgeving ligt één van de…read moremooiste dierentuinen van Europa: GaiaZOO. Tijdens je wereldreis ontdek je vier gebieden; Taiga, Limburg, Rainforest en Savanna en sta je oog in oog met meer dan 150 unieke en bedreigde diersoorten. Ontdek leeuwen, giraffen, gorilla’s, neushoorns, rode panda’s en veelvraten. De spannende touwbruggen en klimtorens die je tegenkomt zorgen voor uren speelplezier en in de sfeervolle lodges geniet je van wereldse gerechten. GaiaZOO is met trots al meerdere keren bekroond tot leukste uitje van Nederland.

Disappointing would be an understatement. We decided to visit this park on a sunny mid-November…read moreSunday. I checked to make sure they're still open during Winter and sure enough it said 10:00-16:00 with the Birds of Prey show happening at 15:00 on weekends. I was well aware that the rides, snack stands, and other atractions would be closed but we went only to see the animals. When we got to the entrance at 14:30 I even asked one more time to make sure the bird show was still on for 15:00 and the cashier rudely told me there was no reason why it wouldn't take place. The park itself is not very nice compared to others we've been to like Potzberg. Especially the building with the meerkats is completely run down and I feel sorry for the few animals they have since there is obviously no effort to make the enclosures comfortable or interesting for them. We saw two meerkats cuddling together and shivering because they were so cold. We really looked forward to seeing the bears but the whole area was taped off with signs that the bears are already in hibernation. Well, they are actually not. We could see each of the three bears from a distance locked in 3m x 3m steel cages with concrete floors, banging on the doors because they wanted to get out. Oh, and guess what? The bird show never happened. There were about 25 people waiting but nobody ever showed up. No explanation, no apologies...simply nobody showed up. So we left, feeling sad for the animals there and ripped-off because we paid full price for a whole lot of nothing. We definitely won't ever go back, not even in the summer.