All zoos to visit in the Netherlands

Experience the wonders of wildlife at 42 zoos in the Netherlands. These zoos provide a home for various animal species and offer educational programs on animal conservation.

Are you an animal lover looking for a fun day out? Here are the top zoos in the Netherlands:

  1. Diergaarde Blijdorp1

    Diergaarde Blijdorp

     Rotterdam
    Diergaarde Blijdorp is one of the largest and oldest zoos in the Netherlands. It consists of several parts. The Oceanium is situated at the main entrance and contains many different fish. In addition, Diergaarde Blijdorp is divided into continents. It features the Arctic area, the North America area
  2. Burgers' Zoo2

    Burgers' Zoo

     Arnhem
    In Burgers' Zoo, visitors travel around the world. The animals live in 'eco-displays’ that simulate the natural habitat of the animals. Burgers' Zoo has the world's largest indoor rainforest in which thousands of mammals, reptiles, birds and fish life. It also features ‘Burgers’ Desert’ with camels,
  3. Online discount!Artis Royal Zoo3

    Artis Royal Zoo

     Amsterdam
    Artis is the oldest zoo in the Netherlands that opened its doors in 1838. The zoo features 27 historic buildings, of which most date from the 19th century. Because of this, Artis has a distinctive charm and a historical dimension that lacks in more modern zoos. The monumental aquarium contains tropi
  4. Sealcenter Pieterburen4

    Sealcenter Pieterburen

     Pieterburen
    Sealcenter Pieterburen, located in the quaint village of Pieterburen in the Netherlands, is a rescue center dedicated to the care and rehabilitation of seals. The center was formerly known as Seal Nursery Pieterburen, reflecting its initial focus on caring for young orphaned seals. Today, the center provides care for sick and weakened seals of all ages, with the aim of releasing them back into the wild once they have recovered.
  5. Safaripark Beekse Bergen5

    Safaripark Beekse Bergen

     Hilvarenbeek
    Safaripark Beekse Bergen is the largest wildlife park in the Benelux. Visitors can come face to face with wild animals.
  6. Apenheul Primate Park6

    Apenheul Primate Park

     Apeldoorn
    The Apenheul Primate Park is a zoo where visitors walk among monkeys. Among other animals, it features squirrel monkeys, apes, gorillas and orangutans.
  7. Dierentuin GaiaZOO7

    Dierentuin GaiaZOO

     Kerkrade
    In the GaiaZOO the visitor travels across the world in one day. From Africa to the rainforests of the Amazon and to the far North. The includes gorillas, rhinos, giraffes, cheetahs and lions. In addition it contains animals that are found in no other zoos in the Netherlands, including musk foxes, wo
  8. DierenPark Amersfoort8

    DierenPark Amersfoort

     Amersfoort
    DierenPark Amersfoort is a wooded zoo that contains rhinos, monkeys, bears, tigers, hyenas, elephants, and various birds.
  9. Dolfinarium Harderwijk9

    Dolfinarium Harderwijk

     Harderwijk
    Dolfinarium Harderwijk is dedicated to dolphins. It features ten different shows with the dolphins and their trainers. After the show, visitors can come face to face with the dolphins in the underwater room. Besides dolphins, it also contains walruses, porpoises, sea lions, seals, rays and sharks.
  10. Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen10

    Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen

     Rhenen
    Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen is a zoo with various attractions. It includes the Gorilla Adventure which is separated by an eleven meter gap. In an eighty meters tunnel, visitors get acquainted with the sounds of the jungle. It also features ‘RavotAapia’, Europe's largest indoor play jungle and a sea
  11. Pantropica11

    Pantropica

     Luttelgeest
    Take your compass bearing on Pantropica and discover the most beautiful highlights of the tropics. Travel half the world in one day and create cherished memories in the most spectacular locations. A must-do for the adventurer, a must-see for the nature lover, and highly recommended for families!
  12. Mondo Verde12

    Mondo Verde

     Landgraaf
    Mondo Verde in Landgraaf is a 25-acre, theme and amusement park. The emphasis in the park is on international gardens with their associated culture, but it also features animals. Exhibits include Chinese gardens, vegetation from Morocco or northern Russia and a desert. In the park, visitors discover
  13. Vogelpark Avifauna13

    Vogelpark Avifauna

     Alphen aan Den Rijn
    At Avifauna Bird Park, visitors are introduced to hundreds of different birds, including the American bald eagle, the giant toucan, the blue-yellow macaw and the white-necked sapphire, the smallest species of bird seen in European zoos. Flamingos live in the Cuban brackish water swamp, and in the Ph
  14. Dierenrijk14

    Dierenrijk

     Nuenen
    Dierenrijk is a zoo especially aimed at children.Children experience what it is like to climb like a ibex, to sit on a stick like a chicken or to walk like a stork. Dierenrijk also organizes regular themed events and live performances and daily feeding presentations take place.
  15. Zoo Veldhoven15

    Zoo Veldhoven

     Veldhoven
    Zoo Veldhoven is home to a variety of exotic animals. You can see colorful birds and special animals not often encountered in the Netherlands. Among other things, Zoo Veldhoven has several aviaries and a raptor enclosure.
  16. Zoo Parc Overloon16

    Zoo Parc Overloon

     Overloon
    Zoo Parc Overloon is home to several well-known and rare animal species. Among them are cheetahs, Alaotrabamboemakis, African wild dogs, Vietnamese sika deer, white-wang gibbons, bear martens, meerkats, raccoons and Bennett wallabies. There is also a botanical garden, a butterfly valley and the Pand
  17. SEA LIFE Scheveningen17

    SEA LIFE Scheveningen

     Scheveningen
    SEA LIFE Scheveningen is a sea aquarium with over 45 aquariums. Among others, you can see sea turtles, black tip reef sharks, exotic rays, sea stars and corals. But also more familiar species such as cod and lobster. In an underwater tunnel, the sea turtles and sharks swim above the visitors. There
  18. Fort Kijkduin18

    Fort Kijkduin

     Den Helder
    Fort Kijkduin is a Napoleonic fort from 1811. It is part of the Defence Line of Den Helder. In the fort is a museum about the history of Den Helder, especially about the French and German times. There is also a unique North Sea aquarium on display, where children can feed and pet sharks and rays! Th
  19. Berkenhof's Tropical Zoo19

    Berkenhof's Tropical Zoo

     Kwadendamme
    Birchhof's Tropical Zoo is a 1,400-square-meter indoor jungle that houses butterflies, birds, reptiles and insects. There is also a walking garden where visitors will find themselves in Oriental atmospheres.
  20. Dierenpark De Oliemeulen20

    Dierenpark De Oliemeulen

     Tilburg
    Dierenpark De Oliemeulen calls itself the strangest animal park in the Netherlands. Among other things, there is a two-headed snake, an owl, a gecko and a miniature horse. There is also a nursery with various small animals such as tiny meerkats and tiny eyelash geckos, coal-burning turtles and vario
  21. Kasteelpark Born21

    Kasteelpark Born

     Born
    Born Castle Park is a zoo located on the land where the castle's ornamental garden used to be. Swans, geese and ducks swim in the castle moats. But visitors also pass deer, predators, monkeys, alpacas, porcupines and many other animal species. In addition, there is the Tickle House, where walking br
  22. Aqua Zoo Friesland22

    Aqua Zoo Friesland

     Leeuwarden
    Aqua Zoo Friesland houses mainly animals that live in and around water. On display are penguins, seals, carp, windes, sea bears, red pandas and meerkats, among others. Ring-tailed lemurs roam freely among the visitors. There is also a playground for children.
  23. Sea Aquarium Bergen aan Zee23

    Sea Aquarium Bergen aan Zee

     Bergen aan Zee
    The Sea Aquarium is the only place in the Netherlands where you will find fish from all the world's oceans. Our extensive collection includes not only the cold waters of the North Sea, but also the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and all tropical seas. More than 40 aquariums, arranged by temperatu
  24. Butterfly garden Vlindorado24

    Butterfly garden Vlindorado

     Waarland
    🦋 What is Vlindertuin Vlindorado? Vlindertuin Vlindorado is one of the largest indoor butterfly gardens in Europe, located in a spacious greenhouse in Waarland, North Holland. Thanks to the tropical temperature and high humidity, you’ll feel like you're in a colorful rainforest, surrounded by exoti
  25. Reptielen Zoo Iguana25

    Reptielen Zoo Iguana

     Vlissingen
    Reptile Zoo Iguana is home to large lizards, iguanas and snakes. Iguana takes care of animals that can not return to their natural habitat. At the entrance a rock python is exhibited in a terrarium. Further on in the zoo are venomous lizards, chameleons, snapping turtles, frogs and various other sna
  26. Natuurmuseum Fryslân26

    Natuurmuseum Fryslân

     Leeuwarden
    The Natuurmuseum Fryslân is housed in a former orphanage. The central theme of the museum is the nature of Friesland. The museum consists of four floors with animals, plants, information, assignments and experiments. Doing and experiencing are important in the museum. The collection consists of appr
  27. Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen27

    Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen

     Emmen
    Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen is an adventure theme park with three areas: Jungola, Serenga, and Nortica.
  28. AquaZoo-Leerdam28

    AquaZoo-Leerdam

     Leerdam
    Aqua Zoo Leerdam consists of a large area of 400 m2 with more than 40 aquariums and terrariums with a capacity of 40 000 liters of water. In the underwater zoo, visitors learn about underwater life. Visitors are introduced to many species of fresh and saltwater fish, such as sharks, piranhas, starfi
  29. Van Blanckendaell Park29

    Van Blanckendaell Park

     Tuitjenhorn
    Blanckendaell Park consists of a zoo with both farm animals such as donkeys and goats, as well as exotic animals such as the penguins or the parrot. There is also a small museum where the visitor goes back in time with a collection of antique agricultural tools.
  30. Dierenpark Zie-Zoo30

    Dierenpark Zie-Zoo

     Volkel
    Animal Park See-ZOO is a zoo and breeding center. It is home to a variety of animal species from almost every continent. Among others, owls, kangaroos and ducks can be seen. The zoo also houses remarkable animal species, including the Clouded leopard, Tayra and the American black bear.
  31. Uilen- en dierenpark de Paay31

    Uilen- en dierenpark de Paay

     Beesd
    Owl and animal park the Paay is home to camels, meerkats, cranes and porcupines, among others. There is also a kangaroo meadow with kangaroos and an owl forest where several species of owls can be seen.
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    Reptielenhuis De Aarde

     Breda
    Reptile House The Earth is a small tropical jungle. The reptile house houses various lizards, crocodiles and snakes, among others. To mimic the natural habitat, it is always around 22 to 25 degrees Celsius.
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    Taman Indonesia

     Kallenkote
    Taman Indonesia is an animal park that features all kinds of animals from Indonesia. The park is home to the Binturong, Bali starling, Loewaks and Malayan Wood Owls, among others. Also on display are Muntjaks, a small species of deer. There is also a focus on culture at the zoo that includes the way
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    Plaswijckpark Dierenwijck

     Rotterdam
    Dierenwijck is the zoo of Plaswijckpark Rotterdam. The Plaswijckpark is a family park. In Dierenwijck live animal species like monkeys, wallabies, black swans, otters and goats, but also special animals like vari's, nandoes and alpacas.
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    Falconcrest Valkerij Centrum en Roofvogelpark

     Eindhoven
    Falconcrest is a falconry center and bird of prey park. It is the largest bird of prey park in the Netherlands. Among others, there are buzzards, eagles, falcons, owls and vultures. Visitors can participate in birds of prey demonstrations to learn about the birds up close.
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    Vogelpark De Lorkeershoeve

     Lutten
    Bird Park The Lorkeershoeve is home to one hundred and twenty different species of birds from all continents. Among them are parakeets, parrots, cockatoos, birds of prey, fruit and insect eaters, quacks, ibises, kookaburras, violet toucans, pheasants, pigeons and water birds. For children, there is
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    Reptielenzoo Serpo

     Rijswijk
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    Dierenpark MeerZoo

     Marknesse
    Dierenpark MeerZoo is a combination of an animal park, playground, care farm and a petting zoo. The zoo focuses on animals from North, Central and South America. Among others, the zoo houses turkeys, owls, pigs, parrots, skunks, walking branches and various reptiles such as snakes and lizards.
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    DoeZoo Insektenwereld

     Leens
    In DoeZoo Insect World, visitors put themselves in the shoes of insects. DoeZoo seeks to show children how beautiful and important insects are.
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    Faunapark Flakkee

     Nieuwe-Tonge
    Faunapark Flakkee is an animal park that includes owls, deer, kangaroos, goats, rabbits and various predators. The park is structured like a city park with animal enclosures around it.
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    Artisklas Haarlem

     Haarlem
    Artis class Haarlem is a mini zoo that consists of an outdoor area with four houses that house different animals. There is also a diorama with eight biotopes.
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    Dierenpark SanjesZoo

     De Westereen
    SanjesZoo zoo is a combination of a (children's) farm as a zoo. SanjesZoo is home to some forty different animal species, consisting of goats, rabbits, chickens, nose bears, camels and ostriches, among others. The park is also home to Nature Museum Bruinenberg.