Bike Touring Highlight
Location: Krenglbach, Wels, Upper Austria, Austria
On an area of 14 hectares you will encounter gorillas, Siberian tigers, rhinos, cheetahs, red pandas, a colorful group of flamingos, giraffes, crocodiles, numerous exotic birds and around 2,000 other animals.
The large indoor adventure area in the aqua zoo and arthropod zoo make Schmiding a weather-independent excursion destination. The Aquazoo is home to Austria's largest marine aquarium with reef sharks and many other fascinating sea creatures. You will experience a fascinating journey through time through evolution with life-size dinosaur models, piranhas, seahorses, armadillos, and much more. There are also spacious indoor and outdoor adventure playgrounds.
An absolute highlight at Schmiding Zoo is certainly the Gorillabai - home to Austria's only gorillas. But also the viewing plateau at the African savannah, which allows visitors to stand face to face with the 6m high giraffes, the spectacular natural habitat for Siberian tigers, the 1 hectare savannah with a wallow for the white rhinos, a group of zebras, ostriches and Sable antelopes, the world's largest walk-in bird of prey enclosure, where powerful vultures can be observed up close and without grid separation, and the huge tropical house with sloths, playful short-clawed otters, curious ruffed lemurs, numerous exotic birds, lazy crocodiles and much more. offer fascinating insights into the animal world.
May 23, 2023
Vitalwelt vouchers are accepted.
Hardly any other zoo allows visitors to experience the animals as closely as in Schmiding Zoo. From lively giraffes to Siberian tigers to Austria's only gorillas, this zoo has an animal to suit every taste. Vultures and eagles with wingspans of up to 3 m can be encountered up close in the world's largest walk-in bird of prey enclosure.
A pure jungle atmosphere awaits you in the tropical house - lush tropical vegetation, colorful birds, lazy crocodiles, cheeky monkeys and sloths impress in this habitat.
Sea lovers will get their money's worth at the Aquazoo. In the huge sea aquarium you can meet reef sharks, a 110 kg sea turtle and many other fascinating water creatures such as piranhas, anemone fish and surgeon fish.
In the Evolution Museum you can experience an exciting journey through time: from dinosaurs, artifacts from ancient cultures to current topics such as artificial intelligence and robotics.
Children can find games, fun and action on three adventure playgrounds. A 100m2 jumping trampoline, an 8m high slide tower, a zip line and a pirate ship make children's hearts beat faster
January 25, 2022
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