Monday 6 October 2014

Colchester Zoo

Colchester Zoo
We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo. 
 You can come too, too, too. 
We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo... 

As a child I loved visiting the zoo. I have been to lots of zoo's in the UK and the world, but I only rate a few. 

Colchester Zoo is one of the UK's finest zoo's, with over 270 species in 60 acres. It is a relaxed zoo with lots of animal exhibits, that offer a very hands on experience. 

'Kingdom of the Wild' is one of the best exhibits in the zoo. It houses a number of African species including giraffes, maneless zebras, white rhinos and ostriches, all living together in the Zoo's very own Savannah. 


Colchester Zoo
Colchester zoo
Colchester Zoo
Make sure you don't miss the daily feeding times of the animals. At Colchester you can get up close to loads of animals to help feed the elephants and giraffes. As a special birthday treat you can also pay for an experience to train and feed some of the animals.
Colchester Zoo
'Lion Rock' - I wouldn't like to come across this fella on a dark night. What do you recon my chances would be? I think he might add me to his foodie blog. 
Colchester Zoo
'Suricate sands' - houses the Meerkats. Now for those of you who thought they only existed on TV, they are real animals. Whilst I didn't see Sergei the meerkat I did spot this little one, that reminded me of Oleg.
Meerkats

'Penguin shores' - houses the Humboldt Penguin's. Penguins always make me laugh they are such wonderful creatures. 
Colchester Zoo
Colchester Zoo
Now whilst they are birds that cannot fly, they spend half their time on land and sea. They also can drink sea water which is pretty cool. 
Colchester Zoo
Colchester Zoo
'Australian rainbows' opened in 2014 which is has a new tropical walk through. You can buy nectar which encourages the rainbow parrots to join you. 
Colchester zoo
The zoo supports conservation in the wild, supporting a number of projects around the world to help protect endangered species

In 2013 the zoo celebrated its 50th birthday. It is a lovely zoo, with friendly and knowledgeable staff which I highly recommend. 

What is your favourite zoo and animal? 

Tickets for: 
Adults £19.99
Children (3-14) £13.99

Colchester Zoo
Maldon Road, Stanway,
Colchester, Essex, 
CO3 0SL

Opening hours visit here 

Colchester Zoo


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23 comments:

  1. I've been to many zoos but Colchester has always been my favourite. We always used to save up our Tesco points and get Day Out vouchers to visit and then get up early and drive from Norwich.

    It is the very best Zoo, I love how its landscaped, there's so much space and out of all the zoos I think it has the best enclosures for the animals.

    I'm a little obsessed with giraffes so I love that you can feed them, that's always my favourite part of the day!

    Chloe x
    newgirlintoon.co.uk

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    1. I really love giraffes too wonderful animals. It is a beautiful zoo and one that I have visited many times Lucy x

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  2. Ha, you know me, if it's animals, I'm there. I've never visited a "zoo" in England, but have done the Taronga Zoo in Australia. I appreciate places that are more of an "animal refuge" than the traditional, horrible zoos we have here in America. And the "famous" circuses that travel here in the US - never go. And I don't patronize the zoos here either.

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    1. Zoos are very hit and miss. It is important that the animals are looked after. I too don't do animal circuses Lucy x

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  3. Oh man! Beautiful giraffes! I love giraffes so much :)

    Corinne x
    www.skinnedcartree.com

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    1. Giraffes are my favouirte animal they are such gentle giants and they have a giant blue tongue Lucy x

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  4. I love going to the zoo as a child and I honestly wish I'd visit our local zoo more often now. It's awesome that the zoo has a feeding/training program, that sounds like a lot of fun! Love the last photo of the parrot eating out of your(?) hand, what an experience!

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    1. Zoos that have conservation I love especially if they are in natural environments as much as possible. The feeding and training element is brilliant Lucy x

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  5. Ah, I love visiting the zoo! It's always such a fab day out! :D

    Style Sunrise☀

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  6. I haven't been to a zoo for ages, it's sad that animals have to be in cages but it's necessary for conservation sometimes I guess. This isn't even that far from me, have to put it on my wishlist of places to go! x

    Josie’s Journal

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    1. I am picky about zoos they are not all brilliant. But colchester is definitely one of the better ones and the staff really are knowledgable and care for the animals Lucy x

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  7. A trip to the zoo! How fun. I love the shots you got with the giraffe. They are so adorable.Looks like you had a lot of fun.

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    1. It was fun feeding the giraffes is ace Lucy x

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  8. Oh my goodness! That monkey is beyond adorable. This zoo looks great but my absolute favourite zoo is the one in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico… you can actually buy little goodie bags full of food to hand feed all of the animals. I know, Mexico would be super far for you, but if you ever get the chance you need to check it out ;)

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    1. Sounds wonderful I will have to add this to the list Lucy x

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  9. I love Colchester Zoo! It looks like you had a great time, I think the giraffes and the penguins are my favourites :) xx

    Toasty

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    1. It is a lovely zoo great choices of animals. Defitely love giraffes but meerkats are cheeky little creatures too Lucy x

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  10. Yay! I love visiting zoos and aquariums! We went to 3 in two and a half weeks on our honeymoon! My favourite zoo is Chester Zoo ( have you been watching Our Zoo? ) it's really near my in laws house so we go quite a lot and my favourite animals are the penguins! I love love love them, so I was pretty exciyed to see so many pictures here! x

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    1. Aquariums are another favourite they are very relaxing. Penguins are sweet they are very graceful. I have seen some wonderful enclosures but would love to see them in the wild. Hope all is good with you Lucy x

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  11. We haven't been to a zoo in years! Our mum adores giraffes; they are such lovely animals. Really want to go to the zoo now; your post has inspired us to go again :-) Glad you had a fun time.

    x Roch & Tash x
    www.next-route-style.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Giraffes are wonder creatures considering they are so huge they are very graceful Lucy x

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  12. The close interaction is a really interesting concept, a lot of zoos don't really go in for it. These are some lovely photographs :)

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