The best family days out in London and beyond rated by kids and teens
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Whether it’s Tiger Territory, Gorilla Kingdom or the Land of the Lions that gets your eyes bulging, London Zoo is calling animal-lovers galore to come and wonder at its incredible range of rare and exotic species. From gigantic giraffes to plodding penguins, the zoo houses animals from every continent – there is even a nocturnal area where you can see what animals get up to when your eyes are shut. Interaction is also possible: either head to the Animal Adventure children’s zoo or try being a Junior Keeper for a Day.
The zoo offers a range of special events and workshops great for kids, such as its Silent Cinema, where well-loved animal films such as The Jungle Book are played at the zoo’s open-air cinema, after a visit to the featured film’s starring animal.
On a rainy day during Lockdown I visited ZSL London Zoo to do their Virtual Tour. The website was really good, it tells you about all of the ZSL Zoos and for the little ones it has a Zoo School.
I liked that they included loads of videos of all the animals because it makes you feel like you are actually there looking at the animals! I didn’t like that the videos were so short because sometimes you wanted to see more.
I give this virtual tour 10 out of 10, it’s amazing!
I love the zoo! Honestly, I don’t think the zoo loses it’s appeal at any age. Animal lover or not (although I am an animal lover), the zoo is so much fun. I loved seeing the amazing array of animals they had. Monkeys, Giraffes and even Lions. They had a really nice restaurant as well so we spent the whole day there which was a treat. As an added bonus, we got to see the reptile house where they filmed Harry Potter. That was pretty cool even though I don’t particularly like snakes!
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Ah we love London Zoo! The Harry Potter reptile house is a firm favourite. It looks pricey but we’ve honestly never spent less than a whole day there, so it ends up being VFM and a real treat.
It’s HUGE btw.
The membership is well worth it if you think you might go more than a couple of times a year…. takes the pressure off and you can just pop in for a couple of hours……