I rounded out my 13months in a row of seeing at least one panda a month by going to see the pandas in Vienna again at Schonbrunn Zoo – making my third trip on my annual pass covering a total of 5 days at the zoo. This pair is a definite favourite and it was great to finally experience Summer and warm weather in Vienna as it’s always been cold/Winter on my previous visits – Vienna and the zoo are both beautiful in the sun and I can’t wait to make more Summer visits in the future!
With 3 days spent at Ouwehands over June and July, and really some great weather, there was plenty to see and do at the zoo this past Summer season! I don’t think there were any new babies there on this visit from my previous trip in February, but I enjoyed catching up with the previous babies, especially the tiger triplets, they’re so active and playful, and have gotten so big! I didn’t see the new red panda cubs, but I did get plenty of view of mum/dad on both trips, they’re just so cute hanging there in the trees with their paws and tails dangling down^ On my July visit there was a very nice National Geographic exhibition on around the park with a great range of photos, this was a fun addition and I enjoyed coming across the photo boards on my way between animals.
As far as I can remember I’ve not been to see a panda on their birthday before – this year I decided to change that! For my July panda visit I took a weekend visit back to Ouwehands (again) specifically for Lang Yue’s 2nd birthday on the 12th of July 🎉🥳
In June I decided to go for another panda daytrip to Ouwehands Dierenpark again! It very much worked the same as last time, getting the earliest flight out of Edinburgh to Amsterdam, and the latest flight back – another 22 hour day, but worth it for some panda time^
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I had a great time over my 2 day visit to San Diego Zoo back in May – it really is a great zoo and I’d highly recommend it to anyone visiting the area already. San Diego Zoo pops up on most ‘top 10 zoos’ lists for the US, having been to several of the zoos that commonly pop up on these lists, I would firmly put San Diego Zoo at the number 1 spot! They have a huge site, so many animals on offer, well thought out themes and spaces, amazing volunteers and staff, and are really highlighting the conservation work they are undertaking. They tick all the boxes of what zoos should be doing, I was really so impressed and was already excited the plan a return trip when I was still there!
