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!
I was so excited to see that the San Diego Zoo were finally getting pandas back! The first long-term panda family left the zoo back in 2019 after an amazing 23-year stay with a successful breeding programme. Finally in June 2024, a brand new pair of pandas made their way from China to San Diego, and made their public debut in August 2024 – this year I made it all the way there to meet them:
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With a Spring visit to see the Zoo Berlin pandas, of course I made some time to wander the rest of the zoo during panda nap time! I’m very familiar with the zoo now having had so many visits and do have some favourite spots to check out. On this visit I was lucky enough that the new tiger home had opened, this looks fantastic and is a great new addition to the zoo. I even saw one of the tigers in their new home up close, which was exciting, but the video footage was much better than any photos I got. Definitely took more photos of non-panda animals on previous trips, so check out those previous posts tagged at the zoo for more photos and more animals^
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