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A relaxed + accessible visit to Pairi Daiza, May 2025

Even making my 4th visit to Pairi Daiza – there’s still new things and old favourites to see every time! This was my 4th visit and my mum’s 3rd visit, so we’ve seen most of the park already. I mentioned in my last post that we needed an accessible room for my mum, she wears a prosthetic leg so just needs a little less fast-pace and definitely fewer hills. We opted not to take a wheelchair hire, but even if we had, I don’t think I would have been pushing the wheelchair up the few hills there are at Pairi Daiza, I’ve done the hill at Edinburgh Zoo and that was a stressful experience (worried I might let go accidentally on the way down XD)! But because we’ve both been before on multiple occasions we didn’t really feel like we were missing something, and perhaps next time we’ll try out the wheelchair and see how that goes. We very much stuck to the more accessible parts of the park – my mum is generally fine with a small number of stairs, so we weren’t restricted in areas where there were only stairs, but steeper hills like the majority of Kingdom of Ganesha and the back part of Land of Origins weren’t on the cards for this trip. The map online does have indicated where paths are not wheelchair/pushchair accessible, however doesn’t have hill-steepness marked on which would be another useful option. But onto what we did see:

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Sleep in the farmyard at Pairi Daiza

With the size of Pairi Daiza and the number of animals to see alongside the pandas, I really think the best way to have a great experience here is to take advantage of the Pairi Daiza Resort, staying on site and getting the most out of multiple days. Previously my mum and I have stayed in a polar bear room for 1 night in 2022, this time we wanted to try out a different theme, as soon as I saw the opening of The Farm House Lodge, I knew I wanted to stay in this one! The farmyard area was here on my previous visits, however this area also housed the old entrance and some staff facilities if I remember correctly, but now it’s all for these animals. The animals are (mostly) free roaming, so there are double-gates to get in and out of the farm, the lodges are completely located inside here – lets get in and take a look:

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P A N D A S @ P A I R I D A I Z A May 2025

After a few days in Berlin, it was time for the next panda stop, heading to Pairi Daiza in Belgium! As well as it being my 4th visit to Zoo Berlin, this was also my 4th visit to Pairi Daiza, and second time staying on site in the resort. Of course, the trip was all about the pandas – and actually this was my first time there when there was just the 2 adult pandas, previous visits have been for cubs Tian Bao, and Bao Di and Bao Mei. This was definitely a more relaxed visit with just 2 pandas to see and both living in the same area, which was quite nice and reminded me of my usual Edinburgh Zoo visits where it was always just adults and those were still a fun experience!

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Zoo Berlin, May 2025

Of course, with 2 days at Zoo Berlin to see the pandas, there was also some time to see everything else! I think there have only been two changes since my last visit in 2020 and those are the new Empire of Cats section, which opened in 2022 – as well as pandas I really like cats so was looking forward to checking that out – and also the Rhino Pagoda, which opened in 2023. These two new spaces, along with the relatively new World of Birds house, really do give the zoo new vibes. On this trip I also decided I’d probably quite like to come back to Zoo Berlin again this year, so decided to get myself a membership – I opted for the Zoo-only option (instead of Zoo plus Aquarium) which cost €63 for an adult pass. With a 1-day ticket costing €25, the pass pays for itself on the third visit, and I made 2 visits on this trip alone – I think I’ve given myself the challenge of seeing how many times I can visit in the next year!

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P A N D A S @ Z O O B E R L I N May 2025

Back to see the pandas at Zoo Berlin! I never got to see the first-born twins of Germany while they were still living at the Zoo (but I’ve been lucky to see them in China), which was a bit sad, so I was keen to make sure I got to see the second-born twins of Germany while they were still cubs! Honestly such a great decision and we (my mum and I) had a fantastic weekend trip at Zoo Berlin! You can check out my 2018-2020 trip photos in my first post on pandas at Zoo Berlin *here*

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