By doing the Zoo’s Easter Trail (2 -18 of April) everyone of any age can solve the riddles and find eggs hidden throughout the Zoo. Besides learning lots of neat stuff about the eggs of various creatures, if you complete the trail, you’ll get a chocolate egg as your prize.
The Zoo also has lots of events for people visiting at Easter - swing with the gibbons, gorillas and lemurs in the aerial rope adventure ZooRopia; at the Terrace Theatre there are Animal Encounters; on the lawn you’ll see Amazing Animal displays or you could pit yourself against the animal champions with the interactive Zoolympics or have a look at the ‘frog love shack’, a new amphipod designed to assist frogs to breed. The control of temperature, humidity and length of day is essential to create just the right conditions for these frogs, that are on the edge of extinction, to breed.
With over 450 species in 12 acres of landscaped gardens, there’s plenty to see at the zoo. A few you really mustn’t miss - the primates in Monkey Jungle, the lemurs in their garden and the inhabitants of the Seal and Penguin Coast. And then there is Gorilla Island, and what about the Reptile House or the Asiatic Lions or even the Butterfly Forest and the Bug World? Oh, and don’t forget the Twilight World or the Aquarium.
If you can’t make it over Easter, there’s more fun to come during the summer with live music and drama events. ‘Boogie for Brizzle’ in July is a festival that has it all - live music and dance, street theatre, activities for the kids and plenty more since the Zoo stays open late.
Playing around at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm
Three young African lion cubs have joined the population at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, Bristol. These cubs were born in May of 2009 at the Linton Zoo in Cambridge and re-located to Noah’s Ark in February 2010.
The keepers at Noah’s Ark understand how important it is for these inquisitive animals to get plenty of stimulation, so they’ve added an extra dimension with a selection of balls and rope toys to the climbing frame they were already using. They have been delighting visitors and staff ever since with their antics as they climb and play outside their enclosure which is part of the larger Big Cat Sanctuary.
Other places to go in Bristol
The SS Great Britain docked in the Floating Harbour area of Bristol is a trip back in time. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and built in 1843, it’s the world’s first propeller-driven, ocean-going, iron ship. Visitors can see what life was like for both the crew and passengers.
Tickets to the SS Great Britain allow unlimited return visits, free for a whole year from the purchase date. With the purchase of that ticket, you can also go into the replica of the Matthew, John Cabot’s ship the Maritime, the Heritage Centre, the dry dock and the museum.
Be amazed and intrigued at Explore At-Bristol, a wonderful interactive place where you can discover technology and science and how your world really works. Do more than just read about all sorts of inventions, particulate with living science. Learn about light, magnets, mirrors, vibrations, sound, animation - you could even become an animator for the day or create your own TV show.
Learn about flight, cosmic rays and illusions. There are even live shows and a planetarium that lets you to navigate through space or build your own flying object.
A day, a weekend, a week or more in Bristol - it’s never enough. But one thing is sure, no one will be bored!
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