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belgianchocolate Says: When I was a kid I went to school by bike. I passed by behind the parc , on the canals dike. There always used to be fisher men with company: The storks. Waiting for them to catch something and then they would get the fish.Now there are many many more of them. They breed...
Maeve_81 Says: Planckendael has got a children's petting zoo with goats, sheep and lama's.I find it amazing to watch the children there...
Maeve_81 Says: You'll discover how water 'travels' trough a tree. In this lime-tree forest, first you'll go in a tunnel to see the roots of a tree, afterwards you'll climb your way up and walk 'in' the trees.
Maeve_81 Says: Animal park Planckendael is involved in a international breeding program.The program includes several species, like the indian rhinoceros, grevy zebra, przewalski horse, bonobo, arabian oryx, indian lion, cheetah, europian otter, ...
Maeve_81 Says: All the animals are grouped by continent and it shows... in the African part of the park they build a little village. Fun for children and adults, because every house gives information about the animals.
Maeve_81 Says: Directions where to go, are all over the park, but you can buy yourself a guide for 3 euro, that includes a map, some information about the animals and a few games for children.Although Planckendael has got a panda in their logo... the symbol of the park is the white...
One of the best zoos in Belgium...Planckendael
belgianchocolate Says: Planckendael was bought in 1956 by the royal society for zoology antwerp.Only the last years it has developed into a complete zoo.The great advantage is that it is spacious , 40 hectares , that makes it 4 times bigger then the Antwer zoo. The highlights - a 3000 square...
belgianchocolate Says: Since Planckendael is very spacious it has great opportunity to show a lot of large animals like deer , antiloop , bovine , banteng , lama....a wonderful collection.The nice thing is the parc is divided in different parts...and each part has animals from one continent.
belgianchocolate Says: The animal parc has got a special breeding program for this animals...and that is necessary since there are only 1700 animals left (and thats an optimistic figure). There are just 9 protected areas where the rhinos live in India and Nepal.They can be 2 meters high and weight...
B_Caro Says: When you visit the zoo, you have to make sure to visit the Koala's in the Australian part of the garden. They are really cute.
B_Caro Says: Visit PLANCKENDAEL , a zoological garden nearby Mechelen. Planckendael is famous for its storks and koala's.
You've got the choice of several shops/take-a-ways who serve fries, burgers and sandwiches.
The 'real' restaurant is the White Stork, at the main entrance of the park.
Written Jun 9, 2004
To reach Planckendael, you can take the
* car
On the highway E19 Antwerp-Brussels, take exit 11 'Hofstade'. Follow to signs.
Planckendael has a large parking for 4 euro.
* train
Take the train to Mechelen. Than you can take the bus (front of the trainstation busses nr. 284/285) or the boat (back of the trainstation - every 30 minutes - daily (july+august) or the weekends (april, may, june, september)
Ask for B-daytrips when buying a train ticket!
Written Jun 1, 2004
Dierenpark planckendael...more then just a zoo....
This little Panda is the symbol of the zoo..just taking a nap now , as usual. ;-) Take a look at my tips.
The zoological garden is famous for their koala's in the australian part of the park. You can even "create" your own little Koala :-)
40 ha large park where the natural habitats of the animals have been reconstructed as good as possible. One can see exotic animals like bizon, rhinoceros or antelopes, but also European animals like...
On a sunny Novemberday I visited the animalpark of Planckendael. Planckendael is located in Muizen and that is near Mechelen (Between Brussels and Antwerpen).
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