| Blijdorp Zoo tips and photos posted by real travelers and Rotterdam locals.
Blijdorplaan 8, 3041 JG, Rotterdam
• 39 Photos
• 24 Reviews
See all Rotterdam Things To Do |
 | Rotterdam Blijdorp Zoo Reviews | 1 - 10 of 24 |  |
 Baby Elephant Trong Nhi
drinking in Blijdorp Zoo by mafootje
Sad moment
The elephants in Blijdorp zoo has their good and their bad moments. On april 17, 2003 the doctor decide to put Palong to sleep. This elephant had serious feet problems during the last 3 years, because there was no way to cure him or to save him from pain this decision was taken.
Happy moment
On may 13 at 11:30 a girl was born. She was up on her feet in 3 minutes and was born in between the elephant group.
For the mother Douanita this is the first living young she has had. The elephant is named Trong Nhi after a famous Vietnamese female leader. When the elephant was born all animals even the monkeys that are also in the same building welcomed the young with a lot of noise. It's the tenth birth of an elephant in this Rotterdam Zoo. Two other elephants are also carrying a baby inside them.
Picture taken May 18, 2003
Leave a Comment Phone: 010-4431495Directions: Near the "klein polder plein" or just a 10 minute walk from Rotterdam Central Station.Website: http://www.rotterdamzoo.nl
|
 | |  |
Visiting Rotterdam?
Read reviews about Rotterdam Hotels
Real Reviews from Real VirtualTourist Members.
 Giraffes in Blijdorp outdoors by mafootje
Is their full name, but they don't mind if you forget that, they are 4 to 5 meter of easygoing animals. In Blijdorp the are located in the old part at the other side of the railroad track from the Oceanium. There is a smal but high indoor home for these longest animals in the world. Once they are let outside you might see them lick the walls of their home with their half meter long tongue.
Despite the extreme length of their neck they have just 7 neck vertebra, ok they are a bit longer as ours...
Giraffes are animals the rechew their food just like cows do, the only problem they have is that it has to go up a long way from their stomache to their mouth. For this purpose they have a powerfull and muscular gullet to get it back up.
When a giraffe has to drink there are valves in their vanes to prefent the flooding of to much blood to their heads.
Picture taken may 18, 2003
Leave a Comment Phone: 010-4431495Directions: Near the "klein polder plein" or just a 10 minute walk from Rotterdam Central Station.Website: http://www.rotterdamzoo.nl
|
| | |
 Jackass Penquins in Blijdorp
Rotterdam by mafootje
No these penquins are not the stars of the MTV movie they had the name earlier. The name in dutch is Zwartvoetpinquin (Black foot Penquin). These Penquins are originally from the South African Coast. The eat fish and squit and get about 2 feet high. The young ones are to be recognized by their dark grey feathers.
Where in Blijdorp ?
These penquins are located near the old entrance of Blijdorp Zoo and are hand fed daily every afternoon. While their being fed you will be able to ask questions about these animals. Leave a Comment Directions: When you arrive by train at Rotterdam Central walk out the other side and take a tram or walk to your left to get here..Website: http://www.rotterdamzoo.nl/
|
 sleepy ? by mafootjeLeave a Comment Phone: 010-4431495Directions: Near the "klein polder plein" or just a 10 minute walk from Rotterdam Central Station.Website: http://www.rotterdamzoo.nl
|
 Bisons in Blijdorp Zoo by mafootje
Originaly Bisons live in north America at the end of the 19th century only a few hundred where left. Fortunalty they are on their way back now.
The prairie in blijdorp has opened in april 2002 and is about 6.200 square meters. There are no high fences between you and the animals but don't worry they can't get to you..
In Blijdorp they are located close to the aquarium.
Picture taken July 17 , 2004
Leave a Comment Phone: 010-4431431Directions: Near the Abraham van Stolkweg and "the Klein Polderplein".Website: www.rotterdamzoo.nl
|
Visiting Rotterdam?
Read reviews about Rotterdam Hotels
Real Reviews from Real VirtualTourist Members.
 zoo by BeaYong
The Oceanium is the largest project of Rotterdam Zoo so far. In the summer of 2001 this "waterworld" was officially opened. The Oceanium was completed with the cold regions of the Falkland Islands: home of the beautiful king penguins.
But Rotterdam Zoo is more than simply a tourist attraction. Visit their website, and discover what the zoo has to offer and what Rotterdam Zoo places at the top of its priorities: nature conservation, recreation, education and applied scientific research.
To make your discoveries, just click. Lots of information as well as many zoo photos are available. And along the way, you're bound to encounter some special inhabitants. Meet ten of the most popular Rotterdam Zoo animals, for example. Or take a peek behind the scenes at the Zoo where you can learn a lot about its history and objectives.
Baby's and todlers 0 t/m 2 yrs: free
* 3 t/m 11 yrs: € 11,50
* 12 t/m 64 yrs: € 14,50
* 65+( met pas 65+): € 12,50 Leave a Comment Phone: 010- 4431431.Directions: The Riviera Hall entrance is very close to the Rotterdam Central Station. It's a 12 minutes' walk, or take tramservice 3 or bus 44. Take bus 32 or bus 33 for the Oceanium entrance.Website: http://www.rotterdamzoo.nl/
|
| | |
Rotterdam Zoo, also known as 'Blijdorp' is one of the major Dutch zoos. You'll enjoy the many animals and the great addition: Oceanium!
Newly opened (2001): Oceanium.
In Summer 2000, phase 1 of the Oceanium in Rotterdam Zoo is opened to the public. This new ‘water world' is the largest project in the Rotterdam Zoo Master Plan that has been developed until now. Here, you can make a voyage of discovery starting at the Scottish coast of the North Sea and going across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean. During the weeks to come, the voyage can be extended to include the coasts of South and North America. Oceanium will be officially opened in the couse of 2001.
The voyage through this ‘water world' begins off the coast of Scotland at Bass Rock, an island that harbours puffins, auks and guillemots. The next part of the trip means ducking under the surface. Strolling along the seabed, visitors can admire the many different underwater inhabitants of the North Sea such as bottom sharks, squid and schools of fish swimming in their large aquariums. Later this year, jellyfish will be pulsating beautifully through the water as well. After the North Sea comes a tunnel measuring 26 metres in length representing the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean where visitors can literally be surrounded by such inhabitants of the deep as Atlantic great white sharks, nurse sharks, hammerhead sharks and sea turtles. This gigantic basin is filled with three million litres of seawater. At the end of the tunnel (representing the deepest point of the seabed) is a whale and deep-sea exhibit displaying such things as a 17-metre-long model of a humpback whale. Next to this exhibit is a laboratory, open to the public, where visitors can see what it's like to be in a scientist's shoes. This laboratory gives an impression of what it's like to be behind the scenes in a professionally equipped marine biology laboratory.
The voyage of discovery is then routed through the sensationally coloured fish and corals of the Caribbean to a beach populated by turtles and fluttering multicoloured butterflies. At this point, the visitor might want to stop for something to drink at the typically Antillean outdoor café. Then, from the Caribbean, the voyage continues through the colourful reefs of the Sea of Cortez to the California coast where playful sea otters and the sea lions frolic in their spacious accommodations.
(text from website) Leave a Comment Phone: +31(0)10-4431431Directions: The Riviera Hall entrance is very close to the Rotterdam Central Station. It's a 12 minutes' walk, or take busservice 44, 49 or 129. Take bus 33 to entrance Oceanium.Website: http://www.rotterdamzoo.nl/?lang=EN
|
| | |
 by conny_bazen
They take good care of the animals. And there is a lot more to see. New is the Oceanium. Leave a Comment Directions: 15 minutes walking from Rotterdam Central Station.Other Contact: Open daily, during the wintertim
|
 Diergaarde Blijdorp by Roeffie
A beautiful Zoo in the middle of Rotterdam. Leave a Comment
|
 by KozzmozzLeave a Comment Directions: Blijdorp Zoo van Aerssenlaan 49 3039 KE Rotterdam Tel: +31 (0)10-4431495(tape)/4431431 Fax : 010-4677811 Location: Blijdorp area Public transport: Tram 3, Bus 32, 33 en 39Other Contact: Fee: $12 pp., but there are poss
|
|
- Eden Savoy Hotel Rotterdam
Hoogstraat 81, Rotterdam - Novotel Rotterdam / Schiedam
Hargalaan 2, Rotterdam - Emma
Nieuwe Binnenweg 6, Rotterdam - Best Western Art Hotel Rotterdam
Mijnsherenlaan 9, Rotterdam - Hotel One
Westersingel 1, Rotterdam - Grand Hotel Central Rotterdam
Kruiskade 12, Rotterdam - Novotel Rotterdam Brainpark
KP Van Der Mandelelaan 150, Rotterdam - Tulip Inn Rotterdam
Willemsplein 1, Rotterdam - Inntel Rotterdam Centre
Leuvehaven 80, Rotterdam - Mercure Dordrecht Hotel
Rijksstraatweg 30, Rotterdam - Golden Tulip Papendrecht
Lange Tiendweg 2 (formerly "Mercure"), Rotterdam - The Westin Rotterdam
Weena 686, Rotterdam - TOP Hotel van Walsum
Mathenesserlaan 199-201, Rotterdam - NH Zoetermeer
Danny Kayelaan 20, Rotterdam - Stayokay Rotterdam
Rochussenstraat 107-109, Rotterdam
|
