Edinburgh Zoo

 Hi Everyone,

We wanted to let you know what a lovely day we had at Edinburgh Zoo on Saturday. The weather wasn't the warmest but it is Scotland, so we were prepared. It had been about seven years since our last visit so we were all excited to go.

Firstly, the staff are all very friendly.  The keepers were more than happy to chat about the animals and give some very interesting insights into their behaviours, habbit and history which was a lovely touch.

We enjoyed so many highlights on our visit. Watching the panadas was amazing, they both looked so happy and it was a joy to see them happily munching away. The penguins were also fantastic. We were lucky enough to see many of them nesting. We were able to spot eggs and newly hatched chicks being fed by their parents as well. Absolutely wonderful to see all of this up close.

We were very fortunate to see all the animals on our visit including lions, tigers, zebras, sun bears, monkeys and chimps to name a few. With how the zoo is currently set up you do feel very close to all the animals and the monkeys especially seemed to enjoy watching us as much as we enjoyed watching them. We had heard previously that it's hard to view the animals at the zoo but we had no problems.

The zoo also has a number of play areas, lots of picnic tables, cafes, toilets and most importantly for our girls a very good sized gift shop. One thing to note is the zoo is situated on a very steep site but they do have a bus to take you to the top if the walk is a bit too much.

We would say, allow a full day for your visit.  We were there from 10:30am until 5pm. We did go back to visit the pandas for a second time and found that by about 3pm the zoo felt practically empty so we could enjoy having the enclosures to ourselves. The girls also had the play equipment to themselves which was a bonus.

We would definitely recommend a visit and we are looking forward to going again.