The newly launched Ludo Zoo is a library service for visitors to delve into the world of biodiversity, while the Nature Passport also offers new activities related with felines
The Zoo has also added more spots to its summer camps. A thousand children are signed up to take part in these camps, and there is also a programme of talks, workshops and play-based activities
“Experience the Zoo” is ta new media campaign that invites people to rediscover the Zoo and its aim of becoming a role-model in the conservation of biodiversity
This is a summer for experiencing and rediscovering Barcelona Zoo. Besides the general visit, people going to the Zoo this summer can enjoy a wide array of activities which strengthen education and awareness in terms of respect for nature.
Barcelona Zoo is also launching the new Ludo Zoo this summer. This service offers visitors access to publications and documents to discover the planet’s biodiversity through books, games and other reference materials. The facility is housed in the Welcome Classroom and opens on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm, with staff on hand to educate and inform.
With the start of the school holidays, the Zoo will also extend its programme to offer activities every day of the week. Various workshops and participatory talks related to animal welfare, the conservation of endangered species and zoology will be offered over the course of the summer. The popular meetings with keepers are alsoback, as are the visits to the lab in the Invertebrates Space and the Sahel Savannah.
All activities are free and are included in the general Zoo admission price. Some activities must be booked in advance and are updated weekly. For more details on activities, check the Zoo website.
The Zoo adds more spots for its summer activity camps
Following success of its summer camps in recent years, the Zoo is offering more spots this season, with a thousand children signed up to take part. This annual educational programme aims to help children better understand the world of fauna and to foster respect for the conservation of biodiversity and the natural environment.
This year’s summer camps at the Zoo offer as many as eleven different topics. Notable examples include “Let’s save the animals”, “Let’s build a zoo”, “National Zoologic”, “Let’s investigate our surroundings” and “Film camp”.
The Nature Passport builds on its success and offers a new activity on felines
Launched last year, the Nature Passport is aimed at Zoo Club members and now has a firm place in the activity agenda at the Zoo. This educational initiative seeks to foster knowledge about the planet’s biodiversity among children visiting the Zoo, with dynamic play-based activities.
A new option is being added this summer to introduce members to the world of felines: to discover what they are like, why some are in danger of extinction and why there are some at the Zoo. The activity also explains the European wildcat project which the Zoo is collaborating with. This native species of wildcat is the only representative of the feline family in our country and is in a vulnerable situation owing to the loss and fragmentation of its natural habitat.
Nature Passport activities need to be booked in advance using the Zoo website.
“Experience the Zoo”, the new media campaign by Barcelona Zoo
Coinciding with the end of the school year, the Zoo has launched “Experience the Zoo”, a media campaign inviting people to reconnect with the facility and discover the new recreational activities and projects being implemented to make the Zoo a role-model in the conservation of biodiversity.
The campaign is in line with the new model for the Zoo, which seeks to become a conservation centre for biodiversity with an educational side to it which helps raise public awareness over the need to protect nature and the environment, at the same time reconnecting people with nature and having a positive influence on their habits.
Temporary recommendations on access
The entrance to Barcelona Zoo located in C/ Wellington will be affected in the summer months by the building work on the future science complex of the Ciutadella del Coneixement. While the work lasts, the Zoo will be setting up alternative signage indicating the routes visitors should follow using the streets of C/ Ramon Fargas and Av. Icària to reach the ticket booths. The nearest car parks are the BSM Parc de Recerca Biomèdica and the BSM Marina Port.
Services on the T4 tram line and the L4 metro line will also be disrupted from 26 June to 25 August (metro) and 31 August (tram), owing to work to improve the transport infrastructure. A shuttle bus service will also be operating between Verdaguer, Jaume I and Barceloneta during this period.
Visitors can also use the entrance to the Zoo located in the Parc de la Ciutadella, which is easily accessed from the metro and train station of Arc de Triomf and the train station of Estació de França.
