Diergaarde Blijdorp Review

Nice zoo. Larger than expected. Unfortunately no cheetahs.

Many animals in the inside cage where you are not allowed to go, but many signs with apologies that the animals were not visible.

Beautiful zoo, where you can certainly walk around for a day. Fine restaurants, parking in front of the door. Also plenty to see on the rainy days.

Plenty of parking spaces nice clean enough dining opportunity cozy atmosphere and the kids loved it.

Nice zoo that definitely seems to be in trouble with their animals. All animals looked good and satisfied.

The zoo is clearly concerned with sustainability (found on their website). They try to use as much renewable energy / self-generating. It is like unpacking the oceanarium and rightly so! There are so many solar panels that they stay cool with the penguin.

At the time of the visit just matured polar bears were separated from their mother. One of them was diving in the water and "playing" with the children at the window. Suddenly swimming upstairs and diving in front of the window, hanging on to it (I wonder how he did it) and throwing up water. However, his brother was running around nervously at the edge of the loft and calling for the mother. Too bad thing, but of course understand that this is their good for the animals.
The island with monkeys was also nice to see. They were accidentally fed by the caretakers, who gave each monkey food by hand, and for some, medication or the like was injected. It was especially funny to see how some monkeys went out of their way to get extra food (either by throwing or trying to steal it). Good work of carers, each monkey so in order to keep!

Too bad it is so far ahead of Belgians, but I'll definitely be back!

Beautiful, nice cozy zoo TOP
Especially the elephants, lions, tigers and the savannah with the giraffes Great !!

Many different animals that seem to live under good conditions. You could walk into the cage feeding the birds so you came very close to them.

Always nice if you love animals, nice walk with the kids.

Beautiful and well maintained animal park. Had a nice day!

It is a beautiful zoo with lots of greenery and good service and friendly staff

Very nice and beautiful park! Certainly nice for small children :)

Very nice zoo, well maintained. Nice playground for the kids and good food and drink options.

Ik als dierenverzorger ga vaak naar dierentuinen over de hele wereld en vind blijdorp zeker een topper!

Zeker een van de beste dierentuinen van het land. Veel dieren zien er goed verzorgd uit en en de verblijven waren mooi groen aangekleed.

Enige minpunt: Collectie kon beter.

Blijdorp doet ontzettend veel aan educatie en concervatie! Veel vrijwillgers zetten zich 100% in voor blijdorp. Je ziet dat de verzorgers echt van hun werk genieten. Was heel leuk om te zien.

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Top zoo !!! Seen tigers of 2 cm !! Lions 2 meters !! Really amazing!!!!

Great zoo, subscription for the whole family for years. Come there for more than 40 years. Much changed over the years, but only more beautiful and adventurous. Every time a beautiful experience. Zoo continues to innovate and great for the animals other European zoos can learn a lot from this.

Most of the beautiful animals such as gorillas, tigers, giraffe and lions are challenging to see, very crowded and expensive. The park for children to play is very nice, the gardens are nice and it is pleasant to walk around.

Great zoo, animals have lots of space, had a great day.

Wonderful place to roam. A complete day is needed to enjoy.

T looked neat, but many of the accommodations were quite small. For example from the jaguar, tigers, rhinoceroses, polar bear. That creates boredom and animals that continuously walked the same path. Some of the accommodations were very old. Time for renewal. The newer lodgings generally looked good. The aquarium is beautiful. For me one of the least animal-friendly zoos I have visited.

Again super nice and just nice and relaxing for Me.

Awesome place with kids. The aquarium is v nice for kids from 1 year olds. Ample play areas if kids get bored n nice restaurants to eat. If you get tired of walking use the mini train to go to the other side. Wheelchair is available and also strollers for kids by paying minimum amount. Nce place for kids and adults. You need an entire day to cover the whole zoo. Ample parking place and very friendly staff.

Nice if you are crazy about animals but then one day is too short

beautiful park, spacious. I can highly recommend the oceanum, the rest of the park is also beautiful.

The best zoo I have visited ever :) Great place to visit once more with kids.

High price, catering very fast food lastig, tw. few animals

Close this old-fashioned zoo is outdated !!!!
Makes it a city park that better in place there.
A really disappointing staff is very unmotivated
no road evidence ring through the park many empty old lofts.
Where the animals have to live and are stressed.
Cars parked in the parking lot.
Was very disappointing definitely not recommended to go there !!!!

Wonderful to walk around, there is plenty to see, of course the animals but also the beautiful garden and for the children fun playgrounds. And also not unimportant cozy terraces where you can also relax.

It was just a pity that so many people smoke with children

One of the nicer zoo I've been to. Oceanarium, Amazonia, Asia, Africa, North America, Europe. But we will see the kangaroo.

Beautiful park, animals look good physically and mentally, friendly staff and plenty of dining options. It is a pity that you can not pin everywhere if you want to buy something. You must always have cash in your pocket ..

Very beautiful and the animals are well cared for highly recommended

A beautiful place to visit, alone, with family and even better with small children. There is plenty of variation and variety. 1 day visit will certainly succeed!

Nice zoo where the animals have nice space and are well cared for

It is a very beautiful zoo. Lots of animals and you don't have to walk before you reach the next species, like sometimes at other parks. Cozy and quiet park and plenty of toilets.

Loved every bit it. The Aquarium (Ocenia) is the best part of the zoo. They have so many fishes, it is awesome.
The zoo is huge and has a great variety of animals. Surely worth a visit if you are in Rotterdam.

One of the most beautiful zoos we have visited so far. Especially the aquarium with its tunnel is great!

Very large zoo, excellent aquarium (better than sea life centre near The Hague) which makes the ticket price worthwhile. Parking expensive, 9. Onsite food could have more choice, but animal wise very good.

Large, old (historical), very well maintained zoo located close to the city center. Aquarium is huge and lots of indoor places for when the weather isn't that nice. Can easily spend a nice afternoon with the whole family at Blijdorp.

Super nice zoo. 1 day is short to see everything. Especially with small children. Chappeau for this zoo

Very beautiful, spacious and green zoo! Definitely recommended for a day trip.

Delicious youth sentiment :) all beautifully restored

Extra beautiful in the fall, especially the Chinese garden

Nice park, something for everyone. Little ones were fascinated by the tube in the aquarium.

Came here all my life, never gets boring! Animals have a lot of space too!

Prachtig dierenpark in Rotterdam
Wat aan de dure kant naar zeker de moeite van een bezoek waard.

It's really good...
I found it a bit hard to get there though

What a wonderful day yesterday despite it being busy.we and the kids enjoyed it very much

Perfect place for families.
Very big Zoo with a lot of animals
Fun and joy for many hours

Nice zoo, too bad that many paths and buildings were closed because of the Corona

Super nice zoo with true-to-life animal enclosures. A children's party was given including a tour. The volunteer gave the children a great day.

Their natural habitat was carefully considered when housing the animals.

Nice diet garden with small spaces for the beesyen.

A good place to visit. Unfortunately not all animals present, and still under construction. At the same time very large, so expect to spend 2-4 hrs to see everything.

Nice zoo and very suitable for young families with indoor and outdoor playgrounds for children

De dierentuin is prachtig. Wat het voor ons heeft verpest is de jonge vrouwelijke medewerkster, die ons bot te woord stond. Wij waren onderweg naar de uitgang, toen we besloten om dezelfde uitgang te nemen, als bij binnenkomst.
Een jonge dame schreeuwde: heee dit is geen ingang. Ik legde uit dat we besloten de andere uitgang te nemen. "Waar zijn de tickets" vroeg ze.
Ik zeg die hebben we af moeten geven bij de ingang. "Hoezo?" Vraagt ze, nog steeds uitermate onvriendelijk. Ik zeg "vraagt u dat aan mij...?"
Het waren vriendeloterij tickets. Ja, die moet u afgeven bij de kassa. Ik heb mij nog nooit zo rot gevoeld door zo'n jong ding. Blijdorp is geweldig, maar door zo'n onbeschoft personeelslid werd het toch nog een sof.
Wij weer de trein in voor de terugreis van ruim twee uur. Grrrrrr

Beautiful and beautiful park, large and have taken the time to make the inside and outside as natural as possible.

Very nice zoo. A lot to see, I like the oceanic part, it's beautiful

Very nice in concept. For children under 3 it is free.

The new part is beautiful but the old part was almost empty.
In the train that drove around we had no explanation or tape on.
Too bad it could have been a nice story with a lot of explanation.

Its for a park inside a city actually very big. I like the sections and divisions. Only, I could not stop thinking about how sad it actually is to see these animals being locked up.

Remains a great zoo! We have had a subscription for almost 5 years and we continue to enjoy it. After all these years and visits, we continue to discover and see new things.

Kids can enjoy the place but many birds and animals you might not able to see.But over all it's really a nice Zoo to visit with family or friends.

A beautiful zoo with relatively ok wheelchair accessibility. Assistance dogs are not allowed and no extra services for visually impaired or blind visitors available. Or for deaf people. Easy to reach with public transport. Next door accessible hotel van der valk blijdorp.

Blijdorp always stays fun
And always nice to be
And the renovation of the last years really great for animals and humans !!