Tripto Guide
Discover verified zoos — descriptions, map and practical info.
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Warszawa
**More than 12,000 animals** on **40 hectares** by the Vistula — that is today's Warsaw Zoo on the Praga side, opened to the public on **11 March 1928**. It bears the name of Antonina and Jan Żabiński: the director who hid Jews in the gard…
Kraków
Kraków Zoo is set in Las Wolski, so a visit combines animals with a walk through one of the city’s greenest areas. Around 1,500 animals representing more than 270 species live across 20 hectares, including over 100 threatened species. ## P…
Opole
On the green island of Bolko, embraced by the Oder just next to the centre of Opole, live more than **1,000 animals of 227 species** across 30.31 hectares. The Opole Zoo is one of 11 Polish gardens belonging to the European Association of…
Chorzów
Silesian Zoological Garden in Chorzów is a family attraction focused on animals and conservation. The route combines enclosures with educational areas and can fill several hours with children. Check opening times, feeding sessions, tickets…
Hel
The Seal Sanctuary in Hel is part of the University of Gdańsk Marine Station. It combines observing seals with education about the Baltic Sea and wildlife protection. It is at Morska 2, with the entrance from Portowa Street, close to Hel’s…
Wrocław
Afrykarium in Wrocław is Poland’s largest oceanarium and one of the main pavilions at Wrocław Zoo. The partly underground building presents African ecosystems from the Red Sea to the Congo Basin, with large tanks, an underwater tunnel and…
Częstochowa
Alpakarnia Poczesna in Nowa Wieś near Częstochowa is a family park with alpacas, a mini zoo and children’s attractions. Visitors can approach the alpacas and buy a cup of feed. The operator lists more than 20 species, including capybaras,…
Opatów
## Bałtów Zoological Park Bałtów Zoological Park is part of the Bałtów Tourist Complex and offers two experiences: the walk-through Lower Park and a safari in the Upper Park. It combines family time with nature and education. ## Lower Park…
Będzin
Egzotarium in Sosnowiec is a modern Ecological Education Centre opened in 2023. One building combines a palm house, a zoological display and an educational route. It is a good choice for a rainy day, a family outing or anyone interested in…
Smołdzino
Farma Alexa in Charbrowo near Łeba is a family-friendly educational amusement park devoted to country life, farming and nature. On the fenced site, children meet farm animals, learn about agricultural work and enjoy active attractions. All…
Wasilków
Folwark Nadawki in Wasilków, near Białystok, is a countryside complex with a restaurant, accommodation and family-friendly attractions. It suits a relaxed meal or a short stop with children, but it is not a traditional amusement park with…
Brenna
On the slope of Równica in the Zawodzie district of Ustroń, at Zdrojowa **16**, runs the Forest Park of Surprises — an unusual zoological garden where deer, mouflons and alpacas roam freely among visitors, and feeding the animals is one of…
gmina Kosakowo
The Butterfly House in Dębki, a fishing hamlet of the Krokowa commune at the mouth of the Piaśnica river, lets you walk among hundreds of live butterflies from Africa, Asia, South America and Australia. The insects fly freely here, without…
gmina Jastarnia
The Butterfly House in Karwia, a summer resort village of the Władysławowo commune, gathers dozens of species of live, freely flying butterflies from the farthest corners of the world. A tropical climate rules inside: it is warm, very gree…
gmina Jastarnia
The Butterfly House in the port of Władysławowo is, according to its operators, the largest butterfly house in Poland. It sits in a white round tent at ul. Hryniewieckiego 2, next to an aviary in a tent of similar shape, a few hundred metr…
Międzyzdroje
The Międzyzdroje oceanarium opened in **2019** on Bohaterów Warszawy Street, just **200 metres** from the beach. Its tanks, spread across **3,000 m²**, hold a combined **220 tonnes of water**, and the facility runs **all year round** — a r…
Sopot
Gdynia Aquarium occupies a modernist **1938** building on the Southern Pier, next to the sailing ships "Dar Pomorza" and "Dar Młodzieży". The institution operates within the Sea Fisheries Institute, combining the roles of a zoological gard…
gmina Jastarnia
Right by the harbour in Władysławowo, on the Bay of Puck, operates Ptaszarnia — a roofed tropical garden in which more than **100 exotic birds** fly freely around visitors. This is not a classic caged zoo but an open space where the guest…
Zakopane
Below the Wielka Krokiew ski jump, at Józefa Piłsudskiego Street 38 in Zakopane, lies a homestead where you can get to know the nature of the Tatras without entering a trail. The Tatra Educational Park combines a mini-zoo with a lesson in…
Goczałkowice-Zdrój
A few hundred metres from the Pszczyna market square and castle, on the Wild Promenade of the Pszczyna Historic Park, operates the Bison Show Farm — a place where the history of saving Europe’s largest land mammal can be observed from a fe…
Łódź
In the Łódź Park na Zdrowiu, at Konstantynowska 8/10, runs a zoological garden that in 2022 underwent a transformation on a European scale. Zoo Łódź, founded in **1938** and comprehensively rebuilt in **2022**, is known today above all for…
Uniejów
Near Poddębice, in the western part of the Łódź region, about **500 animals** representing **90 species** from five continents live on **25 hectares**. Zoo Safari Borysew is known above all for its white lions and white Bengal tigers, whic…