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Watch the polar bears at La Flèche
Zoo de La Flèche · La Flèche (72)
Known from the TV series Une saison au zoo, this park in the Sarthe celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2026.
Zoos and wildlife parks in France with kids
Pandas, giraffes, wolves or free-roaming monkeys: France has remarkable zoos and wildlife parks, perfect for a family day out. Here are 30 ideas picked from over 650 places on the Trottimap map.
Animals and farms
Go on safari at Planète Sauvage
Planète Sauvage · Port-Saint-Père (44)
South of Nantes, the safari trail can be driven in your own car or in a guided 4x4, among large mammals.
Animals and farms
See the pandas at Beauval
ZooParc de Beauval · Saint-Aignan (41)
With more than 35,000 animals across some forty hectares, Beauval calls for a long day.
Animals and farms
Watch the wolves at Sainte-Croix
Parc animalier de Sainte-Croix · Rhodes (57)
Across 120 hectares of Lorraine forests and lakes, the park presents more than 1,500 animals in semi-freedom.
Animals and farms
See the white tigers at Amnéville zoo
Zoo d'Amnéville · Amnéville (57)
More than 2,000 animals live across the 18 hectares of this zoo in the Moselle, among them lions, white tigers and red pandas.
Animals and farms
Go round the Touroparc
Touroparc Zoo · Romanèche-Thorins (71)
Surrounded by Beaujolais vineyards, this 12-hectare zoo is home to more than 600 animals of 120 species.
Animals and farms
See the red pandas at the Auxois park
Parc de l'Auxois · Arnay-sous-Vitteaux (21)
Half an hour from Dijon, this 40-hectare park is home to more than 500 animals, from big cats to bears and wolves.
Animals and farms
Feed the lorikeets at the Parc des Oiseaux
Parc des Oiseaux · Villars-les-Dombes (01)
Among the lakes of the Dombes, the park is home to around 2,000 birds along 35 hectares of paths.
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Meet bears from your car
Safari de Peaugres · Peaugres (07)
The visit begins at the wheel, windows closed, on an African plain where giraffes, zebras and rhinos live together, then through a forest where some thirty black bears and bison come up…
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Cheer the sea lions at La Palmyre
Zoo de La Palmyre · Les Mathes (17)
Under the pines of the Arvert peninsula, the zoo brings together more than 1,600 animals of 110 species across 18 hectares, from giraffes to polar bears.
Animals and farms
Drive through the savannah at Sigean
Réserve africaine de Sigean · Sigean (11)
Beside the lagoons between Narbonne and Perpignan, you first drive seven kilometres of tracks where lions, bears and rhinos live in wide open spaces.
Animals and farms
Drive among the animals at Thoiry
Wow Safari Thoiry · Thoiry (78)
The park, renamed Wow Safari Thoiry, is explored by car first: you drive through large enclosures where the animals come right up to the windows.
Animals and farms
See the giraffes at Vincennes zoo
Parc zoologique de Paris · Paris
On the edge of the Bois de Vincennes, the Parc zoologique de Paris spreads more than 3,000 animals across five biozones: Africa, Amazonia-Guiana, Europe, Madagascar and Patagonia.
Animals and farms
Watch the giraffes' mealtime in Amiens
Zoo d'Amiens · Amiens (80)
Undergoing major changes since 2019, Amiens zoo covers 8 hectares near the city centre and is home to some 900 animals of 90 species, almost half of them endangered.
Animals and farms
Stroll round Champrépus zoo
Parc zoologique de Champrépus · Champrépus (50)
Half an hour from Mont-Saint-Michel, this 10-hectare zoo is home to more than 400 animals of 65 species, a size that suits little legs well.
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Board the Nautibus in Saint-Malo
Grand Aquarium de Saint-Malo · Saint-Malo (35)
At the entrance to Saint-Malo, the Grand Aquarium unfolds ten worlds, from cold seas to the mangrove by way of the Mediterranean and the Emerald Coast.
Animals and farms
Meet ibex and marmots facing Mont Blanc
Parc animalier de Merlet · Les Houches (74)
At 1,500 metres, facing the Mont Blanc massif, a trail through forest and alpine pasture crosses the estate where ibex, chamois, mouflons, marmots and llamas live.
Animals and farms
Watch the gorillas at Saint-Martin-la-Plaine
Espace zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine · Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (42)
Between Lyon and Saint-Étienne, this 12-hectare refuge park cares for more than 1,000 animals, many of them taken in after life in a circus or following a seizure.
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Walk among free-roaming monkeys
La Vallée des Singes · Romagne (86)
Across 22 wooded hectares, more than 450 primates live in semi-freedom on islands surrounded by water, and some species, such as squirrel monkeys and ring-tailed lemurs, move around among the visitors.
Animals and farms
Watch jaguars swim at Pessac
Zoo de Bordeaux-Pessac · Pessac (33)
This family zoo on the edge of the forest can be explored on foot in a few hours.
Animals and farms
Walk above the crocodiles
Terre de Dragons · Civaux (86)
Under a 5,000 m² tropical dome, around ten species of crocodile live alongside turtles, snakes and chameleons, with more than 200 reptiles in all.
Animals and farms
Meet marmots and bears of the Pyrenees
Parc animalier des Pyrénées · Ayzac-Ost (65)
At the entrance to Argelès-Gazost, this hillside park is home to nearly five hundred animals, from the marmots that made its name to brown bears, wolves, lynx and vultures.
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Watch the horses gallop at Longchamp
Hippodrome ParisLongchamp · Paris
In the heart of the Bois de Boulogne, ParisLongchamp racecourse hosts races from spring to autumn.
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Stroke the goats at Gally
Ferme de Gally · Saint-Cyr-l'École (78)
On the edge of Versailles, this open farm is home to goats, sheep, cows, ponies, donkeys, pigs and hens.
Animals and farms
Meet the merino sheep at the Bergerie nationale
Bergerie nationale de Rambouillet · Rambouillet (78)
In the grounds of the Château de Rambouillet, this historic farm has raised a flock of merino sheep since the 18th century.
Animals and farms
Explore the Amazon at Parrot World
Parrot World · Crécy-la-Chapelle (77)
Near Crécy-la-Chapelle, this wildlife park devoted to South America takes you through Amazonian and Pantanal landscapes.
Animals and farms
Watch the bird show at La Boissière
Zoo de la Boissière-du-Doré · La Boissière-du-Doré (44)
Half an hour from Nantes, this family zoo covers 28 shady hectares and presents more than 1,100 animals from five continents, from big cats to giraffes and great apes.
Animals and farms
Explore the troglodyte zoo at Doué
BIOPARC - Zoo de Doué-la-Fontaine · Doué-en-Anjou (49)
Set in former troglodyte quarries, the Bioparc combines open-air enclosures, underground galleries and large aviaries where you walk among the birds.
Animals and farms
Watch seals and sharks at Océanopolis
Océanopolis · Brest (29)
On the Moulin-Blanc harbour in Brest, the aquarium showcases the seas of Brittany and tropical reefs, with seals, otters and sharks.
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See the aurochs at Vagnas
Parc animalier des Gorges de l'Ardèche · Vagnas (07)
This shady park presents rare or old breeds, such as Girgentana goats and Soay sheep, and above all the back-bred aurochs, the wild ox painted in the nearby Chauvet Cave.
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