Avifauna Vogelpark is a zoo specializing in birds in Alphen am Rhein between The Hague and Amsterdam. In 1950 the zoo was opened as the first bird park in the world and presents penguins, kiwis and rainbow lorises on 15 hectares.

In Bürstadt in southern Hesse, around 10 km south-west of Worms in Rhineland-Palatinate and around 20 km south of Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg, you will find the Dschungelcamp indoor playground. Open all year round (closed on Mondays), the indoor

Founded in 1967, the town of Exmouth on the North West Cape in Western Australia has a population of just a few thousand; during peak tourist season, the population grows to around 6,000. At the Discovery Centre, you can dive for about an hour and a half

One of Dubai's first water parks awaits you, right next to the famous Jumeirah Hotel. The park opened in August 1999, making it one of the oldest water parks in Dubai. With over 20 water slides and a wave pool, there is something for everyone here. The

"Ahoy sailors, set sail!" can be heard from afar. The Disney Newport Bay Club Hotel is picturesquely situated here on the shores of Lake Disney, a hotel with maritime flair, nautical décor elements and endless attention to detail, inspired by the

The Ohrada Zoo was founded as early as 1939 on a private initiative. The Hluboká Zoo, which was renamed in 2015, is located only about 10 kilometres north of the famous city of Budweis on an area of 6 hectares. The zoo is home to well over 250 species

In the Swiss canton of Vaud, or rather in Servion, around 4 km from Oron-la-Ville and around 13 kilometres north-east of Lausanne, you will find the Tropiquarium de Servion, which has been open since 1979. Covering an area of around two hectares, the

If you fancy a relaxing trip into nature, Leipzig Wildlife Park in the Connewitz district is just the ticket. Covering around 42 hectares of woodland and meadows, you can experience native wildlife up close – from roe deer, wild boar and red deer to

Halfway between Zakopane and Kraków, in Rabka-Zdrój, is the small amusement park Rabkoland. Since May 1988, countless visitors have enjoyed themselves on an area of just 2 hectares. At that time still under the name Alibaba - named after the wooden

33 kilometres west of Norfolk, Virginia, along Interstate 264 to Virginia Beach. With a population of just under half a million, Virginia Beach is the largest city in the state, twice the size of the capital Richmond. The Ocean Breeze water park is