My Worldwide Zoo Visit List

My biggest passions alongside travel are animals, wildlife, conservation and the zoos which make much of that work possible…  I have been lucky enough to visit a lot of zoos, and to do so all around the world!  On this page you will find the full list of zoos which I have visited over the years and hopefully as time goes on I will be linking them all to reviews.  For the benefit of this post I will be using the term zoo as an umbrella term to cover zoos, safari parks, wildlife parks, rescue centers which allow access for a charge and museums with live exhibits.  Not all of them have been good, but the VAST majority of them are good, and most of those have been an absolute pleasure to visit.

One of the most common questions I get asked is, “you go to a lot of zoos – do you really think we need them?”

The short answer is Yes!  However to go in to a little more depth, the standard of zoos around the world has increased dramatically, even just fairly recently in some cases.  It is not always the case that animals are kept in tiny cages behind thick iron bars…  I must admit that there are still some zoos which lag behind and where this is the case, however it’s not always third world zoos like you might expect!  I have seen zoos even in Vietnam put some in the USA and France to shame!  However for the most part, don’t let these exceptions put you off.

Zoos do a huge amount for conservation and science, not to mention helping people (especially kids) around the world, fall in love with the nature that does or should surround them!  But they do need visitors to be able to continue all this great work.  I have seen zoos around the world, as you can see below, and I am a true believer that a world without zoos would be a much poorer planet, so long as we ensure that zoos are held accountable for their animals and the way they treat them.

Number of Zoos Visited:

Zoo count so far = 101