What to expect
Zoo de Lagos is the smaller-scale zoo option when an animal-focused outing is the main interest. Its published collection includes African penguins, ring-tailed lemurs, pygmy hippos, meerkats and many different birds. Children who enjoy watching behaviour can spend time comparing the primates, water birds and reptiles rather than hurrying towards rides. The zoo’s own animal guide is useful for choosing a few particular interests before you go.
The zoo is outside central Lagos in the Barão de São João area. That makes it a separate road outing from the marina, Old Town or beach. Use the zoo location when arranging a lift or driving from Praia da Luz, Burgau or another western base, and keep the return transport in the same plan. A town day and a zoo day need not be compressed into one busy schedule.
A visit can follow the children’s interests, with pauses between the animal areas and time to return to a favourite enclosure. The zoo also has places to eat and picnic, so you can build a break into the outing rather than rushing back to town for lunch. Feeding programmes and special activities have their own arrangements. Follow the staff’s directions around the animals and choose any close-contact experience separately from ordinary zoo admission.
- Also known as
- Lagos Zoo · Parque Zoológico de Lagos · Lagos Zoological Park
Planning your visit
- A separate road journey is needed from central Lagos.
- Animal activities and encounters have their own arrangements and participation conditions.
- The operator requires children under 13 to be accompanied by an adult.