Visitors to the Prague Zoo can expect several extraordinary events during the first weekend of June.
On Saturday, June 1, all children under the age of 15 will be admitted to the Prague Zoo for a symbolic one crown. A special program for Children’s Day was prepared by the Prague Zoo in cooperation with the Municipal Police. Prague will offer live music, prize competitions, sports activities, and a bouncy castle.
On Sunday, June 2 at 11 a.m., the christening ceremony of the baby orangutan will take place at the Indonesian Jungle pavilion. The one-month-old male will be named jointly by Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský and British Ambassador Matt Field.
On both free days, in addition to the aforementioned events, there will also be a special themed, commented animal feeding. On Saturday, visitors can look forward to feeding the parrots as part of the World Parrot Day celebrations, while on Sunday, critically endangered mountain bongos will celebrate their day in the same spirit. You can find the full program below.
Standard guided animal feedings and encounters – including the popular sea lion training – will run daily from June 1 until the end of August. You can find their breakdown here: www.zoopraha.cz/navsteva/program/komentovana-krmeni-cviceni.
Program for Saturday, June 1
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Children’s Day with the city police
- Music program: Swing Band of the city police – terrace of the Education Center
- Throw to the target and Semaphore – intersection near the sea lions
- Walking on stilts and Rotopedo – on the way to the exhibition of anthills
- Face painting – Veselovského louk
- Jumping castle – Veselovského louka
- Airbrush tattooing – Archa theater
- Photo corner – next to the Archa theater
- Kašpar and Klaudie – Children’s zoo and surroundings
- Bungee running – on the patch behind the ticket office of the children’s tram
- Children’s traffic school – at the Beasts and Reptiles Pavilion
- Issuing gifts – opposite the Education Center
10.00–16.00 World Parrot Day Celebrations
- 10.00 Handing over of enrichment to kea nestors – Rákos’ pavilion
- 12.00 Meeting with long-billed cogons – Rákos’ pavilion
- 13.30 Feeding the raven cockatoos – Darwin Crater
- 15.00 Feeding the lories – Lories
Program for Sunday, June 2
11.00 Baptism of a Sumatran orangutan cub
- 11.00 revealing the name of the cub – the journey between the capital entrance and the Indonesian jungle
- 13.00, 14.00, 15.00 commented meetings with orangutans – Indonesian jungle
11.00-14.00 World Bong Day Celebrations
- 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. guided feeding of mountain bongs – enclosure near the Hippo Pavilion
- 10.30 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. commented meetings at the mountain bongs – enclosure at the Hippo Pavilion