Visitors can find a Caucasian Christmas tree near the silver gibbon exhibit. Photo by Petr Hamerník, Prague Zoo
On Sunday, December 1, the Prague Zoo will light up the Christmas tree in the Veselovského meadow. Visitors can look forward to the traditional procession to the tree, the nativity scene, and the presentation of the new adoption campaign. The Christmas atmosphere will also be created by carols performed by a children’s choir.
From 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., entry for all visitors will be a symbolic 50 CZK.
Prague Zoo will welcome visitors at 4:15 p.m. at the Education Center near the main entrance. Subsequently, the procession will go towards the lower part of the Prague Zoo grounds to the Veselovského meadow. Even before the Christmas tree is lit, the Prague Zoo will present this year’s campaign Adopt me!
Thanks to the adoption campaign, the so-called animal orphans, i.e. animals without an adoptive parent, find their patrons. It is not only about gaining new supporters, but also about introducing the public to species that, despite their uniqueness, are often overlooked. An adoption certificate can thus be a meaningful and original Christmas gift.
The arrival of Advent will be accompanied by the carols of the Osmikvítek children’s choir.
Main program:
16.15 Meeting of visitors at the Education Center and procession to the tree on Veselovského louka
16.30 Christmas carols performed by the Osmikvítek children’s choir
16.40 Welcome and Christmas greetings from the director of the Prague Zoo, Miroslav Bobek
16.50 Presentation of the adoption campaign
17.00 Lighting of the Christmas tree
17.10 Christmas carols performed by the Osmikvítek children’s choir