Events

 

FEBRUARY

Guided feedings and meetings: held on weekends. Visit the animals when they are at their most active and learn interesting information about their lives. Meet your favourite animals with riveting tales and facts. Held throughout the day – simply take your pick! Being an outdoor programme, it only takes place when the weather is good.

Zoo of Light: till 16. of February over a hundred lanterns in the form of African animals transform the zoo’s lower grounds. The manufacturer, Garden of Lights, made several of them just for Prague Zoo. Once darkness descends, the Zoo of Light also offers visitors a sacred baobab or interactive projections. People can even look forward to ‘photopoints’ as Prague Zoo is lit up by thousands of lights.

Exhibitions:
Gočár’s Houses Gallery: FREIGHTED: 500 years of rhinoceroses in collections and exhibitions
Yurt: 65 years of the Przewalski’s Horse Studbook
Terrace in front of the Education Centre: 20 years with Moja

 

2. 2. (SUN) Šiška the pangolin’s second birthday
Come and celebrate the birthday of the first pangolin to be born in Europe
9.30, 15.30 Birthday feed for the pangolins
(Indonesian Jungle)

2. 2. (SUN) World Wetlands Day and Tortoise Breeders’ Day
Get to know the animals inhabiting wetlands, not just in the Czech Republic, but around the world.

  - 10.00–15.00 Guided feedings and meetings
  - 10.00 Feeding the Chilean and American flamingos (Water World and Monkey Islands)
  - 11.00 Talapoin feeding (Dja Reserve)
  - 13.00 Hippo feeding (Hippo House)
  - 14.00 Feeding the birds in the Pantanal exhibition (Rákos’ House)
  - 15.00 Meet the shoebills (Bird Wetlands)

10.00–16.00 Talks on tortoises and turtles
(Education Centre)

8. 2. (SAT) Fighting the extinction of species
Find out about Prague Zoo’s conservation projects to save endangered species and discover what species have been saved from extinction thanks to breeding in captivity.

10.00–16.00 We Help Them Survive (information and gaming stations)
 - The return of the Przewalski's horse to the Asian steppes (Gobi)
 - The Wandering Bus and the conservation of gorillas (and others) in Central Africa (Dja Reserve)
 - Gharial conservation in Northern India (Chambal)
 - Egyptian vulture conservation in Southern Europe (Education Centre)

8. 2. (SAT) ZooSchool for adults: How to Run a Zoo
Zoos are popular institutions, but few of their visitors really know how a zoo works. This course will give you a behind the scenes glimpse of the zoo, you can try your hand at the various professions necessary to keep it running and find out what the main purpose of zoos is.

10. 2. (MON) ZooSchool for kids aged 8 to 11: How to Run a Zoo
Zoos are popular institutions, but few of their visitors really know how a zoo works. This course will give you a behind the scenes glimpse of the zoo and you can try your hand at the various professions necessary to keep it running.

11. 2. (TUE) ZooSchool for kids aged 11 to 15: How to Run a Zoo
Zoos are popular institutions, but few of their visitors really know how a zoo works. This course will give you a behind the scenes glimpse of the zoo and you can try your hand at the various professions necessary to keep it running.

15. 2. (SAT) World Pangolin Day
Meet the pangolins! Find out how they live, what threats they face in the wild and what Prague Zoo is doing to protect them.

9.30, 15.30 Feeding the pangolins
(Indonesian Jungle)

10.00–16.00 Education stations
Pangolins everywhere you look. Games and quizzes for young and old.
(Indonesian Jungle)

15.–16. 2. (SAT–SUN) St. Valentine’s weekend at Prague Zoo
This time the regular guided feedings will focus on courtship in the animal kingdom.

 10.00–16.00 Guided feedings and meetings
 - 10.00 Aardvark feeding (African House)
 - 10.30 Feeding the eastern grey kangaroos and red-necked wallabies (Darwin Crater)
 - 11.00 Feeding the penguins and ducks (Penguin House)
 - 11.00 Meeting by the Przewalski's’ horses (Gobi)
 - 12.00 Meeting by the gorillas (Dja Reserve)
 - 12.30 Meeting by the giraffes (African House)
 - 13.00 Meeting by the giant tortoises (Giant Tortoise House)
 - 13.00 Meeting by the elephants (Elephant Valley)
 - 14.00 Reptile feeding (Feline and Reptile House)
 - 14.00 Meeting by the polar bears (Polar Bears)
 - 14.30 Meeting by the Darwin Crater
 - 15.00 Meeting by the orang-utans (Indonesian Jungle)
 - 15.30 Pangolin feeding (Indonesian Jungle)
 - 15.30 Meeting by the gharials (Chambal, Sundays only)

17. 2. (MON) ZooSchool for kids aged 8 to 11: Asian Travels
From tropical lowlands and endless steppes to the peaks of the Himalayas, it can all be found in Asia. Together, we'll journey across the continent and discover how the animals living here have adapted to various conditions and what role they play in the local cultures.

18. 2. (TUE) ZooSchool for kids aged 11 to 15: Asian Travels
From tropical lowlands and endless steppes to the peaks of the Himalayas, it can all be found in Asia. Together, we'll journey across the continent and discover how the animals living here have adapted to various conditions and what role they play in the local cultures.

23. 2. (SUN) International Polar Bear Day celebrations
Meet the polar bears and find out everything you need to know about the upcoming Arctic project

 - 10.00, 11.00, 12.00 and 14.00 Guided meetings by the polar bears
   (Polar Bears)
 - 13.00 Giving the bears enrichment items
   (Polar Bears)
 - 10.00–16.00 Arctic gaming stations
   (Polar Bears)

 

MARCH

Exhibitions:
Gočár’s Houses Gallery: FREIGHTED: 500 years of rhinoceroses in collections and exhibitions
Yurt: 65 years of the Przewalski’s Horse Studbook (until 23. 3.), The Return of the Wild Horses to Kazakhstan (from 29. 3.)
Terrace in front of the Education Centre: 20 years with Moja (until 23. 3.) Tree Lobsters and Lord Howe Island (from 29. 3.)

2. 3. (SUN) World Wildlife Day Celebration
Prague Zoo joins this global event that aims to raise awareness about endangered species and the loss of their natural habitat. Prague Zoo has a wealth of rare and endangered endemic animals in its grounds. Learn how to identify them and see the range of diversity there is in Czech fauna.

- 9.30 Ornithological Walk to see wild birds in the zoo’s grounds
Meet at the main entrance. The tour is free with a valid zoo ticket.
(Zoo grounds)
- 10.00–16.00 The secrets of nest boxes (in English)
The best time to put up nest boxes for wild birds is just before spring bursts forth. Discover the secrets of making nest boxes for various avian inhabitants.
(Education Centre)

9. 3. (SUN) Get Rid of Phobias: ZooSchool for Adults
Even in adulthood, many of us suffer from an irrational fear of certain animals—snakes or spiders, for example. It is scientifically proven that phobias are, overall, learned and can be lessened. Experienced tutors will introduce you to the creatures you fear, explaining and gradually introducing them in an attempt to replace the negative feelings with a positive experience for later life.

15. 3. (SAT) Mersey Celebrates
Mersey is a female wombat born in the zoo, come and celebrate her first year of life.
- 11.00 and 14.30 Guided feeding
  (Darwin Crater)

15. 3. (SAT) Australia-themed ZooSchool for children aged 8 to 11
Are you interested in what life is like for the antipodeans? What makes marsupials so exceptional? Are all snakes and spiders in Australia really venomous? Find out this and much more at the ZooSchool.

16. 3. (SUN) Australia-themed ZooSchool for children aged 11 to 15
Are you interested in what life is like for the antipodeans? What makes marsupials so exceptional? Are all snakes and spiders in Australia really venomous? Find out this and much more at the ZooSchool.

22. 3. (SAT) World Water Day
Many animal species are bound to water, come and get to know some of them.
- 9.30 A walk to meet water birds
  Meet at the main entrance. The tour is free with a valid zoo ticket.
  (Zoo grounds)
- 11.30 A walk to meet amphibians
  Meet at the main entrance. The tour is free with a valid zoo ticket.
  (Zoo grounds)
* In the event of inclement weather, the tour will take place in the Indonesian Jungle

10.00–15.30 Special guided feedings and meetings
- 10.00 feeding the Titicaca water frog (Terrarium)
- 11.00 feeding the capybaras (Capybaras)
- 11.00 feeding the penguins and ducks (Penguin House)
- 13.00 feeding the hippos (Hippo House)
- 14.00 feeding the North American otters (North American otters)
- 14.30 feeding the Dalmatian pelicans (Pelicans)
- 15.00 meeting in the Chambal House (Chambal)
- 15.30 meeting the shoebills (Bird wetlands)

13.30 Seal training demonstration
(Seals)

23. 3. (SUN) Celebrating 95 years of keeping lions at Prague Zoo
Casting our minds back over the long history of keeping these iconic animals at Prague Zoo
- 13.30 Enrichment elements for the lions
  (Feline and Reptile Pavilion—outdoor exhibition)

29. 3. (SAT) Season opening celebrations
Opening ceremony for the new season with a day-long programme and some distinguished guests.

30. 3. (SUN) Get Rid of Phobias: ZooSchool for Teachers
One of the main reasons for a phobia is social learning, and if you as a teacher have a fear or phobia of snakes and/or spiders, you may pass this behaviour on to your students. That is why we have created a unique programme aimed at educators who work with children. At the ZooSchool, you will learn how to work through your fear or aversion, as well as how to endow children with a positive relationship to these much-maligned animals that often play a crucial role in ecosystems.