Aquariums and Zoos in Brittany, France

Aquarium, Vannes

Plunge into an exceptional collection of tropical fish.. an enchantment of colours, shapes and poetry.  Meet real predators like piranhas, sharks or the famous Nile crocodile found in the sewers of Paris. 

Opening Times

Open every day, all of the year:
June, July, August - 9h - 20h
April, May, Sept & school holidays - 9h-12h30/13h30-19h
Oct, March - 10h - 12h30/13h30-18h30

Jardin aux Papillons, Vannes

All around you, hundreds of exotic butterflies fly freely, gather nectar and breed among luxuriant plants and rare flowers.  You can feel, hear, touch and explore the tropical world.

Opening Times

Open every day between 1st April - 30th September
July - Aug - 10h - 18h
April, May, June, Sept - 10h/12h30 - 13h30/18h

Insectarium, Lizio

It is a meeting place for the mysterious insect world.  You will find out what an insect is, you will meet insects - man's helpers, engineers and architects; species used as pedalogical tools, species living all around the world; inects and their relatives: praying mantis, goliaths, trap-door spider, scorpios, centipedes.

Opening Times

Open from 1st April - 30th September
10h - 12h30/13h30 - 18h

Pont Scorff Zoo

600 animals, 3 spectacles - 5 hour visit around the zoo of Pont Scorff.  There is a restaurant and 2 shops.

Opening Times

Open every day
9h30 - 19h during the season
9h30 - 21h for July and August
10h - 12h/13h-17h out of season

Gates close 1h30 before the closing of the park

Oceanopolis, Brest

Europe's premier Ocean Discovery Park.  You will be able to explore every sea on earth within an entire day. There are 3 pavilions with temperate, polar and tropical aquariums where you will be able to see feeding and diving shows.  There are 10,000 different animals to be seen.

Opening Times

From 1st April to 16th September 2001 - open daily from 9.00 am to 7.00pm (cash desks open from 9.00am to 6.00pm).

Tropical Park,  St Jacut-Les-Pins

Go around the world among animals and exotic plants.  Discover the marvels of Asian art in a park of 8 acres and over a 1000 square metres covered area. 3.7 million litres of aquariums and animations to dream, to learn, and to enjoy yourself. Southern hemisphere penguins, a scientific base, real pack ice--- the polar pavilion will help you explore the remotest seas on Earth.  Sharks, the Caribbean Sea, the Great Barrier Reef, the tropical pavilion will help you discover the world's most beautiful underwater scenery.  In the temperate pavilion, the seals, the kelp forest, the touch pool and many other aquariums will reveal the multiple aspects of the seas in Brittany.

Opening Times

Open every day from 1st April to 4th November
10h00 - 12h00 & 14h00 - 19h00
July, Augsut and national holidays - 10h00 - 19h00

Spectacles

During the week - 15h30
Sunday and holidays 15h30 & 17h15 (depending on the weather)

Parc de Prehistoire de Bretagne,  Malansac

Brittany's Prehistorical Park is set in a twenty hectare wild, wooded setting, which dotted with five spectacular lakes, plus ancient wells and slate quarries. You can see 30 life-size scenes of people and animals. First come dinosaurs in their geological period-dimetrodon, stegasaurus, tyranosaurus.  Then human evolution will unfold, from our most distant ancestor Homo erectus, Brittany's first inhabitant (500 000 years BC), to the people who erected the menhirs, or standing stones (around 2 000 BC) During the visit, all the explanations are translated into english.

Opening Times

1st April - 15th October, every day from 10h30 - 19h30 (closed for entry from 17h30)
15h October - 11th November, only Sunday 13h30 - 18h

Branfere Animal Park

In the 18th Century, an amateur botanist created the park with rare plants to enable you to voyage through the world of nature.  Branfere is a haven for an eclectic mix of easy going wildlife, which coexist harmoniously in delightful surroundings.  Visitors can wander among the wallabies, storks, lemurs, zebras, flamingoes and many more creatures.

Opening Times

1st July - 2nd Sept - 10h00 - 20h00, gates close at 18h30
1st April - 30th June and 3rd - 30th September - 10h00 - 19h30, gates close ay 18h00

Zoo de Tregomeur (Cotes d'Armor)

This zoo is a little paradise of 14 hectares located between Saint Brieuc and Binic.

Abeilles and Fourmis- Le Faouet-(Morbihan)

A unique landscape that will make you discover the insects'world.

Planete Sauvage

Situated in Port Saint-Pere between Nantes and Pornic, the Planete Sauvage Park will bring you to the heart of Africa to discover the wildlife. At the end of the visit you will have entertaining meeting for the whole family!

La Ferme du Monde-Carentoir(Morbihan)

Located near to Carentoir, La Ferme du Monde will invite you to discover 400  half-free farmed animals coming from the 5 continents on 25 hectares of woods and meadows.

You also have a hosted tour of a Breton village and its old crafts.

Zoo de la Boissiere du Doré-(Loire Atlantique)

 This zoo has more than 500 animals on 9 hectares of green fields. It is located in Le Vignoble Nantais