A Wonderful Day and How I Adopted an Animal 🙂
What is the Budapest Zoo like and what kind of animals are there? In this video we’ll show you what experience awaits you in the city Zoo of the Hungarian Capitol. The Budapest Zoo (or Állatkert) offers an excellent experience that can last almost a whole day! It is probably one of the cutest places you can visit in the Hungarian capital as it hosts about 1070 different species from the Animal Kingdom. In this video we are showing you what the experience is like in the Budapest Zoo and what nice and friendly animals you can visit. Oh, and we are also Adopting one of the residents of the Zoo!
The Budapest Zoo was established in 1866, and it is one of the few very old Zoo’s around the world that has survived till this day. It hosts about 1070 species, but it is also renowned as a Botanical Garden with about 2000 different plants, flowers and trees. The total population is somewhere around 10,000, so there are many cute creatures to check out and some very interesting looking ones! In the Zoo there are events to bring you closer to the animals that you encounter, some of these let the residents show off their skills like at the Seal show, or give you insights into how the creatures are kept and what fun facts you can know about them, this also gives a chance to personally ask questions to the caretakers if you are really interested!
In this video we are checking out the march of the Penguins, the skills of the Seals, we grab a famous hungarian street food called Lángos, watch as the Elephants play in their pool and grab a local sweet called Kürtöskalács (Chimney cake). And while we are in the Zoo, we search for a cute fellow whom we could adopt!
Running a Zoo isn’t cheap, and besides the ticket revenue the Budapes Zoo also heavily relies on donations. One cool way to donate and support the wellbeing of these animals is to Adopt one of the residents, there are 400 different named animals for you to support. Obviously you cannot take the animals home, an Elephant in a suburban garden may look out of place, but you can call yourself the proud Fairy Godmother or something of one of the animals, plus you get to attend 2 of the yearly Parent meetings. You can give this adoption also as a gift to someone. Besides these you also get a certificate of recognition, a CV of the animal, a photograph and Pin to display showing off as being a proud supporter!
For more information, check the office inside the Zoo Gift Shop. Their website is available in Hungarian only, so maybe use a web browser built in translator: http://www.allatkertialapitvany.hu/ Official Website of the Budapest Zoo: https://zoobudapest.com/en
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