The London zoo, a great place to visit!

The London's zoo is the world's oldest zoo. It is one of the most beautiful places I visited in London.
It first opened on 27 April 1828. Today, more than 700 animal spieces are housed inside this wonderful zoo. The zoo is divided into several areas , the reptile house, the acquarium, the big animals area that
houses elephants and other big animals, the insect house, the "children's house (the first children zoo
in Europe), the African bird Safari, the "meet the monkeys" walk, the butterfly paradise (a marvellous exhibit), the Gorilla "kingdom", "Clore Rainforest lookout" (a walkthrough rainforest), The Bordhouse (open only on Easter), and the "blackburn pavillion". The thing that struck me most was seeing how well  the zoo is managed and maintained.

The question that arose spontaneously in admiring the spectacular nature of this structure, was wondering where this structure can take the money to support itself. I mean, I cannot imagine
how expensive can be to sustain such a structure and all its animals.
They are so well kept and specially big animals have great and large spaces to live in...I guess it must be quite expensive to keep them living the way they do. My wonders found the answer when my friend who was guiding us throughout the zoo explained us that the zoo lives off on consistent memeber's donations together with entrance fees. If I were to choose which area I loved the most during the zoo visiting I honestly could not say it. Each area has a charm on its own. For the ones of you who have never been to the London zoo, let me tell you more in depth what each area is about. The London zoo "Afrcan bird Safari" is a 51 metres long and 10 metres high walk-through area, including a bridge and it houses bird spieces including Superb Starlings, blue bellied rollers and many more.

The Animal Adventure area is a new exhibit that feature animals such as prairie dogs, red pandascoatis, meerkats and other animals. It is located near the children's zoo and is a "must" if you go visit the London zoo. The acquarium is one of children's favorite place. Almost as big as Valencia's Oceanographic. The London  zoo hosts the Acquarium since 1853. Definetely one of the oldest Acquarium of all. It has famous captive-breeding programmes (the captivity room is visitable to all) and it contains spicies such Pink see fans, soiny starfish, clownfish, amazon electric eels, catfish and many more. The Blackburn Pavilion is a remake of the old Bird House and is hostes inside a Victorian building. The exhibit is named after the
Blackburn family which financed the structure. The space recreates a rainforest and cloud forest enviornment . This London zoo area houses more than 50 spicies of birds incouding toucans.

Another area I loved is the "Butterfly Paradise". This is the newest area ( built in 2006) . It hosts spicies of butterfly that come from South America , Africa, Asia and Central America. This London zoo area aims species recovery programmes,and habitat protection initiatives. I found these initiatives very stimulating and interesting for all. The Clore Rainforest Lookout replace the  Pavilion for Mammals and it recreates a South American rainforest. The night zone provides an insight into nocturnal rainforest ( very fascinating) .
The London zoo Gorilla Kingdom is a wonderful 65,000 sq ft space where Gorillas ( there are 3 of them )  live wild. The "into africa" pathway features an in depth viewing of giraffes and african hunting dogs and zebras. The "meet the monkeys" area is , as you can imagine a space dedicated to monkeys. It is a 16,000 sq ft space designed  to recreate Bolivian rainforest where monkeys jump happily from one tree to the other.  Finally the reptile house ( opened in 1927) is home to many spiecied of reptiles. I am not a big reptile fan, to be honest. But , I became fascinated by them thanks to the London zoo guide who  illustrated us the life and origins of reptiles. In short, if you go to London I suggest you spend an afternoon at the Lond  zoo. You will not regret it.