Zoo

Bellewaerde

Q: Where is Bellewaerde?

Belgium. Bellewaerde is a zoo or wildlife park in Belgium. Its coordinates are 50.848° N, 2.946° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Wadden Sea National Park, about 410 km away.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Bellewaerde in the wild?

Chilean Flamingo: Lauca National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Bellewaerde also live in the parks and cities we cover: Chilean Flamingo (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lauca National Park) and White Stork (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Doñana National Park).

Q: When did Bellewaerde open and how big is it?

Opened 1954, 54 ha. Bellewaerde, a zoo or wildlife park in Belgium, opened in 1954 and covers about 54 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap.

🇧🇪 Belgium

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Belgium 2 spp. present

Bellewaerde is a theme park in the West Flemish countryside at Zonnebeke near Ypres, Belgium (it is physically located just inside the Ypres municipality boundary). It was established in 1954, on the grounds of the World War I Battle of Bellewaarde. Named after an old castle in its territory that still stands near the main entrance, Bellewaerde is the oldest operating theme park in Belgium. Originally a zoo and safari, the park expanded in the early eighties to become more of a general theme- and thrillpark, catering towards teens and families. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

50.848° N 2.946° E

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

species

Opened

1954

Size

Large

Visit

Getting there

bellewaerde.be ↗

Who runs it

Owned by: Grévin & Cie, Luc Florizoone

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Phoenicopterus chilensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Lauca National Park+ 4 more parks

Ciconia ciconia

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Doñana National Park+ 41 more parks

Before you go

Where is Bellewaerde?

Belgium

Bellewaerde is a zoo or wildlife park in Belgium. Its coordinates are 50.848° N, 2.946° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Wadden Sea National Park, about 410 km away.

Where can you see the animals of Bellewaerde in the wild?

Chilean Flamingo: Lauca National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Bellewaerde also live in the parks and cities we cover: Chilean Flamingo (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lauca National Park) and White Stork (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Doñana National Park).