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BestZoo
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Netherlands 9 spp. present
BestZOO is a small zoo in Best, North Brabant, Netherlands. It opened in 1930 as Vleut the Zoo, and was owned and operated by the van Laarhoven family until purchased by Zodiac Zoos in 2007. Zodiac Zoos upgraded many of the old exhibits to more naturalistic settings, but sold them to Jos Nooren in 2010 before all upgrades were completed. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
51.529° N 5.401° E
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Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
High
Species present
9
speciesOpened
1930
Size
Small
Visit
Opening hours
Oct–Apr · 10:00–17:00May–Sep · 9:30–18:00
Getting there
- Address
- Broekdijk 15, 5681PG Best
- Phone
- +31 499 371 706
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is BestZoo?
Netherlands
BestZoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the Netherlands, at Broekdijk 15, 5681PG Best. Its coordinates are 51.529° N, 5.401° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Wadden Sea National Park, about 257 km away.
What animals can you see at BestZoo?
9 species
Citizen-science photos record 9 species at BestZoo, including Common Kingfisher, American Kestrel, Common Raccoon, Striped Skunk and Slender-tailed Meerkat. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of BestZoo in the wild?
Common Kingfisher: Sundarbans National Park
Some of the animals photographed at BestZoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Kingfisher (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Sundarbans National Park), American Kestrel (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Jaragua National Park) and Common Raccoon (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Celestún Biosphere Reserve).
When is BestZoo open?
Oct–Apr · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, BestZoo is open Oct–Apr · 10:00–17:00; May–Sep · 9:30–18:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did BestZoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1930, 2.2 ha
BestZoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the Netherlands, opened in 1930 and covers about 2.2 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 9 species are photographed there.
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