Zoo
Bois du Petit-Château
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Switzerland 9 spp. present
47.106° N 6.822° E
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
Medium
Species present
9
speciesOpened
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Size
Medium
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 8:00–18:00Oct–Mar · 8:00–17:00
Getting there
- Address
- Replat du Dahu 1, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Who runs it
- Run by
- collection of the natural history museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Bois du Petit-Château?
Switzerland
Bois du Petit-Château is a zoo or wildlife park in Switzerland, at Replat du Dahu 1, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds. Its coordinates are 47.106° N, 6.822° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Vanoise National Park, about 193 km away.
What animals can you see at Bois du Petit-Château?
9 species
Citizen-science photos record 9 species at Bois du Petit-Château, including European Greenfinch, Eurasian Lynx, Western Capercaillie, Eurasian Eagle-Owl and Eastern Green Mamba. 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 Bois du Petit-Château in the wild?
European Greenfinch: Aoraki Mount Cook National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Bois du Petit-Château also live in the parks and cities we cover: European Greenfinch (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park), Eurasian Lynx (about 20% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Hemis National Park) and Western Capercaillie (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bavarian Forest National Park).
When is Bois du Petit-Château open?
Every day · 8:00–18:00
According to its open map listing, Bois du Petit-Château is open Every day · 8:00–18:00; Oct–Mar · 8:00–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Bois du Petit-Château open and how big is it?
3.0 ha
Bois du Petit-Château, a zoo or wildlife park in Switzerland, covers about 3.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 9 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers