Zoo

Pairi Daiza

Q: Where is Pairi Daiza?

Belgium. Pairi Daiza is a zoo or wildlife park in Belgium, at Le Domaine(CC) 1, B-7940 Brugelette. Its coordinates are 50.585° N, 3.887° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Wadden Sea National Park, about 397 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Pairi Daiza?

388 species. Citizen-science photos record 388 species at Pairi Daiza, including Common Peafowl, Scarlet Ibis, Marabou Stork, American Flamingo and Sitatunga. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

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

Common Peafowl: Udawalawe National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Pairi Daiza also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park), Scarlet Ibis (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Caroni Swamp) and Marabou Stork (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lake Nakuru National Park).

Q: Is Pairi Daiza accredited?

EAZA. Open registers list Pairi Daiza with EAZA. These marks come from Wikidata, and they are shown here as a fact, not as an endorsement.

Q: When did Pairi Daiza open and how big is it?

Opened 1969, 76 ha. Pairi Daiza, a zoo or wildlife park in Belgium, opened in 1969 and covers about 76 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 388 species are photographed there.

🇧🇪 Belgium

EAZA

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Belgium 388 spp. present

Pairi Daiza (French pronunciation: [pɛʁi daiza]; formerly Paradisio) is a privately owned zoo and botanical garden located in Brugelette, Hainaut, Belgium. The 75-hectare (190-acre) large animal theme park is located on the site of the former Cistercian Cambron Abbey, and is home to over 7,000 animals. The name is taken from the Avestan word pairi daēza, which is the source of the Persian word paradise. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

50.585° N 3.887° E

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

—

Tourism

High

Species present

388

species

Opened

1969

Size

Large

Accreditations

European Association of Zoos and AquariaZoos and aquariums mainly in Europe: shared membership standards and coordinated breeding programmes

Visit

Getting there

Address: Le Domaine(CC) 1, B-7940 Brugelette

Who runs it

Owned by: Marc Coucke, Eric Domb

What visitors say

Pairi Daiza is without a doubt the most beautiful zoo in Europe, and maybe even the most impressive one we’ve ever visited.

We saw peacocks flying here, which was such a treat!

It took a while but on 17 august 2020, during my staycation, I finally could visit Pairi Daiza.

🦒 Animals in captivity

Pavo cristatus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Udawalawe National Park+ 26 more parks

Eudocimus ruber

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Caroni Swamp+ 1 more park

Leptoptilos crumenifer

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Lake Nakuru National Park+ 38 more parks

Phoenicopterus ruber

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve+ 10 more parks

Tragelaphus spekii

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Odzala-Kokoua National Park+ 1 more park

Potamochoerus porcus

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Lake Nakuru National Park+ 28 more parks

Ciconia ciconia

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Doñana National Park+ 41 more parks

Before you go

Where is Pairi Daiza?

Belgium

Pairi Daiza is a zoo or wildlife park in Belgium, at Le Domaine(CC) 1, B-7940 Brugelette. Its coordinates are 50.585° N, 3.887° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Wadden Sea National Park, about 397 km away.

What animals can you see at Pairi Daiza?

388 species

Citizen-science photos record 388 species at Pairi Daiza, including Common Peafowl, Scarlet Ibis, Marabou Stork, American Flamingo and Sitatunga. 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 Pairi Daiza in the wild?

Common Peafowl: Udawalawe National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Pairi Daiza also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park), Scarlet Ibis (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Caroni Swamp) and Marabou Stork (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lake Nakuru National Park).

Is Pairi Daiza accredited?

EAZA

Open registers list Pairi Daiza with EAZA. These marks come from Wikidata, and they are shown here as a fact, not as an endorsement.

When did Pairi Daiza open and how big is it?

Opened 1969, 76 ha

Pairi Daiza, a zoo or wildlife park in Belgium, opened in 1969 and covers about 76 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 388 species are photographed there.