Nagasaki Bio Park

IF YOU ARE NEARBY, THIS IS MUST! Amazing experience. I would suggest to arrive as soon as you can, around 16 o'clock animals are getting ready to go home and sleep (official closing time is 17:00, but actually it starts around 16:15 - different animals go home at different times). Also some animals you can feed only before a certain hour such as monkeys (11:00 to 15:00). And for some other animals vegetables/ other food may be sold out already due to the limited amount. Sooner is better there, I wish we would know that in advance. You will spend 2 hours there minimum, I would suggest to plan with 3-4h, 4h would be ideal. Also take a lot of 100yen coins, you would need them for purchasing food for animals - 10-15x 100y coins for a person would be ideal. You can touch a lot of animals here - at your own risk, but they are calm (and feed them). Such as flamingos, capybaras, kangaroos, monkeys, lemurs and racoons (you can touch just their paws while feeding them). It's really a unique experience. Animals there are well cared for, clean, happy. I would rather support this amazing place than some cafe where animals have never seen dirt before. One tip: If you feel like it you can feed the animals from your hand. Put your fingers together and open your hand fully. Then place the treat in middle of your palm. Show it to the capybara, kangaroo or flamingo and let them eat it from your hand.

I went here on a Saturday morning from Huis Ten Bosch. There is a free shuttle from Huis Ten Bosch to Nagasaki Biopark but you need to reserve in advance. We availed the biopark + PAW ticket. If you are not afraid of or allergic to animals, I recommend purchasing the combo ticket. PAW was such a fun experience. You can pet inus (dogs), nekos (cats), guinea pigs, goats, rabbits, and squirrel monkeys! The staff was also very cheerful - you can feel how much they care for the animals. It was different from the other zoos because you can actually see the animals up close, interact with them and feed them. You have to prepare a lot of coins. The highlight for me would be the capybara zone. They were sleeping when we arrived so we went back. I also enjoyed the raccoons (lol). They were super cute. And lastly Momo the hippo. She was sleeping when we arrived. We waited for a while until she woke up. You can feed her cabbage and this will make her happy. We wanted to stay a bit longer to see her feeding time but it was quite late in the afternoon. Hope to come back when there are more events / activities - capybara bath, etc. The kids seem to enjoy so much - I think when I have kids someday I will definitely bring them here too 😊

Truly a zoo nested in a natural hillside environment unlike those found in the bigger cities. The entrance dome felt like i was entering a lost civilisation. Plenty of opportunity to interact n feed the animals. Numerous encounters with crabs that roam freely along the paths through the park.

Nicely set up enclosurer. Get ready to spend 2 to 3 hours at the Bio Park and prepare enough 100 yen coins to feed the animals!

Petting capybaras was fun and the animals seem well cared for, which is pretty special for Japanese zoos. Bug collection was great and PAW is pretty cute too