Half term fun @ London Zoo

Where is a perfect outing for a nine year old’s birthday?

London Zoo of course!

Whilst not cheap at £18 per child (gulp! Thankfully we had some vouchers from Tesco club card to pay for it) it’s worth a full day. Keep costs down as we did and take your own packed lunch and snacks.

Situated in Regents Park, the Zoo is a 15 minute walk from Camden Town tube, or a 274 bus ride for tired little legs.

Posing with the statue of Guy the gorilla

Through to the Dragon Kingdom:

Komodo Dragon – look cute but has a poisonous bite!

Pretending to be a Galapagos giant tortoise – just like me!

We think this is the snake from Harry Potter….

Two-tone boa!

Tortoise like pet Popcorn

Errghh toads in the shower (you don’t want to see what was in the toilet!!)

Into the mists…. There was a zoo baby – we didn’t see it, but everyone had to be really quiet as the Dad was very protective!

Penguin human face off!

See them swimming under the water!

Fat baby penguin 🙂

But the most fun was had by the bug house where they run kids activities, this half term it was caterpillars to butterflies!

Caterpillar crawling into the chrysalis

Emerging out the other side

Ta da butterfly!

Butterflies feeding on pollen – the girls got very involved!

Vicuñas – I saw some in South America!

Vicuñas hiding in the shelter

We then moved to see the Black Capped Squirrel Monkeys

Warning sign

Monkey checking out someone’s scraps by Violet – we weren’t the ones littering!!

Close up of the monkey

Nibble nibble!

All the goats crowding for food, I mean attention….

Then on to the camels – you can’t pet these

And we managed to see the real tigers too

Then on the final leg to the promised land of the gift shop….

Pygmy hippo!