Cambron Castle (Aquarium) — Attraction in Brugelette

Absolutely atrocious and a HUGE stain on Pairi Daiza, which is otherwise a fantastic zoo with excellent animal welfare. The aquarium is built into an old house type build and is extremely claustrophobic. After waiting 20 minutes in the full sun to get in, we were pushed through a series of cramped corridors with no space to stand/ move, no airconditioning, no crowd control, and no outside air. The lighting was bad and the tanks hard to view due to to the tiny corridors with hundreds of people crammed in. If you have anxiety, claustrophobia, or care about animal welfare do not go in here! The building needs to be knocked down and a new aquarium built as the space is outdated and inappropriate for both people an animals.

The enclosures themselves are mixed. The axolotls (in the final room of the aquarium) are clearly very loved and have a beautiful planted tank. This is the only good habitat in the whole aquarium except for a tropical tank which can be viewed from above on the stairs and the coral propagation tanks.

The sea turtles and sharks are very large and old but live in an absolutely shockingly small tank: think Sea World. For the best zoo in Europe this is extremely disappointed and needs to be updated. The worst of all are the "rescued" terrapins; apparently these are abandoned pets rescued by the zoo but there are so many of them in both the outdoor ponds (in front of the aquarium) and the indoor enclosure that they have to fight for space on the basking logs. This is unbelievable abuse and was shocking to see. Please make your voice heard on behalf of these animals in the hope that they will be rehoused to a more appropriate enclosure in the new tropical greenhouse building now under...

Would not recommend for people who don't like closed spaces. The tunnels are very narrow and ventilation is very bad. I had a panic attack inside and couldn't leave because there were so many people and there are no...

Aquarium op zich top. Heel mooie aquarium verzorgd veel te zien. Het pad om door te lopen is echter wel heel donker, claustrofobisch en erg warm. Alles loopt in 1 richting wat op zich niet slecht is maar er is geen nooduitgang aanwezig. Wij hadden het geluk dat het erg kalm was maar ook voor ons was het al onaangenaam van de warmte zonder iets van frisse lucht nog binnen te krijgen. Sommige aquariums behoorde precies niet bij de juiste diersoort. De ene was te klein en de ander dan veel te groot. Voor de rest wel een aangename...