Nagasaki Bio Park — Attraction in Saikai

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...

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...

I'd love to give BioPark a higher rating, because we had such a good time at the park. However, it's only half-way there on animal care and enclosure maintenance. The park is truly fun with numerous feeding opportunities and interactions included with the price of admission. Never in my life have I pet a capybara or a lemur! Seen beavers walk all around me while surrounded by lemurs in the trees. Hand fed Maras, Flamingoes or Kangaroos. The park is also surrounded with nature and flowers in Spring. But some animals had nice facilities (beavers) while others were crowded, full of concrete (racoons) or too small (ostrich and zebra). Many of the animals are not kept in appropriate social arrangements for their species. Females and males shouldn't be separated. Monkeys need a social group. Zebras live in a herd. This isn't really followed in the park, and that adds to animal distress and lack of education of visitors. They should invest some money in the park enclosures and add more animal education...