Support for Ukraine: Prague Zoo offers benefit tours and programs for families
How to get involved in helping Ukrainian zoos?
Collection account
Those interested can send any amount to the special sub-account of the Prague Zoo collection account “We help them survive”. All proceeds are intended to support Ukrainian zoos. The Prague Zoo would also greatly appreciate it if the Czech public disseminated information about the sub-account.
Account number: 43-6804660247 / 0100
Variable symbol: 2022
Message to the recipient: Ukraine
Extraordinary benefit tours with breeders
Another idea of how to obtain funding to support Ukrainian zoos came from the breeders themselves: they will accompany those interested in groups of up to ten participants in their sections and, where possible, with a large visit to the background. The price of one approximately one-hour tour is CZK 1,000 and can be purchased at the Prague Zoo e-shop: https://eshop.zoopraha.cz/pomahame-ukrajinskym-zoo.html.
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You can choose from the following options:
A walk in Darwin Crater (bear devils, common wombats, kangaroos and others)
Dates and time: 13, 16, 18, 21, 21, 25, 28 and 31 March from 16:00
Performed by: David Vala
Expedition for beasts (Eurasian wolves, Chabrak hyenas, Manchu leopards, Ussuri tigers)
Dates and time: March 12, 15, 18, 22, 25 and 29 from 16:00
Performed by: Veronika Šejstalová
The sightseeing circuit also includes a traffic route, where otherwise they have no chance to look.
Visit the Valley of the Elephants
Dates and time: March 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27 and 30 from 16:00
Performed by: Martin Kristen, Lukáš Pokorný, Monika Durlevićová
A tour of otherwise inaccessible facilities is also included.
Bird walk (according to agreement and weather – for example predators or inhabitants of Rákos’ pavilion)
Dates and time: 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, 28 and 29 March from 13:00
Performed by: Aneta Kratochvílová
Meeting with primates (gorillas and inhabitants of the Monkey Islands)
Dates and time: 11, 12, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29 and 30 March from 1.30 pm
Performed by: Martin Vojáček
Offer for Ukrainian visitors
Admission for the crown
From Monday, February 28, the Prague Zoo allows children and women from Ukraine to enter the Prague Zoo for CZK 1. To enter, simply present a valid passport or ID card of Ukraine. Tens to hundreds of people take advantage of this offer every day, most of them arriving at the weekend. By Sunday, March 6, a total of 2,103 Ukrainian women and children had arrived.
Days for Ukrainian families with children
Guided feeding, sea lion training or an entertainment program in the Bororo Reserve, all offered by the Days for Ukrainian Families with Children. The entire program will be translated into Ukrainian thanks to forty volunteers who signed up at the request of the Prague Zoo.
The program takes place on the following days: Thursday 10 March, Saturday 12 March, Tuesday 15 March, Saturday 19 March, Thursday 24 March, Sunday 27 March.
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Schedule:
9.00 Meeting of participants at the main entrance to the zoo
9.30–15.00 Transform into animals – entertainment program in the Bororo Reserve (face painting, production of animal masks and animal-themed competitions for small rewards)
10.30 Commented feeding of kangaroos in Darwin Crater
11.00 Commented feeding of penguins
13.30 Sea lion training
14.30 Feeding pets at the Children’s Zoo
Programs for organized groups
For larger organized groups of people, Prague Zoo allows you to order a special program translated into Ukrainian on a date other than the above. To order and select the date and time of the visit, those interested can write to the e-mail address: [email protected].