Zoo Landau in der Pfalz

Choose penguins, the Philippine animal enclosures and one primate stop, then pause at Meerwutzhausen and the playground if energy allows. Use the entrance plan to connect these stops.

After checking the gradients and tiger viewing with staff, decide whether to include the tiger and dromedary side. Leave time to revisit a quieter enclosure on your return rather than stretching the visit to the final closing minutes.

Choose two Humboldt penguins and compare the dots on their bellies. Can you recognise the same individual after it changes position? Sketch the pattern instead of trying to make the bird face you.

If the white-handed gibbons call, stop and listen before reaching for your camera. Their duet calls help maintain pair bonds and mark territory. Silence is part of a normal visit, too.

Let children pick one guinea pig and describe its coat colours and hair texture. The village’s position beside the playground makes this an easy stop before or after a play break.

Use the Affenhaus, terrariums and aquariums as one sheltered part of a mixed indoor-and-outdoor visit. Visit the house before its own closing time rather than relying on the grounds’ later exit time.

Look for the pale spots on the adult deer, then read about Landau’s role in coordinating their breeding programme. These small forest deer are worth a quiet pause rather than a quick pass.

Watch how the pigs explore their enclosure, and compare them with the nearby Philippine deer. Their wild relatives face severe habitat loss on a small number of islands.

Check both the water and the banks before moving on. These small otters are active by day and around dusk, but resting animals may stay out of sight; a second visit is often a better plan than waiting for a performance.

Look beyond the pink feathers to the grey legs and red joints. Try framing a reflection or a curved neck without leaning across a barrier.

Landau’s logo animal is the one-humped dromedary. Watch its rolling walk or chewing movements from the public path, and remember that the approach belongs to the steeper part of the zoo.

This is a home for older chimpanzees. Give resting and social behaviour as much attention as movement, keeping voices low and leaving the glass alone.

Scan the raised lookout points as well as ground level. Landau’s meerkats retain their group’s lookout behaviour, so one animal may be watching while others go about their day.

Start with the long black-and-white tail, then watch how individuals space themselves around the enclosure. Keep your camera outside the barrier and let the animals choose their distance.

Landau keeps a bachelor group of these Bolivian squirrel monkeys. Follow one individual for a short while before trying a photograph, rather than chasing every movement with the camera.

The local animals are Siberian, or Amur, tigers. Check public viewing before walking up: the September 2026 introduction notice described DARIA and MANU in off-show areas and gave no fixed timetable for the next stages.

The animals described here live in the zoo’s care. Stories about their wild homes explain conservation beyond the enclosures. Individual animals may be indoors or out of view.

Landau’s conservation work reaches from Philippine deer and pigs to West African primates and Humboldt penguins in Chile. The white-naped mangabeys offer a useful link to WAPCA’s habitat-protection work in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.

The kiosk beside Meerwutzhausen serves snacks, ice cream and drinks. The restaurant normally opens Wednesday–Sunday from March to October and weekends from November to February; confirm seasonal arrangements. Handcarts can be hired against a deposit and fee, and loan wheelchairs require a deposit. Both must be returned by ticket-office closing.