A few weeks back we got an exclusive tour with the zoo keepers at Dublin Zoo to see the brand new orangutan forest habitat. Orangutans Sibu, Leonie, Riona and Majurs brand new forest home is inspired by the Orangutans natural environment in the tropical rainforests of Borneo. It is five times bigger than their old habitat with eleven trees, all between seven and twelve meters high complete with inbuilt lifts. These lifts transport food to the top of the trees and once the food reaches the top the orangutans are challenged with a slow release feeder to get the food hidden inside.
The main attraction of the new orangutan forest is the rope wire connecting the two islands together. Meters above your head the orangutans literally climb across a public footpath to the other side, it’s really cool but be careful, watch out for falling debris.
Also, did you know there has been a new arrival at Dublin Zoo? A southern white rhinoceros male calf was born on Thursday 25th August, weighing approximately 60kgs and Dublin Zoo are looking for your help to name the little guy. If you have a suggestion (must be African origin) pop over to their facebook page.
So to celebrate Orangutans Sibu, Leonie, Riona and Majur settling into their new home I have a Dublin Zoo family pass to giveaway.
To enter:
LIKE Dublin Zoo on Facebook or FOLLOW Dublin Zoo on Instagram.
COMMENT below and tell me what your babogs favourite attraction is at Dublin Zoo.
This giveaway is hosted on Facebook but is not endorsed by Facebook. There is no cash alternative. Competition closes on the 8th of September at 9pm and the winner will be notified by email. Goodluck!
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Our last trip to the zoo was totally ruined by our three year old lol!
He spent his time wanting to find the playgrounds whilst i was begging him to get a look at the new baby gorilla! Would love to go again but take the baby too this time and hopefully distract the three year old long enough to see all the animals!
Eck we still haven’t brought Chloè to the zoo we are hoping to bring her on her 1st birthday she is obsessed with animals so we can’t wait to see her reaction. It’s amazing how quickly a year goes by
I’d say we will find it hard to pull her away from the petting zoo
Have yet to bring the minis to Dublin Zoo but I imagine their favourite attraction would be the ‘efelants’ (elephants!).
My daughter LOVES the elephants and my boys love the Tigers and the meerkats. They would all love to see the new baby Rhino .
We love the Giraffe’s, Gorillas and my little boy loves the wolves aswell
My baby girl absolutely loves animals as you can see from all my snaps to you Her favourite would probably be the tiger as she had a slight obsession with the Jungle book but I reckon she would love it all!! Her baby sister is only 2 months but would enjoy the new scenery 🙂
My babogs are dying to meet the new baby rhino calf that was born recently … Would love a family trip to the zoo!!
My 12 month old loves lions! She says “Roar” when she sees one! So cute. Would love to see the new enclosure
My daughter never been to Dublin zoo but her favourite animal at the moment is crocodile.
Fab prize.my little ones absolute favorite thing to c in the zoo is the bloody playgrounds.she does like cheetahs to.
Favourite in our house is the seals. He loves them…
My eldest loves the elephants, my youngest babóg has yet to visit! But I’ll bet she’ll be a fan of the monkeys
Already liked and followed! I don’t have kids but I go to the zoo with my niece and nephew. My nephew loves the orangutan’s, especially since they moved into their new habitat. He goes around the house pretending his an orangutan.
Kids love the Tigers at the zoo
Showed the kids the baby rhino the other day they are dying to see him
Hi. We love the sea lions & penguins!
I love to go see the hippo when I go the zoo, I can remember being amazed the first time I was them as a small child in Dublin Zoo.I would my wee girl to go to the zoo for the first time and be amazed all the wonderful animal’s and find her own favourite animal to fall in love with
My kids love the orangutans & gorillas but their fav is the rhinos! Would love a trip to the zoo!
We haven’t been in two years but back then he loved the tigers and monkeys.
Was at zoo last week the kids love the african safari giraffes and elephants
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Our favourite is the hippo swimming – our three year old spends ages waiting for him to pop out of the water claiming they are playing peekaboo together . Great family day out every time!
Done. Our 6 month old loved the colours of everything however would love to bring the ten year old back again he loves the zoo and especially the lions and rhinos.
The orangutans swinging in the trees and the African planes☺
We love the sea lions and the giraffes. We would really love to win. Didn’t make it in to the zoo this summer, I miss it!
Oh would really love this prize! My boys favourite attraction is the elephants and monkeys!
Our kids love the Tigers. Sometimes they come right up to the glass which is very exciting. Liked.
This would be an amazing prize to win for my little girls birthday next week. She adores the zoo & all the attractions but her favourites are the sealions, elephants, penguins. She would love to see the orangutanes she missed them the last day we were there.
Most definitely the gorillas
My girls love the flamingos because they’re pink
Last time we were at the zoo there was a new baby elephant. The kids loved it but the now almost 3 year old can’t remember it as it was nearly 2 years ago. Would love to take them back to see the new baby rhino. Would love to introduce it to our new little man Fab prize. Liked & shared
My kids love the hippos. They’d stand for hours watching and waiting on them to surface in their pool. The arguments trying to drag them away
We haven’t actually managed a trip to the zoo yet this year. Would love to win. Our smallest has never been. He’d love the pigs 🙂
Would love this for my little monkey 🙂 we love watching the chimpanzee family as they are always playing, eating or arguing just like us!
Definitely loves the penguins ( you don’t see them very often ) my kids love all the animals and always asks can dey go to farms to see the animals lol. Amazing giveaway
My sons favorites are the hippos and daughters are the monkeys, they love the zoo, such a great family day out ❤
Every week is “zoo” week & yet we still haven’t made it there so can’t really say what the little lady’s favourite will be although she would probably spend the whole time looking for “Dogs” they’re her thing she just loves them !! Mammys favourite would be the giraffes
My daughter loves penguins!!!! We brought her to the zoo when she was younger but she doesn’t really remember it unfortunately. She was only saying to me the other day how she’d love for us to go back so this would be a great prize to win!! Good luck all. Liked and shared. Liked Dublin Zoo on Facebook. Thanks.
Love all the animals in zoo but our favourite is the sealions and their new home it brilliant to watch them swimming.
Still haven’t gotten round to bring finn who was 2 in July. . He absolutely loves pigs (thanks to peppa). Would love him to see a real one
My Little one has just turned one so I would LOVE this to bring her for a lovely family day out, she would very much enjoy a day our at the zoo 🙂 Great prize, loving the blog keep up the great work 🙂
My 3 year old tells me ‘I’m going to be a lion in the zoo when I get bigger!’ My 5 year old is amazed by giraffes and their long necks
We love to see all the animals but especially the babies. My daughters love all things small. We will be visiting for my daughters 4th birthday on the 18th and she is very excited to see the wee rhino.i it would be brilliant to win x
It has to be the orangutans, they are so funny. My youngest boy still talks about them, a year later.
Definitely the sea lions especially the new area kids love watching them swimming around
My four year old loves the elephants and the meerkats. My one year old hasn’t been to the zoo yet but I’d say his faves would be the lions and tigers cos he’s always chasing our cat around the house dublin zoo liked on instagram as I’m not on facebook xxx
They love seeing the Tigers. Such beautiful animals
Elephants
Meerkats – my kids were fascinated by them!
We have only been to the zoo twice, once for school tour (i went as volunteer) and another time for her friends party. Myself and my daughter love seeing the monkeys. She also loves the playground parts but the last time we went it poured rain so we didnt get to see all animals, eat out in restuarant or play in the playground. We would live another oppertunity to go again. Heres for 3rd time lucky. ☺
My youngest babog is an animal mad 8 year old. So it would be impossible to say what the favourite part of the zoo is. The biggest problem is getting her to leave and go home. I think she would stay if she could!
We all have different favorite animals in the zoo Muirean who is 11 loves the penguins and red pandas Saoirse who is 8 loves the elephants, giraffes and all the monkies their daddy loves the wolves tigers and lions and I have a special fondness for the Orangutans because about 18 years ago I worked in the CRC in clontarf and a baby orangutan came from Dublin zoo to visit the children and I got to cuddle and hold it and help it have a banana !!!!! – one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had and something I will never forget
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My kids, being absolutely dog mad, are fascinated by the African painted dog! We would love to see the seven new pups that were born recently! Fingers crossed! xxxxx
We went with my 20 month girl, she looked at every animal, said “orangutan” and “crocodile”. Shook with excitement at the penguin feeding time. Had a picnic. Played on the slides. Went home delighted. When I asked her what her favourite animal was she said with a smile.. “Cow”. For the next week she told everyone about the cow doing a wee wee! Kids like what they like.
Unfortunately we have not had the chance to visit Dublin Zoo but would dearly love to…My Kids love watching “The Zoo” on tv which features Dublin Zoo.. they are also made for Bondi Vet, Alaskan Vet & any Animal related program on National Geographic & were last nite engrossed in RTE1s Wild Atlantic Ocean & The Galapagos Islands on network 2
My Babog is fascinated with watching the Elephants
My boys get very giddy and excited when we visit the seals and the apes always makes them laugh hysterically. All in all there is no better family day out.
my babogs love the monkeys ,meercats and the tigers ,been years since we were at the zoo
Definitely the monkeys as they are the most entertaining to watch
my son loves the reptile house and my daughters love the giraffes!
The farm area
My two love the Monkeys and spend most of the time making faces at them!!! My guilty pleasure are the giraffes!!!
My little girl is in love with all the monkeys in the zoo, we went just a few weeks ago and shes asking to see the animals again. My son also loves the zoo and he just loves the wolves and the lions. Would love to go back for another visit soon as it rained the whole day we were there.
my little sister picks a new favourite animal every time I bring her to the zoo. going to the zoo it my favourite thing we do together to bond. I would love a zoo pass to take her more often.
My little nephews love the elephants and the monkeys. The oldest is 2 and the younger brother is 10months. Its a fantastic day out and would make a lovely gift to a young family starting out.
My kids always love to see the tigers I love how the glass wall you can get really Close the animals !!
Meerkats
We adore watching all their antics
Totally fascinated with themb
My son Aaron loves the Penguins
Favourite attraction at the zoo has to be the monkey’s.
Hope this doesn’t hinder our chances but my almost three year. Old has never been to the zoo. Never had thw money to take her single parentinh. We do however look at the Facebook page together all the time and she loves all the attractions. Big softie spot for monkies cos she likes to Monkey around
My little brother hasn’t yet had the privilege to go to Dublin Zoo, This would be a great prize so that he court get to see all the amazing attractions and meet all kinds of wildlife animals. I can imagine his favourite attraction would be the Tigera as he has a great interest in them aswell as me
Meerkats!
the penguins
My lads love looking at newborns
We are mad animal fans in this house; I know my daughter loves the tigers (the are sooo big up close!) and I love the elephants in particular. My boys will absolutely love the new orangutan feature!
I haven’t been to the Dublin Zoo yet but I would love to see the seals and the giraffes! So adorable!
My little ones favourite is the Elephants.
My babogs love the gorilla enclosure
My children absolutely love the Monkeys.
our little babog loves the monkeys… mesmerised by them!
Gorgeous graceful giraffes!
The meerkats! Just like my little ones they are cute and inquisitive!
It is always a fun day visisting the zoo!
We love the seals show!
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Babogs fave is Penguins and Elephants 🙂
The big cats – 5 year old’s current obsession is the speed a cheetah can run at, and how that compares to lions, leopards etc. No idea where the interest came from; his mum certainly doesn’t run!
My little girl turned one 2 weeks ago so she’s never been to the Zoo…. Can’t wait to bring her as she’s animal mad!!! Making new memories and finding out what’s her favourite……
Visiting the African plains, seeing the giraffes and then getting to go to the little playground…great for the adults as well
My babogs are all grown up now,but we enjoyed yearly Zoo passes.
I suppose the African Plains were our favourite with the gracious giraffes.We still love a day out at the Zoo.
Giveaway is now closed. Congratulations Bernice Brown you have won the family pass to Dublin Zoo, I have popped you an email. Thank you everyone who entered, I’ll have another giveaway very soon!
My little boys love everything in the Reptile House! Lovely :0)
Gorillas. Could just watch them all day 🙂
Rob.
Favourite is the mercats
my babóg loves the little red panda and the large hippos
i just love dublin zoo its a lovely place for all the family would love my little grand niece to to be able to to see the zoo as she is 1 today and she just loves all animals the orangutan and owls is my favourite
Hi i have 5 kids and its very hard for me to affoard to bring them nice places as im also a carer for my dad who is physcially and mentally ill he needs 24 hr care so i dont get much of a chance to bring them places my kids love the tigers and the elephants could i be considered please we would be very greatful kind regards
The African planes by far the kids love how close up you can see the animals
My little man was there when he was 1.absolutely loved the seal grotto.would love to bring him back again
Love to go every year havent been this year yet the kids love everything about their trip to Dublin Zoo even the older boys and mum and dad
We still haven’t been to know. Fingers crossed for my 6 & 8 year olds 🙂
The sealions are our favourite at the min as the feeding times and tricks are great to see. Of course they love watching them swim from beneath the water it’s super cool to my five year old