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Happy St Andzoo's Day
24 November 2008 - Edinburgh Zoo is set to open its doors to the public for free, for the first time in its history, in honour of St. Andrew’s Day. The Zoo will be joining dozens of other visitor attractions around Scotland who are participating in the Scottish Government’s ‘Visit for Free’ initiative on Sunday 30 November.
Edinburgh Zoo welcomes around 650,000 visitors a year and expects that the opportunity to visit for free will be popular with both new and returning visitors. As well as having the chance to see over 1,000 animals, visitors will be treated to daily delights such as the world-famous penguin parade and new indoor enclosures such as Rainbow Landings and Budongo Trail.
David Windmill, Chief Executive of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), which owns Edinburgh Zoo, said:
“We are really pleased to be part of the St Andrew’s Day celebrations and the ‘Visit for Free’ initiative is a wonderful opportunity for us to show visitors how much we have achieved in the last few years. As a charity we are taking a risk by having a free day but it’s a chance to welcome members of the public that perhaps haven’t been for a while or have never been at all.
We’re anticipating that we will be quite busy so we recommend that people arrive early to avoid disappointment in case we reach our maximum capacity.”
Editor’s Notes
- During November, Edinburgh Zoo is open from 9am-4.30pm.
- Normally admission to the Zoo is £11.50 for an adult and £8 for a child.
- Admission to the car park will still be charged.
- The penguin parade takes place at 2.15pm every day.
- Rainbow Landings is a walk-through enclosure filled with rainbow lorikeets. Upon entry to the enclosure, visitors can purchase nectar and feed the birds.
- Budongo Trail is the world’s largest chimpanzee enclosure. The £5.6 million exhibit opened in
May 2008.
Edinburgh Zoo is home to the only koalas in the UK. - Edinburgh Zoo is owned by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, a registered charity, charity no SC004064.
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