Wildlands

Last visit 2016


WILDLANDS Adventure Zoo Emmen
Raadhuisplein 99
7811 AP Emmen
Netherlands

http://www.zootierliste.de/zoosmap.php?showzoo=10003086

 
Phone nr 0591-850-855


Open minimum 10am-5pm, closed 1st January, 25th and 31st december


Entrance

• Adult 28,50 Euro
• Child 24,- Euro

Annual card (Abonnement)

• Adult: 65,- Euro
• Child: 40,- Euro

Kids will love the play grounds and the petting zoos


History:

The Northern Zoo was opened in 1935. Director William SJ Oosting had always dreamed of in his backyard to create a zoo. The following years the park was getting bigger because it small landparts were addded. Especially just after the war, the park had a lot of success. It became the top attraction of the north. However, the 1960s went disappointing. There were fewer visitors and so there was less and less money for new projects. Because the Northern Zoo was a family business, it did not count on public support. At the time there was not even enough money to keep it just running. In 1970 the municipality of Emmen took half of the park over from the family Oosting. Aleid Rensen Oosting and her husband, architect Jaap Rensen, took the management from her father. The Northern Zoo began its second childhood. Under the inspiring leadership of the Rensen couple the park was driven in a new way. The new road was "education."  One of the first new projects was therefore an educational center. The park was a totally different format. Most zoos are classified according to species. Think of a bird house, monkey house, pachyderm house and so on. In the Northern Zoo, the animals were allocated to the continent where they came from. This was a significant and especially valuable job. Therefore, the transformation was gradual. In 1995 the couple Rensen could look back on 25 years of dynamic, where they rebuilding it the park one of the most beautiful zoos in Europe. A celebration and a farewell at the same time, because they decided to transfer the management of Henk Hiddingh. Henk was since 1983 connected to the park and for several years a member of the board. He was director in charge of about 180 employees. The small family business had grown. Even today Emmen Zoo is the biggest tourist attraction in the North. It is even one of the biggest attractions of the Netherlands. The park still has the reputation of being very progressive. That should remain so. Therefore the park is constantly working on improvement and innovation on all fronts. Thus was opened in the late 1990s the beautiful AmeriCasa. Who walks around there, feel in a South American rainforest. A very different example is the life like Sewer for Rats. In 1999, construction began on a new, large car park and the Traverse. This walkway connects both parts of the park together. In the interior of the first part of the Es Emmen Zoo works closely with the Water Company Drenthe. Water, and particularly water in nature, starring in a spectacular multimedia presentation. The care of sufficient fresh (potable) water worldwide to date. A water plant with the latest technology makes sure that all Emmen Zoo can reuse its wastewater. The space Es also allows the animals more natural to show the public than before. Group of animals, for example, may also actually be kept in large groups. Playa Pingüinos is a good example. This vast residence can accommodate hundreds of Humboldt penguins. The audience really gets a glimpse into the world of animals. In 2016 then the entire zoo moved the new grounds. Opening with the worlds of Jungola, Nortica and Serenga