Updated for September 2026
The Best Zoos in Belgium
How this list is ordered: by how complete our listing is — how much we hold on opening hours, ticket prices, accreditation, photographs, animals and facilities. It is a measure of our own coverage, not a judgement of the venue. We hold no visitor scores or conservation assessments, so “best” here means every zoo in Belgium that qualifies for the list, fullest entry first.
Listed alphabetically
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Keeper talk or showOn-site dining
Antwerp Zoo
Zoo in Antwerp
Opened on 21 July 1843, it is the oldest zoo in Belgium and one of the oldest in the world. The grounds stand beside Antwerpen-Centraal station on Koningin Astridplein. In 2014 the collection numbered 425 species.
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PlaygroundEducation programOn-site dining
Parc animalier de Bouillon
Zoo in Bouillon
Established in 1986, it started as a conventional game park of local species: deer, mouflon, wild boar and foxes. Since the 2000s the collection has widened to take in exotics including giraffes, tigers, primates and antelopes.
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Keeper talk or showParking
Pairi Daiza
Zoo in Brugelette
More than 7,000 animals of 800 species are kept across 80 hectares, laid out in themed zones called Worlds. It is one of eight parks in Europe showing giant pandas, and full EAZA membership underpins its ex-situ work through European endangered species breeding programmes.
Our ranking methodology
This is not a ranking. The 3 venues above are listed alphabetically by name, the same order used throughout this site. We do not collect visitor reviews, star ratings, ticket-sales figures or a conservation-impact score, so none of those exist here to rank by — “best” in this page’s title means every venue that qualifies for this list, not first-to-last by quality. If we ever add a data source robust enough to support an honest ranking, this note and the order above will change together.