Parc zoologique de Plaisance du Touch — Zoo in Plaisance-du-Touch

Parc zoologique de Plaisance du Touch and its collection

Parc zoologique de Plaisance du Touch is a zoo in Plaisance-du-Touch, France.

Founded in 1970 by Patricia and Jean-Marc Toniutti and renamed in 1990, the park covers 20 hectares following a 2014 extension. It holds 600 animals of 80 species and averaged 157,000 visitors a year over 2005 to 2015.

Animals and collection

Animals on show include pandas roux, guépards, suricates, autruches and éléphants.

Exhibits

Its exhibits include réserve africaine and parc à pied.

Things to do

Things to do include Sea lion encounter, The world of birds (free-flight show), Animal feeding time and Cabinet of curiosities.

Conservation and approach

The zoo is involved in 23 European endangered species programmes. It supplied a scimitar-horned oryx to a reintroduction effort in Morocco.

What the venue says

• Le monde des oiseaux
• Cabinet de Curiosités
• 🍴 Restauration sur place (snack, aires de pique-nique)
• The park provides a large, free main parking lot located right by the pedestrian entrance. Dedicated parking spaces (PMR spots) are specifically reserved close to the entrance for visitors with reduced mobility. The parking area can also accommodate campervans and motorhomes, which are permitted to stay overnight with prior authorization from reception.
• The pedestrian walking section of the park is generally accessible for visitors using wheelchairs, set within a shaded oak forest with shaded paths.
• Additionally, accessible restroom facilities (PMR) are available at two main points along the walking route: near the cafeteria and beneath the sea lion pool opposite the macaw island.