Boras Djurpark, Boras

The zoo has a big variety of different animals. There's also food places where you can choose to get a buffet or buy some pancakes or get some sandwiches. It could have had a place for snakes and tarantulas. But overall quite a good experience

One of the best family-friendly zoo experiences in Sweden. Not as vast and expansive as the Kolmården Zoo or Öland Zoo, but still with a large selection of African, Asian and European animals. The size of the animal enclosures are on par with the standard size of other Swedish zoos. Visibility ranges from poor (wolves, lynx and a few other) to excellent (bears, African Savannah, buffaloes). There are plenty of playgrounds, benches and resting stops scattered around the zoo, but the main playground and play fountains are concentrated at Simba's playground. If I could ask for one thing though, it would be a denser coverage of WC's, especially with changing tables. There are several kiosks and restaurants around the park, but the information on what each stand is selling is extremely sparse. Looking at the map will only tell you it is serving food, not whether that is only ice cream, hot dogs, anything vegetarian or dinner. By the entrance, there is a dinosaur park as well as a giant causeway which lands by the African Savannah. The dinosaur park was not that impressive, with both a rather limited selection of statues and an outdated view on how we thought dinosaurs looked 30 years ago. The causeway on the other hand is impressive with a spectacular view, though sadly you can pretty much only spot African wild dogs from the causeway. I would strongly advice that you arrive later in the day. You may miss out on a few of the animal feedings, but the park will be virtually empty for you. No waiting to order food, board the train or get a seat at a table. No crowding by the popular animals in order to get a quick glimpse. And as a bonus, there will be friendly and helpful staff around nearly everywhere, who are more than willing to tell you about the animals. You can easily walk through the park in 2-3 hours and view all the animals in near privacy if you do it after the morning buzz has died down a little. During the ongoing Corona pandemic, some restrictions may apply. When we visited, the monkey palace as well as the predator house was closed. However, both lions and tigers were out and about and could be viewed from the sides of their respective enclosure. Hand sanitizers were widely available and clearly marked.