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Opening hours & prices
Opening hours
April 1 to November 2, 2025:

Daily

9:00am – 18:00am

 

Prices: 

Online                    € 19,00 - € 22,00
                                 (early booking discount)

Check out                      € 22,00

Parking 

Parking fee        € 5,00

 
Facilities

To make your visit to our beautiful park even more enjoyable, there are various facilities available. 

Times feeding presentations

pygmy monkeys      11:00

pelicans         12:00

Lemurs          12:30

Penguins           14:15 

Lemurs          16:00 

 

Times experiences

Feeding lorikeets*                10:30 to 17:30                      * at some busy times feeding may be temporarily stopped. Due to previous illness there are currently fewer lories and their welfare is paramount. 

Tropical Hall                       10:00 to 17:30

Playground                        10:00 to 18:00 

Bird demonstration      13:30 and at 15:00 

Route, parking & public transport
Directions

Vogelpark Avifauna is very centrally located, about a 30-minute drive from Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Rotterdam. From the A4 and A12 take the Alphen aan den Rijn exit. When you arrive in Alphen, the ANWB signs point the way to the bird park.

Parking  € 5,00 per day

The map

Do you wantdon't miss anything? On the map of onthey zoo you see exactly where the animal shelters are and wany facilities you can find. Well as easy as you want to fully enjoy of your day out 

Available online and at the box office: exit ticket €5,00.
Please note: Unfortunately, the lories cannot be fed for the time being. Many lories were ill. They are doing better now, but they still need to get stronger. We hope for your understanding.

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Experiences of Avifauna

A cozy dday out starts in Avifauna. With us you can admire all kinds of birds and other animals in their natural habitate habitat. Discover the most colorful birds during your journey through Avifauna. But you can also admire red pandas, lemurs, maras and the giant anteater up close. Feed nectar to the lories yourself, attend the spectacular bird demonstrations and educational feeding presentations, or be surprised by the colors and sounds in the Tropenhal. You might prefer to run straight to the adventure playground or do you mainly come to learn more about nature, but we always make sure you have an unforgettable day! 

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BIRDS AND ZOO

BIRDS AND ZOO

Support
Birdlife

Avifauna does more

Every day we provide hundreds of visitors with a fun day, but did you know that Avifauna also does a lot for nature conservation at home and abroad? If have foundation we are not for profit, so every euro is reinvested in the animals and in the park. This social significance sometimes remains somewhat underexposed, but you can read all about it here!   

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Support Avifauna

Do you have a warm heart for Avifauna and do you want to contribute to the idealistic goals that we pursue? Then you might like to volunteer at our zoo. Would you rather support us financially? Register as a donor or opt for a symbolic adoption of an animal species or an animal residence in our park. This is how you stay involved! 

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The last news...

Steller's sea eagle

Welcome, Steller's sea eagle chick!

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Watching lorikeets behind glass during spring break!

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Lori Landing will remain closed for a while!

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Lori Landing closed due to sick lorikeets

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Open every day during the winter holidays

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Autumn break and Madagascar day

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Above expectations

Our daughter's favorite animal is a Kiwi, so we came especially from Belgium for the meet & greet with the kiwi. It was very special, we could get very close to the [...]
Would you recommend us? Ja
- Antwerp

Where were the animals?

Most of the cages were empty. Of the 5 cages, at least 3 were unoccupied. In other words, at least 35% of the animals were not present. Most of the animals that were present [...]
Would you recommend us? No
- Terneuzen

Surprisingly versatile

What a TOP Park. Very versatile to experience a day with the family. Very varied; just the (un)rest, do and entertainment moments
Would you recommend us? Ja
- kedichem

Empty cages, two lorikeets and no more owls

To be honest, it has changed a lot since my last visit about 8 years ago and there are far fewer bird species. The weeds are rampant around the pelican pond, the panda [...]
Would you recommend us? No
- oudewater
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MORE THAN
ONLY BIRDS

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Traditionally, Avifauna has a special predilection for birds, but more than 220 now live there different bird species and a 15-tal mammals and reptiles in our park. Have you ever really heard the red howler monkey roar? Or see a kiwi hatch from the egg? Did the steller see the white-tailed eagle spread its wings? Or… well, you know what, see for yourself! 

BIRDS AND ZOO

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