The 6 Best Zoo Visits in Poland

1.Zoo with Hotel Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 131 reviews · from $56Our pick

Spend about five hours visiting Krakow Zoo, with hotel pickup, transport, entry, and return included. See giraffes, elephants, Amur tigers, birds, reptiles, and more than 1,500 animals. The mini zoo lets you pet and feed selected goats, alpacas, ponies, and rabbits. English-speaking drivers such as Pawel, Hubert, and Tomek also share helpful Krakow tips.

“The zoo was lovely. Good facilities for food and toilets placed around the site. Would recommend! Only downfall was a lot of groups of school children who weren’t very well controlled by teachers.”

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2.Zoo with Hotel Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 91 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $11Best value

Travel from your Krakow hotel to the city zoo in an air-conditioned minivan with an English-speaking driver, zoo admission included. You get about four hours to see more than 1,500 animals, visit the mini zoo, eat, and browse at your own pace. Drivers such as Bart, Olaf, and Grzegorz may also share local history along the way.

“It was amazing, driver was really friendly and helpful. The zoo itself was amazing lots of different animals to see. I would definitely recommend.”

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3.Zoo Trip with Private Luxury Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 4 reviews · from $102

You’ll travel from your Krakow accommodation to Krakow Zoo by private transfer, then spend about two hours exploring independently with an English-speaking guide available. The zoo holds over 1,400 animals from roughly 270 species, including giraffes, snow leopards, Amur tigers, chimpanzees, and endangered Przewalski’s horses.

“The zoo is very poorly maintained, with animals in too small cages, the transfer cost 40 euros each, a truly disproportionate price, when with Uber we would have paid 11 euros for 3”

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4.Zoo Tour with Private Transport and Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 4 reviews · 3 hours · from $94

You’ll leave Krakow by private vehicle with an English-speaking Polish driver, enter Krakow Zoo with skip-the-line tickets, and explore at your own pace. Allow about three hours for the visit, with time to see bongo antelopes, pygmy hippos, lemurs, lions, camels, elephants, and crocodiles before your return transfer.

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5.Oliwa Zoo with Tickets and Roundtrip Transportation

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 6 hours · from $95

Your English-speaking driver collects you at your Gdansk accommodation, handles the transfer, and leaves you about five hours at Oliwa Zoo. Skip-the-line entry gets you inside faster, while the 125-hectare site offers lions, orangutans, elephants, bongo antelopes, pygmy hippos, alpacas, and crocodiles. Return transport is included.

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6.Warsaw Zoo Skip-the-Line Entry Ticket with Private Transport

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 3 reviews · 5 hours · from $89

Spend about five hours visiting Warsaw Zoo with private pickup and drop-off in Warsaw, an English-speaking driver, and skip-the-line entry. You get roughly four to four and a half hours inside the zoo to see elephants, lions, monkeys, birds, crocodiles, pygmy hippos, and rare bongo antelopes. The visit is private and wheelchair accessible.

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