Pafos Zoo

Before going to Cyprus, friends warned us that the Zoo would be too hilly to get the wheelchair about. Nonsense. Although there are a few hills within the zoo, they were not bad at all. We got the public service bus from the bus station at Paphos Harbour upto Coral Bay and then the zoos shuttle bus. I managed this as I could transfer from my wheelchair, which was stowed in the back of the bus. Tickets bought and armed with a map, off we went to explore the zoo. As mentioned, we found the gradients quitter manageable and that the different animal enclosures within easy distance from each other meaning we had viewing stops as we went. We took in the bird show which appeared to be the same as ones we have seen in other countries, including the UK. Indeed, the two people doing the show were British. It was a pity that some of the audience did not adhere to the request to remain seated but no fault of those doing the show. We enjoyed seeing most of the animals, We especially enjoyed watching the rapport the ‘keeper’ had with the elephant whilst hosing it down. We noticed a few bits where one paid an extra 10 euros, such as feeding giraffes. We were slightly surprised to see small children doing this whilst the ‘zoo person’ sat and reads a book. Although we are not really ‘Zoo people’ we did enjoy the numerous animals on display and appreciate the layout of the zoo. Other ‘non animal attractions included Cactus Gardens, a Keepers House, Natural History museum, Art Museum, Traditional Cypriots house. Lots of attractions to spend a couple of hours at least. All in all, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Paphos Zoo and shall do so again should we get back to Cyprus.