🐾 Explore Leintalzoo Schwaigern, a captivating animal park featuring Germany's largest chimpanzee group and a rich variety of other fascinating animals.
🌳 Immerse yourself in a naturally designed park with diverse biotopes, perfect for families and nature lovers alike.
🐒 Witness the impressive chimpanzee group, along with agile gibbons, intelligent capuchins, colorful mandrills, and rare guenons.
🐦 Discover a walk-in aviary with flamingos, red ibises, and laughing kookaburras, plus free-roaming peacocks and chickens.
👨👩👧👦 Enjoy the large adventure playground with slides, a zip line, climbing frames, and water pumps, or feed animals in the petting zoo.
🌿 Stroll along the nature trail to learn about local biotopes and observe underwater life through a pond window.
🗓️ Participate in daily zookeeper talks, show feedings, and special seasonal events and guided tours.
🎈 Children's Birthday Parties: Choose from three distinct programs: Animal Rally (from 6 years), Active Animal Tour (from 6 years), or Active Tour in the Pet Area with Capuchin Animal Enrichment Workshop (from 8 years).
🗓️ 45th Anniversary Program (July 19 - August 10, 2025): Daily Zookeeper Talks, Monkey Rally, special tours, and interactive workshops.
🐒 Monkey Rally: Available anytime for 2€ at the cash desk, includes a pencil and a small reward.
📅 Upcoming Events (November - December 2025):
* Monkey Experience Tour for Families: November 8, 11:00-12:30.
* Lantern Walk: November 8-9, starting 17:15 (ticket booking required).
* Animal Winter Preparations Tour for Families: November 22, 11:00-12:30.
* Santa Claus Visit: December 5, 16:30-17:30, with monkey sock filling and animal gift handover.
👶 Child admission (group price for activities): 4.80€
🧑 Adult admission (group price for activities): 7.30€
🥳 Birthday Party Programs: Animal Rally (Admission + 15€), Active Animal Tour (Admission + 75€), Active Tour with Capuchin Workshop (70€ + 5€/child + Admission).
🗓️ 45th Anniversary Special Events: Additional 2€-5€ per person.
🍽️ The Bistro-Affenstark offers refreshments.
🧺 Visitors are welcome to bring their own food and picnic at the designated playground area.
Alternatively, a kiosk is available for quick snacks.
Open daily, all year round.
☀️ Summer (Daylight Saving Time): 10:00 - 18:00
❄️ Winter (Standard Time): 10:00 - 16:00
Park must be exited by sunset, 19:00 at the latest.
Accessible by train via Stadtbahnlinie S4 (Karlsruhe - Heilbronn) to Schwaigern-Ost stop.
📅 Plan and book birthday tours early, especially for weekends.
📧 Inquiries and reservations for birthday tours must be made via email to kontakt@leintalzoo.info.
☕ Check winter opening hours for Bistro-Affenstark.
🎟️ No registration is required for most anniversary program tours (minimum 3 participants for guided tours).