La planète des crocodiles à Civaux
A tropical adventure at Planète Crocodiles de Civaux
A tropical adventure to experience with family or friends beneath a 5,000m² dome. 200 specimens of reptiles : caymans, Chinese and Mississippi alligators, Nile crocodiles, chameleons, turtles, etc. among more than 1,000 tropical plants in a huge greenhouse which recreates the climate in which the different species live freely.
Choose from 3 different trails : adventure, animal or plant. Travel from one continent to another where the plants and reptiles are « at home ». An aerial suspended pathway 10 metres above the animals will make your hair stand on end as you get really close to them !
Activities are organized during (French) school holidays to get to know more about the animals and have fun at the same time : « special » encounters to feed the animals, animal- keeper workshops for adults and children, a treasure hunt featuring the 5 senses, leisure activity workshops, a detective enquiry in the tropics and night time exploration. There is certainly something for everyone !
This unique experience will enable you to meet the smallest crocodile and the largest reptile in the world against a backdrop for would-be adventurers, to take time to go from one zone to another and take part in activities and to discover the many different plants.
To prolong the experience, the Wallaby Café offers dishes based around local or ethnic produce. The restaurant is open to everyone, not only visitors to Planète Crocodiles.
What to see and do near Planète Crocodiles
Planète Crocodiles is at Civaux just by Abysséa Aquatic Centre which has many different facilities : indoor and outdoor pools, giant flume, wave ball, massage jets, 4-lane water slide, water garden with play equipment for youngsters, jacuzzi, diving pool, bowling alley and snack bar.
In the village of Civaux, don’t miss the church of Saint Gervais et Saint Protais, one of the oldest churches in France, built in the 11th and 12th centuries on Merovingian foundations with superb capitals and a 19th century painted decor. There is an archaeological museum just next door.
On the edge of the village, stop off to see the Merovingian cemetery whose surrounding wall is composed entirely of sarcophagi covers.
Planète Crocodiles is 30 minutes south-east of Poitiers on N147. It is open all year 1 February – 30 December, except 24 and 25 December.
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