Polar bears Flocke (German) and Rasputin (Russian) who now live together in the Nuremberg zoo will be moving to the Marineland attraction park at Antibes early next year (2010). Flocke is called the "celebrity German polar bear" by AP, so we suppose she's well known somewhere.
Marineland is a celebrity themepark at Antibes, going strong since 1970. The main attraction is the marine show, including killer whales (orcas) and dolphins. We've visited the shows here and recommend them enthusiastically.
The Marineland zoo has sea lions, seals, penguins, pelicans and flamingos. There's also an Aquarium, a Petite Ferme, a Tropical Birds enclosure and possibly a Butterfly park (we visited this once and it was later closed, but we heard that it had opened again).
A large Aqua-Splash park is hugely popular in the summer, and a mini-golf is available in the Marineland park.
Just outside the Marineland park there's a summer-long Carnival collection of rides, stands, events and adventures.
Outside Marineland
Love Marineland. Thanks for this news.
Posted by: Jane McConnell | 25 October 2009 at 21:07