Zoo de Guadeloupe au Parc des Mamelles

Excellent zoo. Very unique setting especially with the canopy bridges. Lemur exhibit was quite fun. Nice break from the full sun. Decent restaurant across the street as well. Very well priced.

Absolutely beautiful zoo park with a wide range of animals. If it weren’t a zoo, it would be a botanical garden. Most displayed information is in both French and English; unfortunately, this not so for placards describing the flora. Going early seemed to help us avoid the large groups that make the overhead walkway up in the trees clogged with delays (as only two persons are allowed on each suspended walkway). The gift shop has nice items, but unfortunately we did not see any locally made.

One of the most beautiful zoo’s I’ve been to. The zoo is embedded in a rainforest and the you make a nice loop around the property seeing all kinds of different types of animals. The story behind the start up of the zoo is very nice and must watch the short movie during your visit. We also did the canopy walk which was very cool to walk above the zoo from tree to tree. The kids really enjoyed it!

The visitor experience is great, but the animal welfare standards seem seriously outdated. The zoo is laid out as a one-way system snaking through beautiful woodland and over enclosures via elaborate suspended walkways. It's a memorable and original approach. Some of the signage is in English and French, but most is in french only. The experience for the residents is a different story: the enclosures are sometimes comically small, especially for the birds and primates. You need to be good on your feet: all paths are often steep, sometimes uneven or slippery and occasionally wobbly on the suspension bridges. Under 8s are not permitted on the overhead walkway, but a similarly designed playground is provided instead. Over a third of the circuit is spent on the treetop walkways - around 30 minutes - so they are to be avoided if you have vertigo.

It's a great place to visit, the walkway is a good idea, but don't get stuck behind a large group! Some of the animal enclosures aren't big enough. I feel immensely grateful to have seen the jaguars, especially the very rare black panther. However, it is very sad to see them and the other big cats in such small spaces. It also looks like the netting isn't that secure in some places. I hope they were saved from a fate worse than being gawped at by us.

What a wonderful place. The flora and fauna were stunning. So lush. Shame to see animals penned in but for many, they'd never get the chance to see what, for example, a red toed tortoise would look like. The canopy walk was great fun and not too strenuous, just a little wobbly. We had a great time there and would highly recommend a visit.

Wow wow wow! You must go! What a unique and fabulous visit to a zoo. The canopy walk is a fantastic experience. Very safe, nonetheless exciting and challenging. Too fun. And btw there is a separate, much smaller canopy walk for children. They were having a blast! Great way to enjoy an outing in Guadeloupe. We thoroughly enjoyed this. Highly recommend.

Lovely setting and the tree top walk is great. Never like to see animals in pens etc and not free in their natural habitat but they seemed happy with what they had.