Zoo de Guadeloupe au Parc des Mamelles

I was surprised by how good this zoo was. Amazing combination of nature and human touch. Animals look healthy, quite active, and everything was well set up and clean. Recommend.

One of the best zoo I ever visited. The animals are so close you can see them so well. They are in great shape and healthy, it's obvious. Beautiful place for kids and adults

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.

We were driving by and decided to stop based on the positive reviews. We were pleasantly surprised by this zoo, nicely designed utilizing the terrain, it's done in a one way loop which is nice but take your time because you likely won't return, the animals look healthy, there is a good variety of animals and the focus on conservation is clear. The jaguar displays really enable you to see the jaguars which is awesome!

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.

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.

The visitor experience is great, but the animal welfare standards seem seriously outdated.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.

Excellent zoo, good value, with a good range of animals their natural habitats. Takes about 2 hours to walk around on the well-marked wooden boardwalk with a couple elevated sections. The canopy rope walk is optional. Great to convince with a visit to the restaurant opposite.