| A kid will love to hunt elephants in an asphalt jungle | | | | from them only by swinging ropes. Everybody's |
| or even to fly the sky in the Jumping Castle, or | | | | darling of course is the young Abu, the first in-born |
| splash into sparkling waters from the Dragon Slide. | | | | elephant since a hundred years and his younger sister |
| Let the wind carry one's hair while one rides a pony: | | | | Mongu. A highlight of the zoo is the Aquarium and |
| Vienna, the romantic imperial city of the Habsburgs, | | | | Terrarium House, with the largest coral reef in Austria |
| metropolis of art and culture, is also a city for kids. | | | | and a separate area where special iguanas are bred; |
| Small Magic Mice and big French Fries Tigers will find | | | | a glass tunnel takes visitors through the "waters of |
| much enjoyment here. | | | | the Amazon", one can even find a Crocodile Pavilion |
| Vienna boasts huge green areas where children can | | | | and African flora; and there is also an area where |
| play to their hearts content. But that is by no means | | | | one can experience a "Night in the Tropical Forest." A |
| all. Maybe a little princess would like to dance a | | | | new attraction is the Rainforest-House where one |
| minuet in a hooped skirt and old-fashioned bodice? Or | | | | feels like Tarzan in the jungle: An adventure for eyes, |
| a super-detective would like to find some unicellular | | | | nose and ears. And the most recent guests are two |
| organism with a special microscope, travel across the | | | | new Coala- and two Panda bears, not only very rare |
| starry sky or re-invent electricity? Become a child | | | | specimens but also very cute ones. |
| artist? Discover seeing, hearing, smelling or tasting in a | | | | Dinosaur skeletons, fascinating minerals, interesting |
| completely new way? Kids will have all this and much | | | | animals and rare plants all of this and more can be |
| more. | | | | found at the Museum of Natural History, especially |
| The Danube Island promises "cool" action for hot | | | | during the special guided tours for children. |
| days. At this Viennese open-air paradise with its | | | | More than 200 attractions, each offering adventures, |
| 42-kilometer-long beach, one can perform almost | | | | await the children in the amusement park |
| every outdoor sports activity like swimming, | | | | Wurstelprater in Vienna's Prater. It has the Jungle |
| inline-skating, skate-boarding, street soccer, beach | | | | Train with the chirping of tropical birds; the House of |
| volleyball, basketball, football, trampolines, boating and | | | | Mirrors, where Mom looks like a toothpick and Dad |
| biking or water-ski lift adventures at a weir. | | | | like a barrel; pony rides and mini roller coasters, |
| The Schönbrunn Zoo who celebrated 2002 the | | | | where the little ones scream with delight. There is |
| 250th birthday is going to be a sure winner. Its | | | | also the dark and forbidding world of the dinosaurs; |
| director, Helmut Pechlaner, has turned the oldest zoo | | | | the World of Fairy-tales and the Jumping Castle, |
| in the world into a first-rate attraction. Bears and | | | | where one seems to fly straight towards heaven |
| tigers, monkeys and seals live in spacious, nature-like | | | | with one's hair blowing in the wind and a new |
| enclosures, like having an audience and provide | | | | attraction for conquering the sky, a balloon with a |
| marvelous performances for little visitors. In the new | | | | fabulous view all over the city. Not only the kids but |
| Elephant Park, one can experience these | | | | you will also love it. |
| good-natured giants up really close: one is separated | | | | |