• Safari bus up the hill runs March to October from the bear enclosure to the rhinos and the bison, €2.50 one way or €3 return
• Pony rides in summer daily from 1pm to 3pm at the upper playground behind the Flamingo snack bar, €2 a ride, weather permitting
• Leave the scooter at home, since bikes, scooters and skates are not allowed, and neither are dogs other than assistance dogs

ZOO Bratislava spreads over 96 hectares in Mlynská dolina, with about 1,300 animals of 194 species. Expect white rhinos, giraffes, zebras, pygmy hippos, a big cat house with lions and Sri Lankan leopards, and chimpanzees and orangutans in the primate house. The Carpathian Forest section holds wolves, lynx and European bison. Two playgrounds have a zip line, climbing frames and rope swings.