An hour with animals is one of the easiest ways to fill a weekend morning, even in a Lithuanian winter. At the farms kids hold baby goats and hand-feed alpacas; the zoos bring lemurs, meerkats and big cats, with indoor exhibits for wet days. The farms need a booking, so plan ahead. Here's what we checked, from an indoor city zoo to the big zoo in Kaunas.
Zoopark is the city's only indoor zoo, home to nearly 90 species from around the world, inside the Ogmios miestas complex. Kids can watch ring-tailed lemurs, meerkats, marmosets, tamarins, flying squirrels, tortoises, geckos and pythons up close.
Visitors can feed the rabbits, guinea pigs, koi and parrots, and keepers feed the meerkats, lemurs and monkeys several times a day.
A small family farmstead where kids meet goats and baby goats, miniature sheep, rabbits, roosters and chicks, four Chinese turtles, guinea pigs, budgies, Sphynx cats and a hairless dog. On the guided program kids hear facts about each animal, then stroke, feed and hold them.
Afterward there's a trampoline, a playground and room for a picnic. Adults can book the sauna, grill house and fishing pond.
A small family-run alpaca farm in the village of Raudoniškės, between Vilnius and Trakai. The owners lead each visit themselves: a short talk about alpaca wool, temperament and how the herd is raised, then time to feed and stroke the animals. Groups are kept small.
A gazebo on the farm suits a family picnic, and guided walks with an alpaca are also offered.
The Lithuanian Zoo sits on the edge of a large oak grove in Kaunas and keeps about 2,500 animals from 189 species, from lions and other big cats to native Lithuanian wildlife. Paths run between the enclosures under the trees, and the Egzotariumas education center holds indoor exhibits for a break from the weather.
An hour with animals is one of the easiest ways to fill a weekend morning, even in a Lithuanian winter. At the farms kids hold baby goats and hand-feed alpacas; the zoos bring lemurs, meerkats and big cats, with indoor exhibits for wet days. The farms need a booking, so plan ahead. Here's what we checked, from an indoor city zoo to the big zoo in Kaunas.
Zoopark is the city's only indoor zoo, home to nearly 90 species from around the world, inside the Ogmios miestas complex. Kids can watch ring-tailed lemurs, meerkats, marmosets, tamarins, flying squirrels, tortoises, geckos and pythons up close.
Visitors can feed the rabbits, guinea pigs, koi and parrots, and keepers feed the meerkats, lemurs and monkeys several times a day.
A small family farmstead where kids meet goats and baby goats, miniature sheep, rabbits, roosters and chicks, four Chinese turtles, guinea pigs, budgies, Sphynx cats and a hairless dog. On the guided program kids hear facts about each animal, then stroke, feed and hold them.
Afterward there's a trampoline, a playground and room for a picnic. Adults can book the sauna, grill house and fishing pond.
A small family-run alpaca farm in the village of Raudoniškės, between Vilnius and Trakai. The owners lead each visit themselves: a short talk about alpaca wool, temperament and how the herd is raised, then time to feed and stroke the animals. Groups are kept small.
A gazebo on the farm suits a family picnic, and guided walks with an alpaca are also offered.
The Lithuanian Zoo sits on the edge of a large oak grove in Kaunas and keeps about 2,500 animals from 189 species, from lions and other big cats to native Lithuanian wildlife. Paths run between the enclosures under the trees, and the Egzotariumas education center holds indoor exhibits for a break from the weather.
