• Open around the clock in the eastern part, where most enclosures are free to walk into every day of the year; the western part keeps set hours
• Langnau-Gattikon is the easy station: a 20-minute walk that works with a stroller, while the Wildpark-Höfli path is a steep 30 minutes through the forest
• Self-service restaurant at the park, open daily from 9am, plus a souvenir shop open on weekend afternoons

Switzerland's oldest zoo, founded in 1869, is also the country's largest by area. It keeps 19 native and formerly native mammal species in large, near-natural forest enclosures: brown bears, wolves, lynx, moose, European bison, Przewalski's horses, wild boar, ibex, otters and marmots.

Between enclosures there are two playgrounds, one with swings and a zip line and a smaller one with climbing for young children.