Lory Park Zoo, Midrand

Activites will include Face Painting, enrichment for the big cats, petting, animal interaction and feeding of our Flying Owls.

One can enjoy light snacks in the company of our famous tea garden birds.

Competitions will be running throughout the day with prizes to help to make mother's day an unfortgettable at Lory Park.
Lory Park is a sanctuary and haven to a huge variety of Wildlife. We are situated in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa that was once a host to many indigenous Fauna and Flora. Over time the impact of man-made hazards on our environment, often through ignorance and a lack of understanding, has been the cause of numerous wildlife casualties.

Curator Eddy van Eck began collecting various birds from the early age of 14. His interest began with Lories, Lorikeets and Cockatoos. By the mid '90's his collection of Lorikeets was the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.

Traveling worldwide he built up a reputation with other breeders and became renowned for his breeding success rate. Being on the same latitude as many South American countries and with his ability to breed the impossible, a collection of CITES appendix I & II have joined the centre.

After further enhancing his studies of numerous birds in their natural habitat, he realized that South Africa had no proper avian facilities whereby the general public and more importantly school children could attend and receive the necessary environmental education required.