New: The Canopée des Oiseaux is to be discovered in June!

The Canopy of Birds is the great novelty of the year 2023. It is to be discovered from June 1st onwards in the park, in the world of the Mysteries of the Forest. An immersive experience in the fascinating world of birds.

How do birds fly?

Why are they so important to our forests?

How do birds communicate with each other?

How do they make the plant travel?

Sketch of the new universe

The bird and its interactions with plants will have almost no secrets for you!

This new space highlights the diversity of the 600 species of birds present in France, such as the Bullfinch, the European Kingfisher, the European Goldfinch and the European Starling.

A real immersion in an unknown, fascinating and educational world!

Virtual reality, to discover the world through the feathers of a bird

Virtual reality sketch

"The Canopy of Birds is a brand new space where the visitor will discover, while having fun, the biodiversity related to birds by mobilizing our senses thanks to virtual reality.

Pierre Watrelot, director of the park.

You will be able to listen to the sounds of 3 birds thanks to the bone diffusion system. The virtual reality transports the visitor for a journey above the trees. You will enter the feathers of a corncrake, a common tern and a bird of prey flying down the Basses Vallées Angevines at full speed.

Next to it, another structure of almost 15 meters high will offer observation areas with several platforms and a slide of disproportionate dimensions.

You can also discover a bird hotel made up of nearly 100 nesting boxes. This work of land art informs the visitor on which nesting box can shelter which bird to adapt its own garden to the reception of these birds. Finally, a large European starling of 2m50 will repeat word for word the sentences pronounced a few minutes earlier...

An owl and giant wooden birds!

The wooden owl in the workshop of Jean Grégoire

A giant owl of almost 6 meters high will overhang the 300 m² "Nest of fledglings" with 2 zip lines of 30 meters and a balance course. Species of birds will be

also represented by wooden structures throughout the course.

This new adventure will be interactive and immersive for a magical night exploration .

The Terra Nocta adventure starts on July 14th, more info to come...

Illustration of the new Terra Nocta course