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On Saturday 22nd May, 2004, the TropiJoy was officially opened . With a surface of 40 by 50 meters and a height of 8 meters, it is lavishly decorated and has a real jungle-feel.
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Following the trail, you continuously see new things, while you will be amazed by the hundreds of plants and trees and the abundance of animals, walking and flying around. “Like the jungle of Borneo”, is just one of the compliments we received from visitors.
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Centrally located in the hall is the childern’s playground, surrounded by a jungle and various footpaths. From the terrace, one can keep an eye on the playing children.
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The tropical birds freely flying around, like the Bee-eaters, Nightingales, pigeons happily feel at home in this environment. With many nests, with eggs and sometimes young, as a consequence.
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Within this jungle some spaces have been cleared. Following the trail, you will find aviaries with remarkable species of parrots. Some enormous Hornbills were given a prominent place here.
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Towards the end of the trail you will find a familiar face: our “Ouwe Jan”(“old John”). The ambassador of the park has found here his new home and you can be assured he is most happy!
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Upstairs you will find a gallery with bird pens and terrariums for reptiles. With many species of Toucans and other remarkable bird species, like the motmot of South America and Peru’s national symbol, the Quetzal. The reptiles are safely placed in a sturdy terrarium. You will find a variety of snakes, spiders and lizards, as well as the Blue Tongued Skunk, that is, as long as they are not hiding. The terrarium has also been built so as to look like the animals’ natural environment as much as possible.
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In the TropiJoy, space has been reserved for educational purposes. Themes as, for example, “Illegal Souvenirs” show you clearly what you may not take home from holiday as a souvenir, such as: coral, ivory and animal and plant parts. Some reception centres are represented in order to inform you about their activities.
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On the outside of TropiJoy, aviaries are built for out “rare” parrots.
We do hope that you will come and visit TropiJoy soon and enjoy, like we do, the special jungle atmosphere..
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TropiJoy contains a beautiful collection of tropical birds. For the collection of Hornbills, we gladly refer to the relevant page.
Hereunder we list the rare, exotic birds you will find with us:
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- Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Agelaius icterocephalus)
- Plate-billed mountain-toucan (Andigena laminirostris)
- Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
- Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Umbrella Bird (Cephalopterus ornatus)
- Affinie appelvink (Coccothraustus affinis)
- White-headed Mousebird (Colius Leucocephalus)
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
- Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus)
- Shining honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
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- Australian kingfisher (Dacelo gigas)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)
- Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
- Pale-legged Hornero (Furnarius leucopus)
- Western Crowned-pigeon (Goura cristata)
- Southern Crowned-pigeon (Goura scheepmakeri)
- Hill mynahs (Gracula religiosa)
- Spur-winged Lapwing (Hoplopterus spinosus)
- Yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
- Asian Fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
- Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
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- Herring Gull (Larus argentatus glaucoides)
- Pekin Robin (Leiothrix lutea)
- Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi)
- Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus nubicus)
- Collared Grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis)
- Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora)
- Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata)
- Red-cowled Cardinal (Paroaria Dominicana)
- Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus)
- Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)
- Capuchinbird (Perissocephalus tricolor)
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- Pavonine quetzal (Pharomachrus pavoninus)
- Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
- Green Wood-hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)
- Wire-tailed Mannakin (Pipra filicauda)
- Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
- Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegypticus)
- Bare-throated Bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Grey-winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans)
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
- Orange-spotted Bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus barat)
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- Purple-throated fruitcrow (Querula purpurata)
- Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala)
- Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas)
- Crested Wood Partridge (Rollulus roulroul)
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola Peruviana Peruviana)
- Superb starling (Spreo superbus)
- Black-winged Plover (Stephanibyx coronatus)
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- Green-throated Tanager (Tangara argyrofenges)
- Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
- Black-headed Tanager (Tangara cyanoptera)
- Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanicollis)
- Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa)
- Speckled Tanager (Tangara guttata)
- Rufous-cheeked Tanager (Tangara rufigenis)
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Thraupis bonariensis)
- Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis Episcopus)
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- Fischer's Turaco (Tauraco corythaix fischeri)
- Crowned hornbill (Tockus alboterminatus)
- Sacred Kingfisher (Todirhamphus sanctus)
- Hoopoe Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha)
- Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus)
- Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
- Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
- Mountain White-eye (Zosterops montana)
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