Passion, convictions, approach
In a green setting of 120 hectares4 discovery trails take you to meet more than 1,500 animals, from 100 species, living in semi-freedom. Bears, deer, lynx, wolverines, lemurs, red pandas and several packs of wolves will no longer hold any secrets for you!
Unique experience and essential pleasures of natureSainte-Croix offers you unforgettable one-on-one with a pack of European gray wolves, black timberwolves, arctic white wolves, or black bears, but also waking up to a herd of stags and does in semi-freedom living on 30 ha. of plain. Take to the heights to observe and listen to the inhabitants of our forests from the tops of the trees…!
Forty years after its opening, Sainte-Croix Animal Park is today the 1st European Fauna Park in Franceboth for its attendance (3 million visitors since 1980 – record attendance in 2019 with more than 350,000 visitors) and for its pioneering role in this field.
- Holy Cross : 1st eco-labeled animal park in Europe for its range of nature stays
The European Ecolabel guarantees that the Animal Parkas a place of exceptional natural stays, actively contributes to the use of renewable energy sources, water and energy savings, and the protection of biodiversity. Since 2019, the nature lodges and restaurants of the Park have been certified by the European Ecolabel “Tourist accommodation services”. The new accommodations facing deer and wolves are also designed with the aim of meeting the environmental requirements that Sainte-Croix has set itself.
Sainte-Croix: much more than a park! ?
The Animal Park of Sainte-Croix, it is also a philosophy and meaning: 120 hectares of preserved nature, 1500 animals on semi-freedom, 130 species wild and domestic, and a stronger commitment to biodiversity which is reflected, for example, in some of the novelties 2022 to reduce our environmental footprint:
– new eco-labeled lodges
– the discovery of new flavors, organic and local
– a new way to cultivate the land
The Parc Animalier de Sainte-Croix and its ecosystem have been committed to nature for 42 years. This bias in favor of biodiversity is also available with the support of various organizations dedicated to conservation, the organization of events on purpose: raise public awareness of the environmental cause.
- The new 1,600 m² Mandala vegetable garden and garden: another way of cultivating the land
Sainte-Croix is animals… but not only! In effect, the Animal Park is developing an innovative market gardening project with 1600 m² of crops. This space dedicated to organic and regional cultures is also a place of education and mediation in the heart of the Park.. In a logic of short circuit, these crops are used in particular to supply the new restaurant with fresh foodstuffs. Always in the idea of reconnect people to the earththis agricultural project is also the ideal way to make visitors aware of the need to rediscover “farmer’s common sense”.
Five universes of Nature Lodges ??
To extend your visit, 46 Nature Lodges allow you to live a unique experience: sleep in the heart of a large animal park close to wild animals.
Installed on stilts, feet in the water facing the great plain populated by American bison and black bears, the 17 lodges of the Rivière de l’Ours Noir can each accommodate 5 people.
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?? Win your stay! ??
The Sainte-Croix Animal Park, in Rhodes, is:
- 35 Nature Lodges combining top-of-the-range services and ecological commitments
- 1 exceptional nature hotel with 11 rooms “la Grange aux coyotes”
- 5 themes for unique stays
- Half-board or full-board formulas (according to calendar)
- A park in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of Lorraine, 1 hour from Nancy, Metz and Strasbourg
France Bleu Besançon offers you your complete stay : a night in a Black Bear River Lodge at Sainte-Croix Animal Parkvalid for 2 adults (+ 12 years old) and 2 children (3-11 years old) for the 2022 season (according to opening calendar and current availability, excluding Saturdays and public holidays)with access to the park for 2 days + dinners (excluding drinks) and breakfasts in one of the park’s restaurants.
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