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Route de Sabarat Forêt de Castagnies 09290 Le Mas-d'Azil

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    • Immersion, confrontation and strong emotions are guaranteed!


      Xploria is a space for fun and scientific adventures, designed to offer you a unique experience: learning about nature while having fun!

      Enter the Time Corridor, pass through the time gates and wooden walkways, discover our life-size reconstructions of extinct animals to confront, our botanical spaces, including our world vegetable garden, and our giant illustrations... and dive into the history of the Earth!

      From dinosaurs to giant prehistoric mammals, from the first plants to delicate orchids, from the first jellyfish to the Dodo of the Ice Age...

      The touch-and-feel displays (real fossils and high-quality casts like in the biggest museums), the paleontological excavation workshops, the footprint beach, the face games or even the Xploria animal discovery area... will allow you to spend at least 2 hours on the site or the whole day if you also want to picnic and take the time to enjoy yourself! Especially since we have thought of adults and children alike with displays and fun activities suitable for everyone!

      Everyone should find something in their interest.

      Children, parents, grandparents, teachers, curious people, enthusiasts, tourists...! The dinosaurs or the giant mammal climbing game will delight children while the botanical spaces, the scientific quality of the exhibition or the treatment of current issues will appeal to adults.

      The Xploria tour is punctuated by climatological and geological markers that allow you to understand what the Earth looked like during these different periods. You will discover the events and elements that have marked its appearance and history. Different areas are dedicated to specific periods of evolution (Carboniferous, Jurassic, Paleolithic, etc.) and are systematically designed with interactive content to create parks within the park.

      Thus, by following the thread of a path in the forest, you set off to discover the history of the Earth, Evolution and Biodiversity.

      Thanks to links accessible to all between living species of yesterday and today, everything is imagined to see, interact and understand the environment that surrounds us.

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  • Open all year round
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  • open 7/7

Useful information

Location : In the countryside

Province : Ariège - Cathare lands & Ariège Doors

Opening hours

  • Monday Closed
  • Tuesday Closed
  • Wednesday Closed
  • Thursday Closed
  • Friday 10:00 am - 07:00 pm
  • Saturday 10:00 am - 07:00 pm
  • Sunday 10:00 am - 07:00 pm

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