Thematic days
All new for 2024, we will offer one thematic day per month, from May to October.
Share your ideas with us for 2025 thematic days!
Birds of a feather
Date : May 4th, 2024
Discover the avian fauna in full migration!
7:00 AM to 12:00 PM : Birding excursion in the Réserve aquatique de l’Estuaire-de-la-Rivière-Bonaventure. Meet at the Évangéline beach parking lot (115 Rte de L’Évangéline, Bonaventure).
12:00 PM to 13:30 PM : Dinner break. Possibility to book your hot meal at the Bioparc.
13:30 PM to 14:30 PM : Conference Ornithological journey in Madagascar, by Pierre Poulin and Jean Côté
14:30 PM : Presentation of the winners of the photo contest
In collaboration with the Club des ornithologues de la Gaspésie
Free for season pass holder. 10$ for others. Paid in cash on the day of the activity
Buzz is the word
Date : June 29th, 2024
Discover the strange world of insects and other arthropods. On the menu, insect hunting, naturalization, tastings and manipulation!
Tasting (on the terrace): 10:30, 12:00, 1:30 and 3:00
Insect hunting (departure from the terrace): 9:30, 11:00, 12:30 and 2:00
Handling (in the insectarium): continuous from 9:00 to 4:00
Naturalisation and identification (on the terrace): continuous from 9:00 to 4:00
In addition, the day before, Friday, June 28, from 8 pm, participate in a night insect hunt with a light trap. It will be installed in the parking lot of the Bioparc.
Shells, fish and other treasures
Date : July 27th, 2024
Meet various speakers to discover algae, corals, marine invertebrates and more.
In collaboration with the Comité ZIP Gaspésie, the École des pêches et de l’aquaculture du Québec and the Club de minéralogie et de paléontologie de la Gaspésie.
Symposium on ecosystems
Date : August 24th, 2024
Back for a 2nd edition, the symposium is an opportunity to learn more about the five ecosystems represented at the Bioparc: the bay, the barachois, the river, the forest and the tundra.
In collaboration with the Comité ZIP Gaspésie, the Association forestière de la Gaspésie, the Conseil de l’eau Gaspésie sud and the parc national de la Gaspésie.
Exciting mushrooms
Date : September 21st, 2024
More details to come
The pantry of the forest
Date : CANCELLED
More details to come