Edinburgh Zoo

"With more than 1,000 animals, including the UK’s only pair of giant pandas, the UK’s only koala bears, two Asian lions, two Amur leopards, black howler monkeys, swamp wallabies and two Sumatran tigers, plus numerous birds and insects, it’s no wonder the Scottish capital’s Zoo is a year-round favourite. Our tip: don’t miss the animal encounter session at 1pm where you can meet some of the Zoo’s less well-known residents. This Easter children can paint their own Easter egg on Easter Sunday, March 31, from 11am-3pm."

"There is something quite weird about a whole nation’s obsessing with copulating pandas. But then again, everyone loves a good ‘will they, won’t they?’ storyline. Sent on loan from China, on a ten-year conservation programme, the two Giant Pandas have an annual 36-hour window to ‘get it on’. Although there was some definite flirting going on last time, Yang Guang failed to get Tian Tian pregnant – so the love story continues... Join hoards of people for a peek of what looks remarkably like two people in panda-suits, as they chomp their way through a small forest of bamboo – a surreal, but entertaining experience. And who knows, next year there may be the first pitter patter of Scottish baby panda feet."