While we were in France, we went to Honfleur for a day and visited Naturospace, a beautiful greenhouse with butterfly garden. We saw some very positive reviews on Tripadvisor, it wasn't too expensive to visit (€ 8,90 pp), so this looked like an interesting activity.
I think we might have picked the wrong day to visit, because the outside temperature was 32°C (90° F), so inside the greenhouse it was even hotter. The lens of my camera fogged up and most of my photographs weren't usable. Luckily I was able to get a few good shots in the first 5 or 10 minutes or so.
This butterfly garden had over 1000 butterflies flying around while you walk through the small paths. Aside from butterflies, there were also different species of birds walking and flying, they were pretty tame so you could pet them.
The butterfly garden wasn't really that big, but this meant that you literally saw butterflies everywhere. Sometimes they would even land on your shoulders. I thought it was cleverly designed, because you had the feeling that it was bigger than it actually was.
One thing we had to look out for was to not step on any birds who were also sharing the paths with us. These little guys were so tiny, that you'd barely notice them.
Throughout the garden, you had these little feeding trays, resembling flowers. They were filled with nectar, so the butterflies would land on them to feed. We still had to get lucky to get some good shots, usually the butterflies didn't stay too long in one place.
This turned out to be a very interesting visit, but sadly we couldn't stay too long inside. After 10 minutes we were both way too overheated to stay there. Since are lenses were already completely fogged up, we decided to go outside again. I still think it was worth the money we paid.
All images were made by
using Canon EOS 200D and Moto G5 Plus
Info
NATUROSPACE
Boulevard Charles V
14600 HONFLEUR
FRANCE
+33 (0)2 31 81 77 00
+33 (0)2 31 81 77 01
info@naturospace.com
www.naturospace.com
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