Peacock Island Berlin — White Peacock on Vivo X300 Pro #berlin #berlintravelguide
A short ferry ride from Wannsee S-Bahn in southwest Berlin takes you to one of the most extraordinary and overlooked places in the city. Pfaueninsel. Peacock Island. A 67 hectare UNESCO World Heritage nature reserve sitting in the middle of the Havel River.
Around 30 free-ranging Blue Peacocks roam the island, all descended from the original birds King Frederick William II brought here in 1795. White Peacocks are kept in the restored 1824 aviary alongside golden pheasants and rare fowl. The animals that once lived here became the founding collection of the Berlin Zoo, which opened in 1844 as Germany’s first zoo.
The white castle that greets you from the shore looks like stone but is actually plastered painted wood, built as a summer retreat for a Prussian king and his mistress.
Every single shot in this video was taken on the Vivo X300 Pro. The 200MP Zeiss telephoto lens captured full feather detail on the Indian Blue Peacock and the rare White Peacock in natural forest light. No editing tricks. Just the phone doing what it does.
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📍 Pfaueninsel, Wannsee, Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin