Zoo’s Around The World Worth Visiting
It doesn’t matter how old you are, zoos can be both educational and entertaining. What is considered a zoo? Basically it’s any place that houses wild animals for visitors to view and learn about. Many of these zoos also practice conservation efforts and without them, quite a few animals would be extinct. Worldwide there are a lot of different zoos that you can visit that feature both animals from the nearby area as well as other countries.
Africa
Giraffe House Wildlife Awareness Centre, Cape Town
Giraffe lovers must visit this center. Visitors can not only see giraffes, but feed them as well. Make sure you check out the giraffe’s spots as no two are exactly alike! Once you’ve gotten your fill of the world’s tallest animal, you can see a variety of other animals including monkeys, zebras and ostriches.
Lemurs’ Park, Madagascar
As you can imagine, lemurs are in abundance here. They are native to the island and over 50 of them can be found at Lemurs’ Park. Only two of them, that are nocturnal, are caged while the others are allowed to roam freely, which is a real treat for visitors.
Australia
Cleland Conservation Park, Close To Adelaide
Located in South Australia, this is the place to go if you want to see kangaroos. Visitors are given kangaroo food and they will eat right out of your hand. This is really a great way to get up and close to a kangaroos. Afterwards you can see huge groundhogs and a variety of other animals that roam freely around.
The Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Near Brisbane
When going to Australia, one of the animals that many travelers want to see is a koala. This animal sanctuary, which was founded in 1927, houses over 100 of them. The animals all roam freely here and visitors can even hold and take a picture with a koala. There are also other animals as well including platypus, wombats and Tasmanian devils.
India
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling
This is India’s zoo with the highest altitude. They strive to breed animals that thrive in alpine conditions. These include Siberian tigers, red pandas, Tibetan wolves and snow leopards. Another reason to visit it is because of the more than 200 differents species of foliage and trees. It’s one of the few parts of India that remains natural and untouched despite the diminishing forests in the area.
Chennai Snake Park, Chennai
While visiting a zoo filled with reptiles may not be at the top of your bucket list, the Chennai Snake Park is worth a visit if you are interested in reptiles. It features snakes that you probably (hopefully) won’t see anywhere else including boa constrictors, cobras, vipers and adders. In addition to the snakes you can also see other animals like chameleons and crocodiles.
New Zealand
Rainbow Springs Nature Park, Rotorua
This nature park is known for the hatching of the kiwi birds. It’s considered to be the most successful of its kind in the country. Because these animals tend to be shy and will only come out when it’s dark out, it’s often rather difficult for zoos and sanctuaries to breed them.
The Wellington Zoo, Wellington
This zoo is considered to be one of the best zoos in the world. It’s more than 100 years old and has a variety of breeding programmes to help encourage the growth of endangered species. It also houses one of the most state of the art animal hospitals. Visitors can see lions, red pandas, Sumatran tigers and one-legged kiwi birds among the many different animals.
