Forbes, one of the most authoritative financial and economic journals of the world, has published a list of the top 10 best zoos in the world. We offer you the list of the best zoos.
Singapore, 80 Mandai Lake Road
Admission for adults: 20 Singapore dollars for children – 13 Singapore dollars.
This zoo – one of the largest and most beautiful open-air (ie. without cells and arrays) zoos in the world. The zoo is 28 hectares and consists of tropical rainforest.
The Singapore Zoo has a unique collection of rare animals, which do not meet in every European zoo.
Here, not only can you enjoy a casual walk between the open-air cages in which animals are kept in conditions close to their natural habitat, but also boating on the miniature train or rent a scooter.
In addition, zoo visitors can celebrate this birthday, celebrate, or even hold a wedding celebration.
Finland, wound, Rovaniementie 29
Admission for adults: € 12 for children – € 10,50.
It is the northernmost zoo in the world. It is located almost on the Arctic Circle, 80 km from Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland.
At this zoo you will see nearly 60 different species of northern animals. They are kept here in an environment as close to their natural habitat. Winter zoo visitors can ride a snowmobile, reindeer and dog sledding, in addition, there is a hill and ski trails. In the summer guests looking forward to the equestrian center and auto tracking.
At the zoo is also still a large veterinary hospital, where sick animals are brought from all over Finland.
If after treatment, the animal was strong enough, his return back into their natural habitats. Those who can no longer exist in the wild, growing collection of the zoo.
London, Regents Park, NW1 4RYAdmission Adult: £ 17,20, Children – £ 13,70.London Zoo is the oldest scientific zoo. The date of its foundation – April 27, 1828. Initially, it was not a zoo, a zoological collection, used for scientific research.However, already in 1847 the entrance to the zoo was free, and its collection available to the public. To date, the zoo has one of the richest collections in the world of animals.The total number of animals kept in a zoo with a total area of 0.108 square kilometers exceed 16,000, and includes 755 species.In 1849 it was in the London Zoo opened the world’s first public serpentarium, and in 1853 – public aquariums, in 1881, was opened Insectarium, and in 1938 – a petting zoo.
Admission for adults: 150 euros, for children – 100 kroons.
Prague Zoo, which is one of the largest zoos in Europe, was opened in 1981 to study zoology, protect wildlife and conduct educational work among the general public.
Each year this wonderful zoo visits more than half a million visitors. To date, the Prague Zoo, whose territory is 45 hectares, contains 4,600 animals belonging to 630 species. Scientists emphasize the contribution of the Prague zoo in preserving populations of Przewalski horses. In addition to the rare and interesting animals in the Prague zoo has about 300 species of unique plants. Prague Zoo visitors can download to your mobile information about the exposure of zoo.
In addition to the permanent exhibition at the zoo regularly marked a happy holiday. For example, the birthday of an orangutan to him in an aviary admit visitors who have resemblance with the birthday.
Admission for adults: 46 shekels for children – 36 shekels.
Jerusalem Zoo is located in an area of 25 hectares in a picturesque valley near Jerusalem. Zoo two-level, there are lawns, lake and even a system of waterfalls. The zoo was opened in 1940, the Jerusalem municipality. To date, one can see here the representatives of more than 200 different species of animals. Guests to the zoo as well offer interesting attractions: you can ride through the zoo to the children’s railway, or ride on the lake by boat.
In Jerusalem Zoo is the famous “Corner of the biblical nature,” where a complete historical precision replicated landscape of ancient Palestine. A symbol of the zoo is a Noah’s ark.
