Zoo in Jihlava.
Attention! Dogs are not allowed to come to us.
Opening hours:
-summer (May-September) ....... 8 - 18
-winter (November-March) ... 9 - 16
-April, October .............. 9 - 17
Admission:
-adults ...................... 110, - CZK
-children, pensioners, students ....... 60, - CZK
Specialization: monkeys, felines,
reptiles.
Area: 6.5 ha
Position:
-in the valley of the river Jihlávka, in the immediate vicinity
near the city center.
Arrival to the ZOO :
-car - the direction to the parking lot is marked
signposts (local destination)
-city transport, public transport
(all trolleybus lines) on
Masaryk Square, then on foot
about 10 min.
Membership in professional organizations:
WAZA - World Association of Zoos
and Aquaria
EAZA - European Association of Zoos
and Aquaria
IZE - International Association
of Zoo Educators
UCSZ - Union of Czech and Slovak
zoos
Number of European conservation programs
(EEP ): 23
Attractions:
African village Matongo - complex
fifteen indigenous huts.It is a part of it
is a noctunarium with water lilies, lagoon
with flamingos, island for lemurs, also bar
and contact ZOO with Cameroonian
goats and poultry.
Jihlava "best":
-the largest collection of clawed monkeys
in the republic
-the smallest otter (small), the smallest species
tiger (Sumatran), the smallest bear
(Malaysian), the largest species of kangaroo
(red), the largest rodent in the world
(capybara).
Significant breeding successes:
-mammals:
rearing of black gibbons, tamarins
bearded and other species of clawed
monkeys, lemurs, snow leopards, tapirs,
etc.
-prawl:
the first European breeding of beetles and carpets
Chinese, Chinese snakes, first breeding
in the Czech Republic Jamaican boas.
Visitor pavilions:
-beast pavilion, Amazon pavilion,
Exotarium, Noctunarium.
Interesting facts and news in the exhibition
parts:
-natural enclosure for features, enclosure
with swimming pool for otters, islands with lemurs,
enclosure complex for leopards and lynx,
South American enclosure, exposition of raccoons
northern.
Visitor service:
-train, souvenir shop, restaurant,
bar, toilets with baby-box, children's
corner, contact ZOO, landscaping
with many benches, information system.