Prague Zoo
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Why go
- View the enlarged brown fur seal exhibit, which opened with a grandstand in 2009.
- Look for elephants, hippos, sable antelopes and bongos in an enlarged habitat built in 2010.
- See the statue honoring Gaston, the seal that swam to Dresden during the 2002 floods.
- Learn about the zoo’s contribution to saving Przewalski’s horses; it has kept their international studbook since 1960.
Opening hours
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Monday09:00 – 18:00
Tuesday09:00 – 18:00
Wednesday09:00 – 18:00
Thursday09:00 – 18:00
Friday09:00 – 18:00
Saturday09:00 – 18:00
Sunday09:00 – 18:00
Don't miss
- Rakos pavilionSee the rare parrots and exotic birds featured in this pavilion, opened in 2019.Rakos pavilion, within Prague Zoo.
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History
Prague Zoo opened in Troja, in northern Prague, on 28 September 1931. It began on 24 hectares while construction continued. The zoo now covers 58 hectares, with exhibits occupying 50 hectares, across varied terrain crossed by natural streams.
- 1922Alois Svoboda donated land to the state on condition that a zoo be built there.
- 1931Prague Zoo opened to visitors on 28 September across 24 hectares, while construction was still underway.
- 1938The world’s first artificially bred Andean condor hatched at the zoo.
- 1942Ilun became the first polar bear cub born in captivity.
- 1959Zdeněk Veselovský became director and led the zoo to international standing in breeding and scientific research.
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- 1960The zoo began keeping the international studbook for Przewalski’s horses.
- 1971A pavilion for elephants, hippos and rhinos opened.
- 1991A big cats pavilion opened.
- 2001The first artificial breeding of a Przewalski’s horse took place at the zoo.
- 2002Floods inundated nearly half the grounds and killed 134 animals; more than 1,000 were moved to safety.
- 2004The Indonesian Jungle pavilion opened; it was then the country’s largest and most expensive animal pavilion.
- 2007The zoo recorded its first successful Komodo dragon breeding.
- 2011Four Przewalski’s horses were sent to Mongolia for release into the wild.
- 2012The zoo recorded 1,557 births across 211 species.
- 2013The Elephant Valley pavilion opened, and the zoo’s first elephant, Sita, was born. Flooding inundated the lower zoo, but timely evacuation avoided extensive animal deaths.
- 2023A Chinese pangolin was born in captivity for the first time.
Sources: Prague Zoo - Wikipedia · Zoo Praha - Wikipedia · Zoo Prag - Wikipedia · Zoo de Prague - Wikipedia · checked 23 Sep 2026
Where
U Trojskeho Zamku 120/3, Prague
- Website
- zoopraha.cz/
- Phone
- +420296112230
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