List of zoological gardens and aquariums in Africa

The list of zoological gardens and aquariums in Africa contains zoos , show aquariums and other publicly accessible zoological facilities on the African continent, sorted by country.

list

country	place	Zooname	Opening year	Area ( ha )	Number of animals	Animal species	Web presence / special features
Egypt		Qariyet El Assad Lion Village
	Cairo	Giza Zoo	1891	32			Website
	Alexandria	Alexandria Zoo		25th		80	Website
		Fayom Zoo	1984	1.2			Website
	Alexandria	Gizera aquarium	1867	3.8			Website
	al-Arish	Areesh Zoo		8th			Website
		Bny Swaf Zoo	1996	1.8			Website
Algeria	Algiers	Algiers Zoological Park and Leisure Park	1900	304		87	Website
	Oran	Oran Zoological Park
	Ain Temouchent	Ain Temouchent African Safari Zoo
	Algiers	Jardin d'Essais zoological park
	Batna	Batna Zoological Garden
	Béchar	Béchar Zoological Garden
	Béni Abbès	Zoological garden of the National Center for Desert Research
	Béni Saf	Botanical and Zoological Park Béni Saf
	Bou Saada	Bou Saada Mini Zoo
	Bou Ismaïl	Bou Ismaïl Aquarium
	Brabtia	Brabtia à El Kala animal park
	Djelfa	Djelfa zoological park
	Djerma	Djerma animal park
	El Atteuf	El Atteuf Zoological Park
	Kissir	Kissir animal park
	Laghouat	Laghouat Zoological Park
	Ouargla	Ouargla Zoological Park
	Sétif	Setif Zoological Park
	Tlemcen	Tlemcen Zoological Park
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa Lion Zoo
	Addis Ababa	Zoo of the future Addis Ababa	planned 2011	25th
Benin	Cotonou	Botanical and Zoological Garden of the Abomey-Calavi University
Botswana	Maun	Maun Nature Education Park		250			Website
Burkina Faso	at Ouagadougou	Ziniaré animal park
Burundi	Bujumbura	Living Museum and Zoo Bujumbura
Ivory Coast	Abidjan	Abidjan National Zoological Park
Eritrea	Asmara	Asmara Zoo
Gambia	Kanilai	Kanilai Zoo
	Brikama	Katchikali crocodile park
Ghana	Accra	Accra Zoo	? –2006
	Kumasi	Kumasi Zoological Garden
Cameroon	Limbe	Limbe Zoological Garden and Wildlife Center
	Yaoundé	Mvog-Betsi Botanical Garden and Zoo
Kenya	Nairobi	Nairobi Snake Park	1959
Democratic Republic of Congo	Kinshasa	Kinshasa Zoological Garden	1933	16	154	35
	Lubumbashi	Lubumbashi Zoological Garden	1932	52
	Kisangani	Kisangani Zoological Garden	1951	84
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Brazzaville Zoological Park	1952	28		42	Largely destroyed in the 1997–1999 war
Lesotho	Maseru	Maseru Zoo
Liberia	Monrovia	Children's Zoo Monrovia ( Steiner's Zoo )	2007 ( 1977 )				Website completely destroyed during the war in 1990–2003
Libya	Tripoli	Tripoli Zoo
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Tsimbazaza Botanical and Zoological Park	1925/1990				Website
	Toamasina	Ivoloina Zoological Park	1987	282		100+	Website
Malawi	Blantyre	Blantyre Zoo
Mali	Bamako	Bamako Zoological Park		13
Morocco	Agadir	Agadir City Zoo
	Rabat	New Rabat Zoological Park	2010 (1969)		1732
	Casablanca	Casablanca Aquarium	1962
	Casablanca	Casablanca Zoo
	Ouarzazate	Ouarzazate Zoological Park
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Nouakchott Zoological Park
Mauritius	Rivière des Anguilles	La Vanille Réserve des Mascareignes					Website
Mozambique	Maputo	Mozambique Zoological Garden
Namibia	Swakopmund	National Maritime Aquarium of Namibia
	Swakopmund	Living Desert Snake Park
	Otjiwarongo	Otjiwarongo crocodile farm
	at Tsumeb	Ontouka reptile park
Niger	Niamey	National Museum and Zoo of Niger		25th
Nigeria	Ibadan	Ibadan Zoological Garden	1948	4th			Website
	Enugu	Enugu Zoo
	Owerri	Owerri Zoo
	Jos	Zoological garden Jos	1957
	Nekede	Nekede Zoological Garden
Zambia	Lusaka	Kalimba reptile park
	Lusaka	Munda Wanga Natural Park	1950s				Website
	Kitwe	Kitwe Zoo
	Lusaka	JLazyJ Farm Bird Park		1500
	Chingola	Chimfunshi wildlife station	1983	607			Website
Senegal	Dakar	Zoological Park Hann	1903 (1935)	7th	200+		Website
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary	1989	40.5	> 100		Website
Zimbabwe	Harare	Lion and Cheetah Park
	Harare	Bird garden and snake world Kuimba Shiri			100+
	Kwekwe	Sable Park Kwekwe		300
South Africa	Pretoria	National Zoological Garden ( Pretoria Zoo )	1899	85	9087	705	Website including aquarium and reptile park
	Bapsfontein	Endofaun Zoological Garden	1974	7th			Website
	Bloemfontein	Bloemfontein Zoo	1906	7th			Website
	Johannesburg	Montecasino Bird Park				800	Website
	Broederstroom	Induna Monkey and Parrot Park
	Cape Town	Two Oceans Aquarium	1995		3000+	88	Website
	Hout Bay	World of birds			3000	400	Website
	Durban	uShaka Sea World	2004			2500	Website
	Vanderbijlpark	Emerald Animal World			500	88	Website
	Johannesburg	Johannesburg Zoo	1904	81	10,000		Website
	Port Elizabeth	Bayworld Oceanarium and Snake Park	1856			60+	Website
	East London	East London Aquarium	1931				Website
	East London	East London Zoo (Queens Park Zoological Gardens)	1896 (1930s)	10		92	Website
	Hartbeespoort	Hartebeespoortdam Aquarium					Website
	Hartbeespoort	Hartbeespoortdam snake and animal park					Website
	Hartbeespoort	Hartbeespoortdam Elephant Park				350+	Website
	Plettenberg Bay	Plettenberg Bay Elephant Park					Website
	Hazyview	Hazyview Elephant Park	600				Website
	Cape Town	Butterfly world South Africa	1996	0.1			Website
	Knysna	Knysna Elephant Park	1994				Website
	Plettenberg Bay	Monkeyland Plettenberg Bay	1998	23	400		Website
	Plettenberg Bay	Birds of Eden	2005	2	3500		Website
	Pretoria	Bird and animal zoo park best					Website
	Oudtshoorn	Cango wildlife				50+	Website
	Scottburgh	Crocworld		30th	10,000		Website
	nationwide	South African Birds of Prey Center	1996				Website
	Somerset West	Monkey Town	2000		300+	27	Website
	Johannesburg	Transvaal Snake Park			150
	Midrand	Lory Park Zoo				130+	Website
	Polokwane	Moletzie Bird Park
	Polokwane	Polokwane Bird and Reptile Park
Sudan	Khartoum	Khartoum Zoological Garden
Tanzania	Arusha	Engosheraton Zoological Garden
	Mwanza	Saa Nane Island Zoo		38.5
	Arusha	MBT snake park
	Arusha	Meserani snake park	1993	4th	48		Website
	Mikumi	Mikumi snake park
	Zanzibar	Mnarani natural aquarium	1993
	Zanzibar	Barakas Turtle Aquarium			15th
	Zanzibar	Zanzibar Land Animal Park
	Zanzibar	Zanzibar Butterfly Center					Website
Chad	N'Djamena	Koundoul Zoological Garden
Tunisia	Tunis	Belvédère zoological garden	1963	13		155	Website
	Carthage Salammbô	Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium Dar el Hout	1924				Website
	Sousse	Friguia animal park		36		30+	Website
Uganda	Entebbe	Entebbe Zoo ( Ugandan Wildlife Education Center and Zoo )	1952			42+	Website

swell

• Zoos Worldwide - Africa (English)
• LeZoosDansLeMonde - Afrique (French)
• African zoos & Animal Collections (English)
• ZooTourism (English)
• Aquarium Directory (English)

Individual evidence

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5. ↑ http://www.limbewildlife.org
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10. ↑ http://blog.francetv.fr/JAIMELECONGO/index.php/2006/07/21/34035-le-parc-zoologique-de-brazzaville-merite-une-attention-particuliere
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