Information from Ostrava Zoo

What else Ostrava Zoo offers its visitors?

  • about 350 animal species in 3000 specimens bred at area of 100 ha
  • children´s contact zoo, children´s playgrounds and attraction refreshments, train trip, souvenirs from zoo
  • barrier-free access to all pavilions, toilets for disabled people, elements for the blind

What you should not do at Ostrava Zoo?

  • Enter the grounds with dogs or other animals
  • Enter the area with toy balloons
  • Feed, disturb and tease animals. Feeding restrictions do not apply to pellets sold via vending machines and designed for selected groups of animals
  • Climb over rails and walk outside marked visitor paths
  • Move around with the use of bicycles, skates, skate-boards, scooters and ride-on toys

Opening hours

November, December, January
9,00 – 16,00

February
9,00 – 17,00

March, September, October
9,00 – 18,00

April – August
9,00 – 19,00

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Papua

Opened this spring, this new exhibit integrating aquatic and terrestrial environments is so far the largest of its kind. Designed to illustrate the natural tropical systems of Papua-New Guinea, it presents local animal species at risk, which in particular involves turtles, reptiles and fish. These are groups that had been under-represented in Ostrava, but which have moved more to the forefront of visitors' attention.

From the abundance of species displayed, it is worth mentioning the pig-nosed turtle - a creature resembling sea turtles, the Australian bonytongue - a large archaic predator fish, and the blue tree monitor, an arboreal animal with a prehensile tail of a lovely blue and black colour.

The fact that the building is completely free of any barriers, plus the way each exhibit is designed, allows everyone to view the wildlife indoors, even from ground-level, whether sitting in a wheelchair or pushchair. In fact, a commitment made by Ostrava Zoo is to make its grounds as accessible as possible to disabled people over time.

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