Kebun Binatang Surabaya, The Official Surabaya Zoo - Surabaya, East Java

Kebun Binatang Surabaya (KBS) or Surabaya Zoo is located in Setail Street no. I Surabaya. This zoo is famous in Surabaya to be one of recreational destination and proudly to be the largest zoo in Southeast Asia. The location of the zoo is quite renowned because it located in front of the "SUROBOYO" icon statue, which is the icon of Shark and Crocodile that symbolize Surabaya in particular. Moreover, the location is easy to reach and near to one of terminal in Surabaya.

There are over 351 species in this zoo, and there are over 2000 animals live in this zoo. Those are include Indonesia and the world's endangered species of Mammals, Aves, Reptiles, and Pisces.

Every cage of the animals are grouped into categories. For example, poultry or birds (aves), where there are Australian pelicans, peacocks, Bali starlings, and ostrich. The beast that live in here are, Sumatran tigers, leopards, white tigers, lions, and bears.

Surabaya zoo is daily open at 08.00 AM -- 17.00 PM, with entry fee for about Rp. 10.000 per person. This zoo is one of the oldest zoos in Asia. Surabaya Zoo first opened to the public in April 1918. Even in the 1970s, this zoo was to be the most complete collections in Southeast Asia. With an area of 15 hectares, this place also can be used as a place to walk and exercise.

Nowadays, Surabaya Zoo is having a role to be a place for family Education and Recreation place. By the facilities and infrastructure that owned by Surabaya Zoo, it becomes a living laboratory as well refreshing place.

Surabaya Zoo is being prepared to be a place that provides facilities and infrastructure for all people in the world to conduct research on the flora and fauna that owned by Surabaya Zoo. In other hand, it is become a living laboratory for support of conservation activities undertaken by the Surabaya Zoo.




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