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Al Ain Zoo

Q: Where is Al Ain Zoo?

United Arab Emirates. Al Ain Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Arab Emirates. Its coordinates are 24.176° N, 55.738° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Gir National Park, about 1,585 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Al Ain Zoo?

85 species. Citizen-science photos record 85 species at Al Ain Zoo, including Yellow-billed Stork, Common Ostrich, African Sacred Ibis, Pond Slider and Grey Crowned Crane. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Al Ain Zoo in the wild?

Yellow-billed Stork: Lake Nakuru National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Al Ain Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Yellow-billed Stork (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lake Nakuru National Park), Common Ostrich (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in De Hoop Nature Reserve) and African Sacred Ibis (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Nairobi National Park).

Q: When did Al Ain Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1969, 196 ha. Al Ain Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Arab Emirates, opened in 1969 and covers about 196 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 85 species are photographed there.

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United Arab Emirates 85 spp. present

Al Ain Zoo (Arabic: حَدِيْقَة ٱلْحَيْوَانَات بِٱلْعَيْن, romanized: Ḥadīqat Ḥaywānāt Bil-ʿAyn), also "Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort" [1] or simply "Al Ain Wildlife Park" (Arabic: مُتَنَزَّه ٱلْعَيْن لِلْحَيَاة ٱلْبَرِيَّة, romanized: Mutanazzah Al-ʿAyn Lil-Ḥayāt Al-Bariyyah),[3] is a 400-hectare (990-acre) zoo located in the foothills of Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It is primarily composed of ungulates and herbivores, such as Arabian antelopes. It also holds oryx, eland, gazelle, and lechwe, as well as the rare white lion and Nubian giraffe. There are 68 species of mammals, 88 species of birds and 35 species of reptiles available in the 50 hectares of zoo h Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

24.176° N 55.738° E

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Tourism

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Opened

1969

Size

Large

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What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Mycteria ibis

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Lake Nakuru National Park+ 37 more parks

Struthio camelus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in De Hoop Nature Reserve+ 26 more parks

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Nairobi National Park+ 46 more parks

Trachemys scripta

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Congaree National Park+ 14 more parks

Balearica regulorum

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Amboseli National Park+ 25 more parks

Columba guinea

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Niokolo-Koba National Park+ 43 more parks

Suricata suricatta

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park+ 2 more parks

Phoenicopterus roseus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Camargue+ 22 more parks

Before you go

Where is Al Ain Zoo?

United Arab Emirates

Al Ain Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Arab Emirates. Its coordinates are 24.176° N, 55.738° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Gir National Park, about 1,585 km away.

What animals can you see at Al Ain Zoo?

85 species

Citizen-science photos record 85 species at Al Ain Zoo, including Yellow-billed Stork, Common Ostrich, African Sacred Ibis, Pond Slider and Grey Crowned Crane. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Al Ain Zoo in the wild?

Yellow-billed Stork: Lake Nakuru National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Al Ain Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Yellow-billed Stork (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lake Nakuru National Park), Common Ostrich (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in De Hoop Nature Reserve) and African Sacred Ibis (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Nairobi National Park).

When did Al Ain Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1969, 196 ha

Al Ain Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Arab Emirates, opened in 1969 and covers about 196 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 85 species are photographed there.