Zoo
Knie's Kinderzoo
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Switzerland 10 spp. present
Knie's Kinderzoo (German: Knies Kinderzoo) is a zoo aimed for children. It is located in the Swiss municipality of Rapperswil. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
47.224° N 8.822° E
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Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
High
Species present
10
speciesOpened
1962
Size
Medium
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Getting there
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Knie's Kinderzoo?
Switzerland
Knie's Kinderzoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Switzerland. Its coordinates are 47.224° N, 8.822° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Vanoise National Park, about 257 km away.
What animals can you see at Knie's Kinderzoo?
10 species
Citizen-science photos record 10 species at Knie's Kinderzoo, including Coypu, Humboldt Penguin, Eastern Collared Lizard, Blue-and-yellow Macaw and Madagascar Giant Day Gecko. 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 Knie's Kinderzoo in the wild?
Coypu: Camargue
Some of the animals photographed at Knie's Kinderzoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Coypu (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Camargue), Eastern Collared Lizard (about 20% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Bend National Park) and Blue-and-yellow Macaw (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park).
Does Knie's Kinderzoo charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for Knie's Kinderzoo lists it as a paid-entry attraction. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When did Knie's Kinderzoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1962, 4.0 ha
Knie's Kinderzoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Switzerland, opened in 1962 and covers about 4.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 10 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)