Zoo
Melaka Zoo and Bird Park
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Malaysia 35 spp. present
Malacca Zoo (Malay: Zoo Melaka), officially known as the Melaka Zoo and Night Safari, is a 54-acre (22 ha) zoological park located beside Ayer Keroh Highway (Federal Route 143, also known as Tun Abdul Razak Road) in Ayer Keroh, Malacca, Malaysia, which hosts more than 1200 animals including 215 species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals. It is the second-largest zoo in Malaysia behind the National Zoo of Malaysia, both were established in 1963. The zoo acts as both a rescue base and an animal sanctuary and was initially owned by the Malacca State Government, but its management was taken over by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks of Malaysia in 1979 and later opened to the pub Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2.278° N 102.302° E
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
High
Species present
35
speciesOpened
1963
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 8:30–17:30
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Melaka Zoo and Bird Park?
Malaysia
Melaka Zoo and Bird Park is a zoo or wildlife park in Malaysia. Its coordinates are 2.278° N, 102.302° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Taman Negara National Park, about 254 km away.
What animals can you see at Melaka Zoo and Bird Park?
35 species
Citizen-science photos record 35 species at Melaka Zoo and Bird Park, including Blue-and-yellow Macaw, Saltwater Crocodile, Common Peafowl, Emu and Common Raccoon. 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 Melaka Zoo and Bird Park in the wild?
Blue-and-yellow Macaw: Emas National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Melaka Zoo and Bird Park also live in the parks and cities we cover: Blue-and-yellow Macaw (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park), Saltwater Crocodile (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Daintree National Park) and Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park).
When is Melaka Zoo and Bird Park open?
Every day · 8:30–17:30
According to its open map listing, Melaka Zoo and Bird Park is open Every day · 8:30–17:30. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Melaka Zoo and Bird Park open and how big is it?
Opened 1963, 27 ha
Melaka Zoo and Bird Park, a zoo or wildlife park in Malaysia, opened in 1963 and covers about 27 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 35 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)