Zoo
Orana Wildlife Park
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, New Zealand 54 spp. present
Orana Wildlife Park is New Zealand's only open-range zoo, sitting on 80 hectares of land, located on the outskirts of Christchurch. It opened on 25 September 1976, and is owned and operated by the Orana Wildlife Trust, a registered charity. The aims of the Trust are to provide quality recreational opportunities for local people and visitors to Christchurch; conserve endangered native and exotic wildlife; educate visitors (especially children) about environmental and conservation issues; and support research relating to endangered animals. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
43.468° S 172.463° E
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
54
speciesOpened
1976
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–17:00
Getting there
- Address
- 793 Mcleans Island Road, Christchurch 8051
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Orana Wildlife Park?
New Zealand
Orana Wildlife Park is a zoo or wildlife park in New Zealand, at 793 Mcleans Island Road, Christchurch 8051. Its coordinates are 43.468° S, 172.463° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Arthur's Pass National Park, about 85 km away.
What animals can you see at Orana Wildlife Park?
54 species
Citizen-science photos record 54 species at Orana Wildlife Park, including Slender-tailed Meerkat, Cape Barren Goose, Kea, Common Ostrich and Tasmanian Devil. 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 Orana Wildlife Park in the wild?
Slender-tailed Meerkat: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Some of the animals photographed at Orana Wildlife Park also live in the parks and cities we cover: Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park), Cape Barren Goose (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Maria Island National Park) and Kea (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Arthur's Pass National Park).
When is Orana Wildlife Park open?
Every day · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Orana Wildlife Park is open Every day · 10:00–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Orana Wildlife Park open and how big is it?
Opened 1976, 55 ha
Orana Wildlife Park, a zoo or wildlife park in New Zealand, opened in 1976 and covers about 55 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 54 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · the centre's official website