Zoo

Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Q: Where is Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens?

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a zoo or wildlife park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Its coordinates are 10.788° N, 106.705° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Cat Tien National Park, about 121 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens?

143 species. Citizen-science photos record 143 species at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, including Common Peafowl, Green Iguana, Helmeted Guineafowl, Ruddy Shelduck and Blue Wildebeest. 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 Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens in the wild?

Common Peafowl: Udawalawe National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park), Green Iguana (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Tortuguero National Park) and Helmeted Guineafowl (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Meru National Park).

Q: When did Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens open and how big is it?

Opened 1865, 18 ha. Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, a zoo or wildlife park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, opened in 1865 and covers about 18 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 143 species are photographed there.

🇻🇳 Vietnam

🏙️ In Ho Chi Minh City

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Vietnam 143 spp. present

The Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Vietnamese: Thảo Cầm Viên Sài Gòn, French: Jardin botanique et zoologique de Saïgon), or locally and coloquially known as The Zoo ("Sở Thú"), is Vietnam's oldest zoo and botanical garden. The Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens was commissioned by Admiral Pierre-Paul de La Grandière in 1864, and was opened to the public in 1869, making it one of the world's oldest continuously operating zoos. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

10.788° N 106.705° E

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Essentials

Entrance

—

Tourism

High

Species present

143

species

Opened

1865

Size

Large

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Pavo cristatus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Udawalawe National Park+ 26 more parks

Iguana iguana

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Tortuguero National Park+ 43 more parks

Numida meleagris

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Meru National Park+ 56 more parks

Tadorna ferruginea

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Kaziranga National Park+ 17 more parks

Connochaetes taurinus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Amboseli National Park+ 25 more parks

Phoenicopterus roseus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Camargue+ 22 more parks

Taurotragus oryx

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in De Hoop Nature Reserve+ 28 more parks

Porphyrio poliocephalus

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Before you go

Where is Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens?

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a zoo or wildlife park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Its coordinates are 10.788° N, 106.705° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Cat Tien National Park, about 121 km away.

What animals can you see at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens?

143 species

Citizen-science photos record 143 species at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, including Common Peafowl, Green Iguana, Helmeted Guineafowl, Ruddy Shelduck and Blue Wildebeest. 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 Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens in the wild?

Common Peafowl: Udawalawe National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park), Green Iguana (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Tortuguero National Park) and Helmeted Guineafowl (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Meru National Park).

When did Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens open and how big is it?

Opened 1865, 18 ha

Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, a zoo or wildlife park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, opened in 1865 and covers about 18 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 143 species are photographed there.