The best zoos in the world

On the pages of well-known tourist publication Forbes Travel was published rating of the most attractive zoos in the world, which included representatives from 4 continents.
 
Topped the rating of the most popular zoos in the world of Animal Kingdom (USA). Disney's Animal Kingdom opened on April 22, 1998. On the territory of 500 acres can see more than 300 different mammals, birds and reptiles from all over the planet. Animal Kingdom is a symbol of the magnificent tree of life is 44 meters.


The second was the Swiss Basel Zoo. Born in 1874, the zoo each year is visited by approximately one million tourists. It is interesting that such attendance does the zoo and the second in attendance in general in the country among the historical and cultural monuments. Basel Zoo - is a six hundred species, ie nearly six thousand animals, including a rather rare species. The most popular in the Basel Zoo enjoys the so-called vivarium, which clearly demonstrates the evolution of species.


In third place in the ranking Zoo de Beauval, France. Bovalsky zoo was reborn from the aviaries, opened in 1980. But ten years later began to appear the first exotic species, mostly of African descent. Today, Zoo de Beauval was home to 4000 animals, including marine. It is the largest zoo in France.
Fourth position in the Berlin Zoological Garden. Berlin Zoo, the first zoo in Germany, opened its doors on August 1, 1844. Covers an area of 35 hectares in the Berlin district of Tiergarten. No other zoo land is not represented so many species of animals (approximately 14,000 animals, 1440 species). Together with the adjoining aquarium, on three floors which are not only fish, but also reptiles, amphibians, insects and invertebrates, the Berlin Zoo belongs to the main attractions of Berlin. Each year, the zoo attracts over 2.6 million people.


Fifth among the best is yet another American Zoo - Bronx Zoo. Traces its history to 1899. At the zoo contains more than 4000 animals, including many endangered species. Bronx Zoo is famous for such sections as "World of Reptiles," "African plain," "Tiger Mountain", "World of Birds" and "Night world". There also is "Butterfly Garden". In a pavilion of elongated shape, resembling a caterpillar, butterflies fluttering and whirling from all over the world.
Sixth in the ranking was the British Chester Zoo. At Chester Zoo area of 110 acres of live coati, guanaco, tuatara and other rare species.
It was founded in 1934 by George Mottershead and now managed by a charitable foundation of the Zoological Society of Northern England.





Small-sized Czech Prague Zoological Garden according to Forbes Travel deserved seventh place in the ranking. An area of just 110 acres housed 630 species, ie A total of about 4600 individuals. The zoo is located in beautiful Troy basin where interspersed with meadows, rocks, water. Over time, the zoo won the Czech title of the monastery for the rarest species on the brink of extinction. Number of species listed in Red Book 58. Endangered - 14.
On the eighth position National Zoological Gardens (South Africa). 198-acre area is divided into two parts, the river flowing at the foot of a high hill. Thus, some species that can be reached by two bridges, dwells on the vast hillside.
Ninth place in the ranking is an American San Diego Zoo, recognized as the world's most progressive zoo. Most of the hundreds of acres of the area can be explored using the tourist bus or monorail. The zoo is famous for the largest population of pandas living in natural conditions.

Closes the top ten oldest zoo in Austria Schonbrunner Zoo, which this year marks 257 years.