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Prague Zoo now brings exclusively live broadcasting from the Elephant Valley, where you can watch your favourites virtually 24 hours a day. On a total of 8 cameras you can find the elephants from the Zoo during their daily rituals.
- Shanti the Asian Elephant
The Asian elephant cow named Shanti was born in 1976,...
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The Prague zoological garden. U Trojskeho zamku 120/3. 171...
- Shanti the Asian Elephant
The spectacular Elephant Valley compound is the largest elephant exhibit in the history of Prague Zoo, as well as being the largest in the Czech Republic. It is home to a herd of eight Indian elephants, including Prague’s first native-born elephant calf. Elephant Valley, photo (c) Tomáš Adamec, Prague Zoo.
- Introduction
- History
- Floods
- Animals in The Prague Zoo
- Must See Tips
- Where It is? Location & Map
- How Much Is The Entrance fee? Opening Hours & Ticket Prices
Most tourists visit the Czech Republic’s capital to enjoy its numerous sightseeing treasures. But Prague also offers an amazing experience for all animal lovers. In the Troja quarter of the city, next to a beautiful eponymous Chateau (Zámek Troja), one of the best zoological gardens in the worldis awaiting its nature-loving visitors. Prague Zoo cov...
Prague Zoo was opened to the public in 1931, but its history reaches much further back in time. That is to the year 1881, when Count Sweerts-Sporck (hrabě Špork) initiated the establishment of a zoo in Prague. The process took place over the following decades and involved, among other things, the emergence of The Association for the Establishment o...
The very successful operation and continuing development of Prague Zoo was discontinued and even threatened by major floods several times. The worst ones struck the Troja quarter in 2002 and 2013. The biggest one in the history of the zoo was that of 2002, when Prague (as well as a significant part of Europe) was hit by the so-called “millennial fl...
Apart from the above mentioned creatures, thousands of birds, reptiles, mammals, and all imaginable animals from every corner of the world have their home in Troja, in various environments created according to their specific needs and closely resembling their natural habitat. Prague Zoo over the years of its existence gradually created the current ...
To properly enjoy everything Prague Zoo has to offer, you should plan your visit as an all-day trip. But if you only want to spend a few hours there, consider our must-see tips. Even though it is quite difficult to choose from the rich variety of nature’s wonders, you can still see many of them in the zoo. Apart from the below mentioned (in more de...
The Prague zoological garden is located at the address U Trojského zámku 3/120, Prague 7 – Troja. You can take a bus there (to “Zoologická zahrada” bus station), for example number 112 from “Nádraží Holešovice” metro station. If you want to arrive in style, from March to October you can take a steamboat (ferry). The ride on the Vltava river takes a...
The zoo is opened daily all year round, from 9 AM to 4, 5 or 6 PM (according to months). The admission fees are offered in various bands, with a single entrance for adults costing 200 CZK ($8.00). You can buy tickets at the entrance or online (in the Czech language only). See more details in the table below: *Family tickets are available to familie...
Elephants in Prague Zoo, including the little Sita, will celebrate the anniversary on Sunday 21st July at 1 p.m. A special water melon cake will be prepared for them in the largest pen in The Elephant Valley. Fund-raising steam boat. The eighty-years of elephant breeding in Prague will also be celebrated on board of an elephant steam boat.
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