Any Dubliner will tell you that no trip to Ireland’s fair city would be complete without a visit to its historic and beautiful Zoo.
More than 900,000 visitors came in during 2007 making Dublin Zoo one of Ireland’s best loved and best loved visitor attractions.
Only 3km from the City Centre in the vast Phoenix Park, a wander around our 30 acres will take you on a voyage of discovery that stretches from the fringes of the Arctic to the Plains of Africa via Indian Rainforest.
The Zoo of 2008 is transformed from a menagerie that then mirrored its Victorian heritage of animals displayed as curiosities, to a place where the joy of learning about wildlife and conservation is at the heart of everything.
Today Dublin Zoo is recognised as one of the most modern in Europe – and is increasingly an integral part of European Zoo breeding programmes.
Crucially though - it’s a great day out for all the family.
See lions and tigers, gorillas, chimpanzees and orang-utans, rare monkeys, rhinos, hippos, giraffes and many more exotic and endangered species - and of course our beautiful baby elephants, female Asha who celebrates her first birthday in May and her brand new cousin, Budi, a male born in February - the first of their species to have been born on Irish soil.
As well as the multitude of animals children will love the pets’ corner, the unique Meerkat restaurant, city farm, our Learning and Discovery Centre and the Nakuru Safari ride around the African Plains.
Dublin Zoo – Go Wild in the Heart of the City