National Zoological Gardens | Attraction

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National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, the largest zoo in the country and the only one with national status.

The 85-hectare Zoo in Pretoria houses 3117 specimens of 209 mammal species, 1358 specimens of 202 bird species, 3871 specimens of 190 fish species, 388 specimens of 4 invertebrate species, 309 specimens of 93 reptile species, and 44 specimens of 7 amphibian species.

These figures comprise the animals housed at the Zoo in Pretoria as well as at the two biodiversity conservation centres in Lichtenburg, in the North West Province and Mokopane, in the Limpopo Province and the satellite zoo and animal park at the Emerald Animal World complex in Vanderbijlpark.

More than 600 000 people visit the Zoo annually.

The total length of the walkways in the Zoo in Pretoria is approximately 6km.

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