Gembira Loka Zoo Yogyakarta

When you visit Yogyakarta you can visit a great zoo that called Gembira Loka. Gembira means happy and Loka is place. Hopefully one should be happy by visiting it. Gembira Loka Zoo is located at the eastern side of Kusumanegara Street on hinterland of Yogyakarta. It is located not far away from down town, it is within the reach of andong or becak relax tour. It’s also not so far from Malioboro, Tugu Rail Station and Kotagede (center of handicraft in particular of silversmith located in eastern).

Gembira Loka Zoo that first opened in 1955, is a popular weekend destination for domestic tourist (more than 650.000 visitors a year) and a point of interest to tourists to the area, but there are also some foreign tourists watching closely the famous reptiles Komodos (Varanus Comodoensis), originally live only in Komodo Island, nearby Flores. There is a large central lake and numerous weird and wonderful entertainment devices for children dotted around the 20 hectare 400 species site.

In about one hour browsing, a visitor could see tigers, snakes, crocodiles, goat, Sumatra’s elephants, Java’s one-horned Rhinoceros, and several kinds of monkey such as Orang Utan, Beruk (Sumatra’s monkeys), the black singing monkey with big air bubble on his neck etc. There are also have collections of deer’s, birds etc.

The well-arranged zoo, amidst a park of green garden, with a large artificial lake for boating has adequate collection of some tropical animals. The zoo management tries to put the animals in more spacious stables, to feel more comfortable.

The vast green shadowy park and the lake water and the river Gajah Wong that passes right in the middle of the zoo should regulate the temperature to be a bit cooler or at least fresher.

Sometime, in special event or in weekend, live music performance with some famous singers and artist organized in this park. This should bring a big crowd. But during working days, everything is calmer and a visitor could enjoy the visit comfortably.

GEMBIRA LOKA YOGYAKARTA

Jl. Kebun Raya no. 2 Yogyakarta, 55171 - Indonesia
Telp: +62 274 373861
Fax: +62 274 384666
Email: info@gembiraloka.co.id
Website: www.gembiraloka.co.id
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