At the beginning of the last century, the first zoo appeared in Belarus. Grodno at first had only a botanical garden on its territory, and then part of it was taken away for animals. So in 1927, the Grodno Zoological Park, the most famous in our time, arose and gradually began to develop, in which today there are more than 3,000 individuals, representing more than 300 species of animals.
Grodno Zoo: location, opening hours
Grodno Zoo is located in the city center, not far from the railway station. The exact address of its location: Timiryazev Street, 11. If you suddenly get lost in the city, do not doubt that every passer-by knows how to find the Grodno Zoo. Working hours of the Zoological Park on weekdays: from 10.00 to 19.00. On weekends and holidays, the box office opens half an hour earlier and ends half an hour later. After the ticket office closes, you can walk around the zoo for about an hour.
Terrarium, located on the territory of the Grodno Zoo,has its own mode of operation. It always starts at 10:00 am. On Monday and Thursday it closes at 15.00, and on other weekdays at 20.00. On weekends and holidays, visiting the terrarium ends at 20.30.
When is the best time to visit Grodno Zoo?
According to the numerous reviews of visitors, it is best to go for a walk in the Grodno Zoological Park as soon as it opens. There are at least two reasons for this. Firstly, at 10 am there are the least people there, which will eliminate the need to stand in a long line and give you a few calm and cozy hours in solitude with representatives of wildlife. Secondly, the animals are most active at this time, and they can be clearly seen.
Walking through the park at lunchtime, you can stumble upon the process of feeding, and the sight of a bloody dinner of predators can pretty spoil the impression. If it is summer, then the animals tend to hide in secluded places from the midday heat, so that they may not be seen at all until the evening. As for the few hours before closing, this is not the best time to visit the zoo due to the fact that some of its inhabitants, especially birds, have a habit of settling in early for the night.
In order to make a trip to the Grodno Zoo, autumn, spring and cool days of summer are better suited. Visiting it in autumn, you will see the animals in the most magnificent form, well-fed and with lush hair. In the spring, some zoo residents may seem sick and neglected. Animals on hot dayshide from the sun, and in frosty - from the cold.
What predators can be seen
It will be interesting and unusual for both children and adults to observe at a distance of several meters how large and small predators behave, which Grodno Zoo is rich in. The animals there have fairly free enclosures, so they feel comfortable. Noble tigers, clumsy bears, mysterious wolves, graceful lions, leopards and cougars, gloomy hyenas and other predatory representatives of the fauna appear before the eyes of visitors.
The zoo's enclosures also contain smaller individuals of the order of carnivores. You can meet a fox, a ferret, a raccoon, an arctic fox, a mongoose, an otter, a forest cat and so on. You can also find herbivorous representatives of the fauna in the zoo.
Zoo herbivores
Grodno Zoo is ready to surprise its visitors with an unusual-looking pet with thick tree-like branching horns called Alpine deer or no less interesting-looking markhor goat. The zoo is also home to a maned ram, guanaco, two-humped and one-humped camels, a frightening yak, fallow deer, mouflon, bison (listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Belarus), llama, David's deer, ponies and other animals.
If almost none of the visitors seek to feed predators, then herbivores still strive to treat them with all sorts of goodies. However, feeding animals in the zoo is strictly prohibited. By visiting the Grandmother's Yard for an additional fee, you can get a lot of pleasure from close communication with contactanimals such as monkeys. Here you can take cute photos for memory.
Birds, as well as reptiles and amphibians
The largest class group of animals in the zoo are birds. Sukhonos, griffon vulture, golden, gray and common pheasants, Dalmatian pelican, common peacock, motley rosella, pink flamingo, gray heron, blue and yellow macaw, starling, bullfinch, steppe eagle and other birds welcome visitors.
When visiting Grodno Zoo, you should also look into its terrarium, where you can contemplate various types of snakes, frogs, bearded agama, crocodile caiman, common iguana and other representatives of this group. For a fee, you can get to feed the reptiles.
Additional services
Some of the additional opportunities have already been mentioned, for example, a visit to "Grandma's Yard" (closed on Monday and Tuesday). Even for a fee, you can order an excursion on one of the proposed topics, New Year's excursion or excursion "Birthday". On the territory of the zoo you can ride a horse, a train or a cart. Photography with animals also comes with a fee. Employees of the Grodno Zoo conduct free and paid field lectures, as well as provide consulting services for the care of exotic animals.
Probably no one was disappointed by visiting Grodno Zoo. A photo with a beloved animal taken on its territory serves as a wonderful memory of those wonderful moments of reunion with a living animal for a long time.the nature of our planet. It is a pity that a person cannot constantly contemplate the beauty of wild animals, but thanks to such zoos, he can be proud that he has seen them at least once in his life.
