Welcome to Burgers' Zoo!

Burgers' Park

Upon entering Burgers' Zoo, your travels start at the penguins' section of the park. There is always something afoot at the approximately 60 black-footed penguins at Burgers' Zoo. Walking further into the park you will pass the elephants, the meerkats and the caribous on your way to the aviary. Among the primates in this section of the park you will find gorillas and chimpanzees.

News Monday, 29 October 2018

Burgers’ Zoo builds new playground next to Park Restaurant!

After years of loyal service, we have unfortunately had to conclude that the current outdoor playground located next to the Park Restaurant is in need of replacement. On Monday 29 October 2018...

Build of new animal enclosures at Burgers' Zoo

Royal Burgers’ Zoo will start demolishing several old mammalian enclosures and replacing them with modern animal housing for squirrel monkeys, coati and lemurs.

Transfer window open for sun bears

Early in the morning of Wednesday 18 July 2018, we transported a male Sun bear to Allwetterzoo Münster, Germany. We will shortly receive a new Sun bear from Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. We hope that the...

Brooding roadrunners reward resourceful caretakers

With a lot of patience and creativity, the animal caretakers and biologists of Royal Burgers’ Zoo have successfully achieved a couple of roadrunners raising their three young. It is rare for these animals,...

Giant window as an eyecatcher

A massive, 12-metres-long by 1.8-metres-tall window forms an eyecatching feature in the Mangrove. The window is made of acrylic instead of glass, just like the windows in the Ocean. The giant window...

Access to another world

In the future, visitors will enter the Mangrove through a darkened tunnel, similar to the current access tunnel to the Bush. In the tunnel,...

Ebb and flood

One distinguishing feature of mangroves near the mouth of a river, where it meets the ocean, is that, under the influence of the tides, the ecosystem must deal with both fresh water and seawater during...