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 Thursday, 18 April 2019

Lemurs open new enclosures at Burgers' Zoo

On Thursday 18 April 2019, ring-tailed lemurs and black lemurs will officially open their newly built accommodation, which they share with squirrel monkeys and coatis.

American expert in nature conservation to be guest of honour in Arnhem

Russell A. Mittermeier, widely regarded as a world leader in primatology, biodiversity and the protection of tropical forests, will be presenting the 2019 Future For Nature Awards.

Burgers' Zoo welcomes baby manatee

In the early hours of Tuesday morning 19 March 2019, a Caribbean manatee was born at Royal Burgers’ Zoo.

Children enthusiastically besiege new playground

Director Alex van Hooff fires a starting shot to signal fifty children to storm the fully renovated outdoor playground at Burgers’ Zoo.

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...