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 Friday, 22 February 2019

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.

Brazilian saves maned wolf of the highway

Three young and talented conservationists from Brazil, India and Rwanda will receive the Future For Nature Award 2019 and 50,000 euros per winner, on May 3, 2019.

Arnhem coral emigrates to England en masse

Royal Burgers’ Zoo donates more than 300 captive-born corals, sea anemones and fish to Sea Life London and Chester Zoo in England.

Manatee calf expected in Arnhem

The 5.5-year-old female Caribbean manatee which lives together with a 17-year-old male in the Mangrove of Royal Burgers' Zoo is pregnant. Biologists and animal caretakers of the Arnhem Zoo expect the birth ...

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...