Chimp enclosure, Monarto Zoo, South Australia
New Chimp enclosure, Monarto Zoo, South Australia
Monarto Zoo near my home town of Murray Bridge in South Australia is only about a ten minute drive from home. It is a part of the Adelaide Zoo and only about a 40 minute drive down the south eastern freeway from the capital city. Monarto is an open range zoo. It has many walking trails through the large zoo, the largest of its type in the world. Shuttle buses take visitors on guided tours through the various large enclosures. These stop at certain spots along the tracks so that visitors can get close up views of the animals.
Earlier this year a new, elaborate enclosure opened for a group of chimpanzees (see photos). On my most recent visit the chimps were already in the building and were almost ready to go into their night quarters. Consequently I didn’t get any good shots of the animals themselves. Always a good excuse to go back for another visit! Instead I have included below several photos of their outdoor activity area.
Further reading:
- Monarto Zoo
- Adelaide Zoo
- Zoos SA (South Australia)
- ZooChat Forums – my son’s site about zoos from around the world (over 100,000 photos of animals and zoos)
- Zoo articles – from my archives.
- Birds in zoos – from the archives of my blog Trevor’s Birding.
New Chimp enclosure, Monarto Zoo, South Australia
New Chimp enclosure, Monarto Zoo, South Australia
New Chimp enclosure, Monarto Zoo, South Australia
Red Pandas at Adelaide Zoo
Red Panda at Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Adelaide Zoo has had a great influx of visitor numbers since last December when the Giant Pandas Wang Wang and Funi went on display. You can read about them here and see many of the photos I took.
Right alongside their wonderful enclosure is a smaller display featuring their smaller cousins, the Red Pandas. I must admit, I prefer the Red Pandas to their larger cousins. Both are beautiful animals, of course, and we are very privileged to have both species on prominent display here in South Australia. I’m also pleased that the Red Pandas have a much more accessible enclosure, right next to the entrance to the zoo. Previously they languished near the back of the zoo in an area often neglected by visitors.
For details about Adelaide and Monarto Zoos, click here.
Red Panda at Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Hippos at Adelaide Zoo
Hippopotamus at Adelaide Zoo
One of the larger animals on display at the Adelaide Zoo here in South Australia is the Common Hippopotamus.It is quite often hard to get good photos of them because they are largely aquatic animals, preferring to spend most of their day in or under the water. This one came up within camera range and posed nicely for me.
To read more about these animals on the Adelaide Zoo website click here.
Hippopotamus at Adelaide Zoo
More photos of the Giant Pandas, Adelaide Zoo
Giant Panda, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Over recent days I’ve been showing photos I took of the Giant Pandas at the Adelaide Zoo here in South Australia. Today I feature a few more close up shots.
The new exhibit at the zoo is excellent. It is very modern and gives the human visitors excellent close up views of the pandas going about their daily activities.
To read more about the zoos I have visited, including those in different parts of Australia, click here. Most include photos.
To read more about zoos around the world visit my son’s site called Zoo Chat Forums here. The site includes over 100,000 photos from nearly 1000 zoos around the world.
Giant Panda, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Giant Panda, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Giant Panda, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Giant Pandas, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Giant Panda, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Giant Panda, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Giant Panda, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
Giant Panda, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia