About the Zoo & Wildlife

Adelaide Zoo is a zoo in Adelaide, Australia. It is the country's second oldest zoo (after Melbourne Zoo) opening in 1883, and is operated on a non-profit basis. It is located in the parklands just north of the city centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It is administered by the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia Incorporated (trading as Zoos South Australia or Zoos SA), which is a full institutional member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and which also administers the Monarto Safari Park near Murray Bridge. The zoo houses over 3,000 animals comprising 250 native and exotic species. The zoo's most recent enclosures are in the second phase of the South-East Asia exhibit, known as Immersion, providing visitors with the experience of walking through the jungle, with Sumatran tigers and Sumatran orangutans seemingly within reach. Five buildings within the zoo have been listed as state heritage places on the South Australian Heritage Register, including the front entrance on Frome Road and the former Elephant House. The zoo is also a botanical garden and the grounds contain significant exotic and native flora, including a Moreton Bay fig planted in 1877. The zoo is notably home to the Southern Hemisphere's largest giant panda centre, which opened in December 2009. It is home to two pandas called Xing Qiu and Yi Lan, who arrived in 2024 to replace Wang Wang and Funi who lived at the zoo until November 2024. Wang Wang and Funi were notorious for their failed breeding attempts. Xing Qiu and Yi Lan live as a male and female pair, alongside two Red pandas called Ravi and Maiya.