COLCHESTER ZOO

Colchester Zoo’s Dragons of Komodo houses the two Komodo Dragons, and at Tiger Taiga you can see our pair of Amur tigers, which are one of the rarest big cat species. Colchester Zoo's recent developments include the impressive Otter Creek, exhibit housing our group of smooth-coated otters, it provides numerous viewing opportunities and an exciting and diverse habitat for the group. Wilds of Asia has also been recently completed, and houses our pileated gibbons, rhinoceros hornbills and red panda species in new, spacious and naturalistic enclosures.

Also open to visitors, is phase one of Colchester Zoo's Nature Area, accessible through the Tiger taiga viewing tunnel it encompasses a boardwalk around the scenic wetland habitat, with a specially constructed bird hide overlooking the lake and plenty of wildlife homes’ such as bug hotels and bat boxes to help encourage different species to inhabit the area. Our Amur Leopards enclosure, Leopards at Ussuri Falls provides a large home with separate enclosures for our Amur Leopards.

The enclosure has been fitted with a new training wall so that you can see how Colchester Zoo’s training techniques are used to enrich our animals’ lives and aid vital research that is helping conservationists to protect this animal in the wild. You can get closer to a whole range of animals during your visit including the unique chance to help feed the elephants and giraffes yourself! The Wild About Animals Theatre provides many interactive and exciting displays daily with the chance to get closer to some of your favourite animals and find out more about them and the Falconry Display Arena opposite also runs daily bird presentations, where you can watch different species flying around you! Colchester Zoo’s mission is to: Provide a first class experience for all its visitors and at the same time further understanding and respect for animals.