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Reviews of Tsimbazaza Zoo

• Mehmed Ali Coskun

  5

  Reviewed: 2024-04-24

  Nice place to visit during your stay in Antananarivo. If possible, I would recommend Lemur Park or, even better, a wildlife tour. :)

• Franck “Erkhyan” RABESON

  2

  Reviewed: 2024-03-25

  Unfortunately, this zoo is seemingly managed by people who intend to see it as nothing but a cheapo theme park. The plants look neglected, and often bear the signs of deliberate vandalism from careless visitors. The only animals that don’t look miserable and neglected are the herons, and only because they roam free and do not depend on the park for care and food. Some of the cages outright look empty, despite signs claiming otherwise. Park personnel visibly lack any training except for making sure that the customer pays all the expected fees. While most of them try their best with the little they’ve been given, some are downright rude. While most of my criticism goes to the park, I will mention the visitors. Many are uneducated and unwilling to show any respect for the plants and animals. Many parents encourage their (many) children to openly harass the animals. If the sight of Madagascar’s most emblematic bird of prey stuck in a cage that won’t even allow them to extend their wings is likely to break your heart, avoid this park at all costs.

• Martin Novák

  2

  Reviewed: 2023-11-06

  Unfortunately, quite poor garden, suffering animals in unsufficient conditions, mess and rubbish all over the garden, damaged plants and trees (marked and scratched by visitors), many empty spaces, dead animals (I saw 1 bird and 1 chameleon). Well, don't expect standards like in developed countries. Artificially created biotopes have a nice idea, but the reality will bring disappointment..

• Kamal Khoury

  4

  Reviewed: 2020-01-29

  The best about it the guide, check out Bruno he's fun, informative and passionate. The zoo is small but had over 14 types of lemurs. This is a caged zoo, but a good place to start learning about what to expect.

• Kat Z

  5

  Reviewed: 2019-09-23

  It's a fun place if you don't want to get out to one of the national parks or reserves and just see some animals and the variety of plants Madagascar has right here in Tana! Locals basically go in for free, we opted not to have a guide and just roamed around on our own. We had a fun time on their manual ferris-wheel... it was a person jumping on it and pulling it down by force, so fun!