The Pécs Zoo has finally opened

MTI – The renovated Pécs Zoo has officially opened to the public. The reconstruction project cost HUF 1.8 billion. 

3200 square metres of facilities, 6200 square metres of pens, and 2000 square metres of roads were built in 120 thousand hours by the contractor and more than 60 subcontractors.

40pc of the animals are new, and the renovated facility now houses more than 1,000 specimens from 250 different species. Cougars, Persian leopards, warthogs, Bengal tigers, ring-tailed lemurs, zebra and reef sharks, lynxes, lions, zebras, coatis, chameleons and tree pythons can also be seen in the zoo.

A spacious car park for visitors and tourist buses was built as part of the investment. The facility has a new reception centre, which now houses the aquarium-terrarium that used operate in the city centre. On the ground floor, aquariums of fresh water and sea wildlife can be found, as well as the seal pool. The terrarium occupies the first floor, together with an event- and lecture hall.

The zoo also includes an ecotourism park that exhibits the flora and fauna of the surrounding Mecsek Mountains. The facility also has new thematic sections such as a petting zoo, an Africa paddock, a seal pool, a crocodile house, areas for big cats, hippopotamuses, and predators, as well as a monkey house, and chimpanzee pen.