We visited on a Saturday at Easter weekend and were fortunate to have lovely sunny weather. Had a very pleasant wander around the zoo and enjoyed seeing many animals closer up than we had experienced at other zoo's. Most animals seemed to have plenty of room to get around in although the serval enclosure seemed a bit cramped. Staff all... more

I don't usually visit a zoo during a trip because we have a fine one at home, but we were drawn to the Red Panda encounter at the Wellington Zoo for our kids. The encounter was beautiful and even inspired my daughter to become a zoo keeper at this zoo in the future. Both my son and daughter went into... more

Wellington zoo is the oldest zoo in NZ , and until fairly recently was not a very attractive one . However , there has been serious efforts made to make it a good zoo to visit , and new , more suitable enclosures for the animals . The zoo has a large number and many breeding successes of primates ,... more

I went to Wellington zoo today with my friends, it is beside Newtown Park, the location was been well considered, it was built on the hill, taking advantage of the geograhic features of the mountain, providing a very good wild enviroment for all animals. they have tigers, Lion, bear, lovely ottas and meerkats, actually the most amazing creature is golden... more