Ragunan zoo is a kind of combination between zoo and park is
located in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, Indonesia. Since it is a combination between zoo and
park, Ragunan Zoo is known as Ragunan
Zoological Park.
Ragunan Zoological Park, Ragunan Zoo has 140-hectare (350-acre) areas, is inhabited by more than 260 kinds of
animals, including scarce and almost instinct animals from Indonesia and from
other parts of the world. Thats way Ragunan Zoo is the second largest zoo in the
world, First largest zoo is in Canada.
Many of the animals are endangered and threatened from all
parts of Indonesia and the rest of the world. As home to 4000 animals, this
large zoo has a good collection of Indonesian wildlife including birds. Laid
out in a lush tropical setting, such indigenous animals as the komodo dragon,
orangutan, tapir, anoa, sumatran tiger, banteng wild ox and various brightly
colored birds are given ample room.
In 1864, when Jakarta was still named as Batavia, the first
zoo was open at Cikini area, Jakarta Pusat, which was named as “Planten En
Dierentuin”. The zoo was managed by flora and fauna lovers association
(Culturule Vereniging Planten en Dierentuin at Batavia). The land where the zoo
stood was granted by Raden Saleh, a famous Indonesian painting artist, which
width was about 10 hectares. Since the zoo in Cikini considered as too small
and not really adequate for animal exhibition so in 1964 DKI Jakarta’s
government granted a land with 30 hectares width at the south suburb area of
Jakarta, later named as Ragunan Zoo. In 1966, Ragunan Zoo was officially opened
by the governor of DKI Jakarta with a name of Ragunan Zoological Park. The
first director of Ragunan Zoological Park was a fauna lover, named Benjamin
Gaulstaun.
The Ragunan zoo is located in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta,
Indonesia and easily accessible through the Jakarta Outer Ring Road and
Transjakarta busway network.
To get to Ragunan Zoological Park you could use personal
vehicle, taxi, public transportation orTrans Jakarta Busway. If you like to use
the busway, you can ride the one from corridor 6, Ragunan to Halimun route.
Busway and taxi is the most recommended transportation to the zoo.
Ragunan Zoo :
Address: Jl. RM. Harsono No. 1 Ragunan, South Jakarta, 12550. Telp. (021)
7805280, 7806975, Fax. (021) 7805280.