Africarium Wroclaw - opening on 26th of October

14.10.2014 00:00 |

Redakcja www.wroclaw.pl

Opening of the Africarium in the Wroclaw Zoo is planned for Sunday, the 26th of October.

Africarium Wroclaw – when will it be opened?

The opening ceremony will take place on Sunday the 26th of October. The following special tram lines will run on that day:

Z 1 route: Marino – ZOO – Marino along the route of the tram line no. 1
Z 2 route: Krzyki – ZOO – Krzyki along the route of the tram line no. 2
Z 4 route: Cmentarz Grabiszyński (Grabiszyński Cemetery) – ZOO – Cmentarz Grabiszyński along the route of the tram line no. 4
Z 10 route: Leśnica – ZOO – Leśnica along the route of the tram line no. 10

Trams will run from 9:00 a.m. till 8:00 p.m. around every 20 minutes.

Photos: Testing of the Africarium in Wroclaw [GALLERY]

Address

Zoo Wroclaw ul. Wróblewskiego 1-5 50-618 Wroclaw Website

Ticket prices

full-price ticket PLN 30
reduced-price ticket PLN 20

A ticket to the Africarium Wroclaw will also be a ticket to the zoo. The price is valid till March 2015.

Discounts apply to:

children aged 3 to 7
primary, middle and secondary school students up to 20 years of age
children and young people aged 7 to 18 that do not attend school because of their disease or disability
pensioners
if a ‘2+3’ family ticket is purchased, discounts for children apply also to persons attending secondary schools up to 20 years of age and persons studying up to 26 years of age
students (student’s ticket) up to 26 years of age

Opening hours of the Africarium

9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (in the spring-summer season and in autumn)
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (winter)

Like the Wroclaw Zoo, the Africarium will be open to visitors for 365 days a year, irrespective of church or state holidays. Opening hours may be changed during the winter period.

Africarium ZOO Wroclaw – attractions

The concept of the Africarium in Wroclaw is based on the presentation of selected African ecosystems, including:

Red Sea – coral reef and coral reef fish;
Beach on the Red Sea – terrestrial African spurred tortoises; African Lakes (Tangayika and Malawi) – around 50 different fish species – cichlids;
Mozambique Channel – batoidea, hammerhead sharks, leopard sharks;
East Africa – Nile hippopotamuses and animals inhabiting the savanna, such as: hyraxes (distant relatives of elephants), aardvarks (often mistaken for American anteaters!) and salt’s dik-dik (one of the smallest antelopes);
Coast of Namibia – external basins in the Africarium Wroclaw inhabited by black-footed penguins and South African fur seals (relatives of popular sea lions);
Jungle on the Congo river – crocodiles, otters, manatees and accompanying fish (tilapia) and several bird species.

During the construction of the Africarium in Wroclaw, modern solutions that had never been used in Poland were introduced.