Are you going to Minsk? Then you should definitely visit the local zoo. The walk will surely appeal to both children and adults.
History
So, the zoo in Minsk ... The founder of the institution is the naturalist writer Fedor Revdezin. He is his first director. They opened a zoo in Minsk on August 9, 1984. From that moment on, all of his money matters were dealt with by the MAZ nature lovers club, whose chairman was Revzin. In 1887, an interesting project was presented on the improvement of the zoo. True, it was never realized. Soon the club stopped financing it. Then for some time he was a division of Veras-ECO.
The zoo in Minsk received state funding only in 1997. At that time his condition was rather miserable. Which is not surprising. After all, the territory was equipped with wooden enclosures, established in the distant 1884. It was assumed that they will last a maximum of 3-4 years ... As you know, for the entire time the park existed, until 1997, no one changed them. Despite the disgusting conditions, the pets felt good. Moreover, there were implemented captive breeding programs for many animals, such as noses, chinchillas, brown bears, and others.
Present time
Now the zoo in Minsk is actively developing. Soon it is planned to build a monkey here. Now, special winter aviaries are equipped for pets in the park.
Currently, it contains about two hundred species of different animals. Among them, over sixty species of birds, sixty five - mammals, as well as five species of amphibians and fifteen - invertebrates.
The first inhabitants of the park were Zhurka's stork, rescued by good people (landed in a puddle of fuel oil), the Khan camel (a present from Teresa Vasilyevna Durova), the bison Gai and the wild boar Khryusha.
Now animals are actively breeding, visitors can see many cubs (cubs, chicks, goats and others).
As already noted, the zoo is well landscaped. All pets live in spacious enclosures or cages with a well-thought-out security system. As for the comfort of visitors, food points, rest areas and toilets are organized on the territory of the zoo.
Dolphinarium in Minsk
At the zoo on December 10, 2011 a dolphinarium was opened. Spectators are entertained by four Pacific dolphins (Mika, Hercules, Hugo, Vita), two fur seals - Alex and Herringbone, and also one sea Patagonian lion Nicholas. All these representatives of the underwater kingdom came from Japan and Ukraine.
The program with their participation is very interesting. In addition to the inhabitants of the deep sea, dancers, musicians, and also acrobats perform on stage. The duration of the performance is 45 minutes. About 20-25 minutes on the stage there are directly marine animals.
Dolphinarium has a capacity of 700 seats. Performances are held daily (except Mondays) at 18:00, 15:00 and 12:00. The price of admission is from 85 to 115 thousand bel. rubles, depending on the time of the session and the day, while the entrance to the zoo does not need to be paid. Recently, a new service has appeared - diving with dolphins. The cost of immersion is 1 million 200 thousand bel. rubles. Recording for dolphin therapy is also open.
In addition to the show program, you can swim and chat with dolphins. For five minutes of bathing you need to pay 300 thousand bel. rub. You can also make one circle with a dolphin and get a big photo as a keepsake. For this pleasure you need to pay 100 thousand bel. rub. Here is such a dolphinarium in Minsk.
In the zoo there is also “Aquaterrarium” (you do not need to pay for entry), as well as “Secrets of a dangerous world” (ticket price is 10,000 Belarusian rubles). Various excursions are also offered - sightseeing and thematic. The cost of the excursion for a group of 25 people is 70,000 bel. rubles (this includes visits to the terrarium).
Also at the zoo you can ride ponies and horses. Ticket price - 20 thousand bel. rub. You can ride on holidays and weekends from 11 am to 6 pm (in winter until 16:00).
Horseback riding
There is a separate riding circle. An experienced instructor is involved with the groups, the frequency is twice a week. Subscription (eight lessons per month) costs 360 thousand bel. rub. For a one-time individual lesson you will need to pay 50,000 bel. rub. Accepted persons aged from eleven to eighteen years.
Zoo in Minsk: how to get to your destination?
The animal garden is located in the south-eastern part of the capital, in the floodplain of the Svisloch River. Of course, for those who are traveling for the first time, such information will not help much. Unless you have a modern "guide ball" - a navigator. If not, paper media will help you, that is a map of the area. Of course, certain guidelines are needed. What is next to a place like a zoo in Minsk? Chizhovka. This is a large residential community. It borders the zoo on the south side, and in the western direction there is a park named after 900th anniversary, as well as the Chizhov reservoir.
How to get to the Minsk Zoo? You can get from the city center by bus number 92 or number 59. The metro station Avtozavodskaya is 1.5 km away. From it to the destination you can get on buses No. 21, 926, 917, 22 and 16. In addition, there is a special parking lot near the entrance, so you can also get there by private car.