Giza Zoo
The Giza Zoo is a zoological garden in Giza, Egypt. It is one of the few green areas in the city, and includes Giza's largest park. The zoo covers about 80 acres, and is home to many endangered species, as well as a selection of endemic fauna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoological garden in Giza, Egypt
- Also known as: “Hadiqat al Hayawan” and “Ḩadīqat al Ḩayawān”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ahmed Shawqi Museum and Rhoda Island.
Ahmed Shawqi Museum
Museum
Photo: Essam Sharaf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ahmed Shawki Museum is a writer's house museum dedicated to Egyptian poet and dramatist Ahmed Shawki. Ahmed Shawqi Museum is situated 400 metres southeast of Giza Zoo.
Rhoda Island
Island
Roda Island is an island neighbourhood in the Nile in central Cairo, alternatively or partially known as Manial al-Roda, or al-Manial, in reference to the main village that existed on the island before it was urbanised, and is part of the Misr al-Qadima district.
Orman Garden
Garden
Photo: Wilrooij, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Orman Garden at Giza, Cairo is one of the most famous Botanical gardens in Egypt. It was founded in 1875 during the reign of Khedive Isma'il Pasha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dokki and Old Cairo.
Dokki
Suburb
Photo: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dokki is one of nine districts that make up Giza city, which is part of Greater Cairo, in Egypt. Dokki is situated on the western bank of the Nile, directly across from Downtown Cairo.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
Photo: Motazhesham2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt. Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque. Sayyidah Zainab District is situated 2½ km east of Giza Zoo.
Giza Zoo
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Giza Zoo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جنينة الحيوانات في الجيزة”
- Arabic: “حديقة الحيوان بالجيزة”
- Arabic: “حديقة الحيوان”
- Arabic: “حديقة الحيوانات بالجيزة”
- Arabic: “حديقة حيوان الجيزة”
- Arabic: “حديقه حيوانات الجيزه”
- Belarusian: “Заапарк Гізы”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة الحيوانات”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات الجيزه”
- French: “zoo de Gizeh”
- French: “Zoo de Gizeh”
- German: “Zoo Giza”
- German: “Zoo Gizeh”
- Italian: “zoo di Giza”
- Japanese: “ギーザ動物園”
- Russian: “Зоопарк Гизы”
- Serbian: “Зоолошки врт Гиза”
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Giza”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Giza”
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Guiza”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Guiza”
- Thai: “สวนสัตว์กิซา”
- Ukrainian: “Зоопарк Гізи”
- Ukrainian: “Каїрський зоопарк”
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