African Wild Dog
African Wild Dog is in New Zealand. African Wild Dog is situated nearby to Siamang Gibbon, as well as near Gorilla.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Orana Wildlife Park and Waimakariri River Regional Park.
Orana Wildlife Park
Zoo
Photo: Greg Hewgill, CC BY 2.0.
Orana Wildlife Park is New Zealand's only open-range zoo, sitting on 80 hectares of land, located on the outskirts of Christchurch. It opened in 1976, and is owned and operated by the Orana Wildlife Trust, a registered charity. Orana Wildlife Park is situated 220 metres southeast of African Wild Dog.
Waimakariri River Regional Park
Park
Waimakariri River Regional Park is a regional park in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It covers 15,000 hectares on the banks of the Waimakariri River, and is operated by Environment Canterbury. Waimakariri River Regional Park is situated 1¼ km northeast of African Wild Dog.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McLeans Island and Yaldhurst.
McLeans Island
Locality
McLeans Island is a rural area north and northwest of Christchurch city, and south of Waimakariri River. The area was an island in the Waimakariri River until the 1930s, when flood control measures and Great Depression work schemes blocked the south branch of the river which separated the island from the south bank.
Yaldhurst
Suburb
Yaldhurst is a semi-rural suburb on the western outskirts of Christchurch city. Frederick William Delamain, a settler and horse breeder, named a horse Yaldhurst after some stables in England. Yaldhurst is situated 6 km southeast of African Wild Dog.
Harewood
Suburb
Photo: Mattarnold1, CC0.
Harewood is a northwestern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb is split by State Highway 1, with the bulk of Harewood's residential areas to the east of the highway and its industrial areas to the west. Harewood is situated 8 km east of African Wild Dog.
African Wild Dog
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.46663° or 43° 27′ 60″ southLongitude
172.46082° or 172° 27′ 39″ eastHeight
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
4V8JGFM6+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 587340038OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=animal
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