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Sóstó Zoo

„Best zoo in Europe” 2015, 2018, 2021

Sóstó Zoo, the most visited countryside tourist att raction at around 0 °C, where also two other penguin species are
in Hungary, is located in a 35-hectare natural oak forest. shown; the rockhopper penguins, well known from the

The Africa Panorama is truly unique, where we can walk cartoons, and the Humboldt penguins from the warm

on a bamboo bridge and admire the continent’s typical climate zone. The outdoor enclosure takes us to Alaska
ungulates. Likewise, the South America Exhibitions and and Siberia, where the bald eagle and the Steller’s sea
the World of Andes, where visitors can watch the animals eagle, the world’s largest eagle, are watching visitors from
from hanging bridges winding among the crowns of trees. their huge aviaries. A glass dome leads into the enclosure
The Rainforest House shows animals of the Indonesian of the arctic wolves, where we can get a glimpse of the

jungle, while in the Oceanarium, visitors can meet the pack’s daily life, while the Indian camp shows us the life
typical inhabitants of the tropical seas. From May 2024, of the natives of Canada, just as the Climate Chamber
visitors can also admire the wildlife of the Arctic Circle. models the world of the Inuit people. The real speciality of

In the Ice World Interactive Animal Exhibitions, the Ice the animal exhibitions is the Running River, which oper-
Age of 10,000 years ago is represented by realistic mam- ates during spring and summer, where, while sitting in log-

moths and mammoth skeletons. From a zoological point like boats, the flow of the river takes us among the animals.
of view, the house is full of rare animals, and its main part In the Ice World animal exhibitions, we can dive to the
is the polar bear breeding centre, where we can admire depths of the icy seas with the help of a VR submarine,
the world’s largest land predator underwater, in a 4-metre- and the huge aquariums show us ‘live’ the world of fi sh in
deep pool. A special feature is the exhibition hall of the king the icy seas.

penguins, which have never been seen in Hungary before, www.sostozoo.hu • facebook.com/sostozoo
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