Zoo

 

Giza Zoo or the animal garden in Giza was founded in 1891 AD. It is the largest zoo in Egypt and the Middle East, and the first and oldest zoo in Africa. It was called "the crown jewel of Africa's zoos". And it opens its doors to the public from 9 am to 5 pm every day except Tuesday of every week

Founded by Khedive Ismail. It was opened in the year 1891 by Khedive Muhammad Tawfiq Ibn Khedive Ismail. Where it began to display imported flowers and plants not found in the Egyptian nature. There are about six thousand animals in the park of about 175 species, including rare types of crocodiles and wild cows

The park covers an area of ​​about 80 acres, and its main gate faces Charles de Gaulle Street in Cairo. It is located on the west bank of the Cairo Nile and has streams and caves with waterfalls, wooden bridges, and lakes for the birds on display. It also contains a museum that was built in the year 1906 and contains rare collections of stuffed animals, birds and reptiles. The estimated number of visitors to the park by about two million visitors a year

The park was closed on February 19, 2006 for fear of animals and birds from contracting bird flu, but it reopened on April 24 of the same year. It was also closed in 2020 due to the global outbreak of the Corona virus. It was opened in 2021

One of the most beautiful things that can be observed in the zoo is that it is possible to look closely at the animal and observe it closely and observe its behavior in various situations, whether in the way it eats or in dealing with its young or even in how it plays and practices its life. Animals, quarrelling and playing with them without fear, and the most important thing is that it is possible to observe predators and approach them without fear, as they can be monitored from behind cages, or some of them are tamed and trained to deal with people

Going to the zoo is a beautiful opportunity to introduce children to animals closely, as young children love to notice things in their nature, and this necessarily leads to them being stuck in their minds forever, and in the zoo it is possible to see contradictory and predatory animals to each other in adjacent cages, For example, the lion and the tiger are next to the deer, or the cage that includes the fox is next to the chicken cage, and this in itself is worth watching, and is an unforgettable entertainment experience, as it is possible to look at the beauty of God’s creation as if the person in the garden sees the beauty of different animals and the splendor of their creation