Haifa Educational Zoo

The zoo is situated at the lower northern parts of the Lotem River, one of the most beautiful nature reserves on the Carmel, which borders on Gan HaEm (Mothers Park) in the Carmel Centre. Its overall area is estimated at roughly 30 dunam.

Recently, the Zoo underwent extensive renovations due to the generous contribution of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reali, senior residents of Haifa, who had also made several contributions in the past for the welfare of the city's residents.

The renovation has turned the Zoo into one of the most modern and advanced of its kind. Among other things, the entire old infrastructures were replaced with new ones and modern updated display cages for animals were built. No more fences and concrete walls, but rather open display areas allowing direct observation of the animals. Service facilities were also added for visitors. The Zoo contains over one hundred types of animals, some rare, reptiles, birds and mammals, amounting to a total some 350 items. Along side the traditional animals, such as tiger, bear, wolf, hyena, different species of apes and grass eaters, viewers can also enjoy the impressive variety of native and worldwide snakes and reptiles seen in an air conditioned reptile aquarium, which consists of display spaces designed to fit the animals natural living habitat. One of the new attractions is a childrens petting zoo, where children can enjoy the possibility of petting, holding and getting their picture taken in the company of different animals such as goat, spotted deer, bunny, hamster, different birds and reptiles, snakes included. Another refreshing novelty is the open displays, which enable the general public to walk through and become familiarized with certain elements of the animals natural habitat. These display spaces include waterfowl, vultures and lemurs, lovely gibbons that live in the wild and are only native to the island of Madagascar. Moreover, for the first time ever, live alligators can be seen in the zoo, in modernly designed display spaces that mimics the animals' natural living environment..

Additional attractions are the Botanical Garden situated at the heart of the zoo, which presents the audience with dozens of tree and bush species from both the Carmel and the country in general, as well as the Prehistoric Museum, which covers the evolution of man in the Carmel region.

Address: 124 Hatishbi Street, Haifa.
Telephone: 04.8372390, 04.8372886.