A new park/zoo in Central Jakarta, planned to fully open in December 2024 (probably to coincede with the Christmas and New Year’s Eve Holidays a.k.a Nataru Holiday)
Several takeaways from this video:
- The park already has a number of animals in its public/opened areas, such as:
- A pond with four species of anatids (black swan, pekin duck, Bahama pintail and wood duck), two species of turtles (red-eared sliders and a lone albino Chinese softshell turtle) and some Hudielong kois.
- An owl interaction area featuring barn owl, spotted wood owl, speckled boobook and oriental bay owl. During the day, there are also some parrots such as Galah cockatoo.
- A small axis deer pen, presumably as a temporary holding area until the main zoo area is finished.
- A reptile interaction area with iguanas, sailfin dragons and a dwarf caiman. Hopefully they’ll get their own exhibits once the main zoo area is done.
- A cat cafe and a dessert cafe with a stream-like pond housing axolotls.
- Meanwhile behind the scenes:
- The zoo already acquired animals such as raccoons, a serval, several parrots and a bald eagle. The video thumbnail also featured a binturong, which wasn’t shown in the video sadly (bahh clickbait).
- The video showed us some of the zoo area’s exhibits, such as the raccoon exhibit, the serval exhibit, an exhibit with a hole for interaction, some squirrel cages, the animal show area, the meerkat exhibit, the ostrich/horse exhibit and the aviary where the bald eagle will be housed in.
- The zoo area is aiming for a December 2024 opening.