Basel Zoo

Saturday was a lovely day out to Zolli, officially Zoologischer Garten Basel, and is Switzerland's oldest (1874) and largest zoo (by number of animals). It's a huge attraction as it's in the centre of the city.

The zoo has elephant's, a huge monkey house, Indian rhinoceros, greater flamingo, cheetahs, okapi, pygmy hippopotamuses, and every Somali wild ass (a donkey) in zoos worldwide is related to the population in Basel, where this species' zoological breeding program was started. It has a great breeding record for a lot of animals.Read more