In any city, the zoo is a favorite place for children and their parents. Now contact zoos are especially popular, in which it is allowed to touch animals, feed them, pick them up. In the capital city of the Altai Territory, in Barnaul, such establishments are no longer a novelty for local residents. The city has both ordinary zoos and contact ones, which are in special demand. Which zoo in Barnaul can I visit, what animals can be found there, and how to get there?
Zoo "Forest Tale"
This place is the hallmark of the city: beautiful well-groomed animals, colorful alleys, spacious enclosures, regular events at the zoo. What is now built and organized is the fruit of many years of work, and everything started from a very small one.
In 1995, a small corner with pets was organized in the city park of the Industrial District of Barnaul, which consisted of only a couple of chickens and rabbits.
In 2005, he took over as directorSergey Viktorovich Pisarev, who is not only a professional in his field, but a person who is not indifferent to the fate of each animal. Already in 2010, the zoo had grown so much that it became necessary to give it a special status. This is how the Forest Fairy Tale Zoo appeared in Barnaul.
Since then, the inhabitants of the park have become various predatory animals and exotic individuals, the residence of which is uncharacteristic for the Siberian territories. These are Javanese macaques, pink pelicans, tigers. The Barnaul Zoo is also a haven for rare specimens: corsacs, Himalayan bears, yaks, mouflons, jungle cats and 11 more species of animals listed in the Red Book.
Zoo address: Entuziastov street 10a. If you get by public transport, you need to get off at the stop "Stadion". Buses and fixed-route taxis pass by at numbers 1, 10, 18, 27, 50, 51, 58, 68, 73, 80, 149, as well as trolleybus number 1.
Teremok Touching Zoo
Contact agencies began to appear not so long ago in Barnaul. The zoo in the Arena (a shopping and entertainment center located at Pavlovsky Trakt, 188) has become the most popular place among the presented entertainments.
All animals live inside the building, in a well-ventilated area that is almost indistinguishable from natural conditions.
In "Teremka" you can meet such animals as guinea pig, chickens, parrots, goats, sheep, quails, rabbits, chinchillas, tarantulas, python, lizard, hedgehog, turtles and many other animals that you canfeed (pet food is sold locally), pet and just play.
There is also a hall with fenced-off glass enclosures, in which butterflies, chameleons, cockroaches, snakes live.
In addition, visitors are given the opportunity to take colorful photos from the very entrance to the zoo.
You can get to this petting zoo in Barnaul by bus 110 and minibus 144. Stop "SEC" Arena ".
Ostrich Farm
In the suburbs of Barnaul (the village of Vlasikha, Sosnovaya street, 27, travel by buses 20, 37, 116, 137, 139, 149, fixed-route taxi 120, stop "Central") there is a real ostrich ranch, where everyone for a nominal fee, he can feed all the inhabitants of the farm, communicate and touch them. Despite the fact that the farm is an ostrich farm, you can meet donkeys, rabbits, llamas, hedgehogs, badgers, camels, reindeer, yaks, many species of domestic and wild birds.
Not all animals roam freely around the zoo, but everyone can safely be fed vegetables brought directly from home. Carrots and cabbage are especially popular among the inhabitants.
Country ENOTIYA
Another petting zoo in Barnaul is located in the Kristall shopping center on B altiyskaya Street, 23 (accessible by buses 17, 69, 80, 119, 126, Lazurnaya stop).
Animals such as raccoon, meerkats, white-nosed monkey, ferret, silver fox,rabbits, sheep, spotted deer, guinea pigs, Cameroon goats, quails, African hedgehogs, Nile fruit bats, parrots, guinea fowls, python, crocodile caiman, cockatoo, slow loris, pigeons and other animals.
The zoo also hosts various promotions that make entry available for less protected categories of the population: disabled children, pensioners, small children.
ExoPark
This petting zoo in Barnaul specializes in keeping small animals: rabbits, ferrets, mice, turtles, parrots, owls, chameleons, hedgehogs, frogs, spiders, cockroaches and other animals.
The price is acceptable for any visitor (from 120 rubles for different ages), so everyone who wants to touch the real nature, this place opens its doors.
On weekends, specialists-artists make free face painting for everyone, every day the guide will devote visitors to all the details of the life of small pets.
Address: Mall "Malina", Popova street, 82, stop "Dokuchaevo". Get there by trolleybus No. 6, bus No. 53, 137, 138, fixed-route taxi No. 54, 144.
Thus, the niche of petting zoos in Barnaul is completely filled. Even with a small income, there are places that you can visit with children, because acquaintance with nature should begin from early childhood, the only way to grow a good person who appreciates the environment.
