Zoos and animal parks in Tyrol

In the Hohe Tauern National Park and the Tyrolean nature parks, you can follow the tracks of Alpine animals on guided tours and, with a bit of luck, even get to see the Big 5 of the Alps through a telescope lens. Of course, it's a little easier in the Tyrolean wildlife parks and the Alpine zoo, where you can stroll past the animals (which are of course kept in a species-appropriate manner) in comfort and make the experience accessible to children. But the Tyrolean zoos are also quite exotic: in the Raritätenzoo in Ebbs, for example, there are plenty of monkey species, lemurs, reptiles and bird species.

There are zoos and animal parks all over Tyrol - wherever you go on holiday, there is guaranteed to be an animal excursion destination near you. In Assling in East Tyrol you can even take a ride on the summer toboggan run during your visit to the zoo, in Ebbs you will not only find exotic animals such as monkeys, lemurs, rare bird species and reptiles, but - a few corners away - even the cradle of the famous Tyrolean Haflinger horses. There are also wildlife parks in Aurach near Kitzbühel and in St. Leonhard you can get very close to ibexes. In and around Innsbruck, you can get up close and personal with old domestic animal breeds on the Nattererboden and take a walk with donkeys and ponies, while the Alpine Zoo gives you the opportunity to marvel at wolves, bears and eagles up close. In all zoos and wildlife parks there are also playgrounds and usually the opportunity to stop for a bite to eat - from a café to an upmarket restaurant - and unbeatable views of the Tyrolean mountains. So we are not wrong in saying that the most beautiful zoos and animal parks are in Tyrol.

Tyrolean zoos, animal parks and wildlife parks are home to animals of various species: from eagles, monkeys and alpacas, brown bears and bearded vultures, fallow deer, donkeys, foxes, birds of prey and chamois, deer, kangaroos, lemurs and lynxes, marmots, farm animal breeds, otters, peacocks, roe deer and red deer, ibex, kestrels and turkeys, eagle owls, birds, wolves, bison and yaks to dwarf mice and zigzag sheep.