Miejski Park i Ogród Zoologiczny w Krakowie

In Wolski Forest, among Kraków's walking trails, animals from savannas, Asian mountains and South American coasts share one zoo. Kraków's Municipal Park and Zoological Garden covers around 20 hectares. A giraffe enclosure, an encounter with a red panda or a view of penguins reveals how different the natural habitats of animals seen on a single walk can be.

The collection includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Its residents include Asian elephants, Asiatic lions, Amur tigers, snow leopards, ring-tailed lemurs and pygmy hippos. Each species brings a new subject: living in a herd or alone, browsing leaves or hunting, nesting on a rocky ledge or carrying young in a mother's fur.

Animal conservation has concrete examples here. Kraków Zoo participates in European breeding programmes and projects connected with returning animals to the wild. Beti, a female condor hatched here in 2021, was transferred to a centre in Chile in 2023 as part of a reintroduction programme. The zoo's woodland setting connects a walk through its collection with the trails of Wolski Forest, whose wildlife continues beyond the enclosure fences.