Zoo Salzburg Hellbrunn

Animals from all over the world in Hellbrunn

From the harvest mouse to the southern white rhinoceros: Zoo Salzburg is home to 150 species and around 1,600 animals from every continent. One of the eye-catchers is the Africa section with a spacious savannah and a lion house. The Eurasian section shows the red panda, Alpine ibex and brown bears, among others. American fauna is represented by black-tailed prairie dogs and lowland tapirs, and the Australian section is home to parma wallabies and budgerigars.

The site and the enclosures

The 14-hectare area with its mountain panorama has room for large outdoor enclosures. The zoo keeps the animals as naturally as possible and uses the features of the Hellbrunn landscape, such as the steeply rising rock faces, for the habitats the species need.

Experiencing the animals at close range

The roughly 400,000 visitors a year have several ways of getting closer to the animals: a zoo safari, a rendezvous with a favourite animal or evening tours in summer. Young animals can regularly be seen among both native and exotic wild animals. In the petting enclosure it is mainly the pygmy goats that ask for attention.

From archiepiscopal game park to centre for nature and species conservation

The area of the present-day zoo in the south of the city of Salzburg was an archiepiscopal game park from the fifteenth century onwards. The Hellbrunn complex with palace, trick fountains and zoo was planned from 1612 by Archbishop Markus Sittikus and completed in 1619. Today the Salzburg zoo is a modern centre for nature and species conservation.