Ragunan - Zoo

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 For you who like the animals, Jakarta has a zoo that is also one of the city's tourist icon Of jakarta.

Ragunan Zoo is a zoo located in the area Ragunan, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, Indonesia. An area of 140 hectare zoo was founded in 1864. In Ragunan Zoo, there are various collection consisting of 295 species and 4040 specimens.

Ragunan Zoo was the first zoo in Indonesia. The zoo was founded in 1864 under the name Planten En Dierentuin which means "Plants and the Zoo." Located on a land area of 10 hectares in area Cikini, Central Jakarta which is the provision of a famous Indonesian painter Raden Saleh. At that time, Planten En Dierentuin managed by Flora and Fauna Society Merciful Batavia incorporated in Culturule Vereniging en Planten Dierentuin at Batavia.

In 1949, the name was changed to Planten En Dierentuin Cikini Zoo and in 1969 moved to the area Ragunan, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta in 1964. The Jakarta administration to grant the land area of 30 hectares that is home to the zoo. Jakarta governor Ali Sadikin Ragunan Wildlife Park inaugurated on June 22, 1966.

This place is always crowded in the tours that the holidays are indeed provide a green space that has been difficult in the meet in Jakarta. Although the atmosphere is quite hot, but it still feels cool shades because there are many trees that grow lush and shady there.
With the cost of entry is relatively cheap, maybe even very cheap for the size of a place of recreation in Jakarta, since only by paying four thousand dollars a ticket, visitors can see a wide variety of rare animal species that have been found all around us, the trees while enjoying the cool weather there.

 One of the places that must visit is the Schmutzer Primate Center, a place for various kinds of primates in Indonesia and from abroad. Schmutzer Primate Center stands on the initiative and donations from Schmutzer Pack mother, a loving tourist mengagas pust development of this primate. to see various primates who were there at the visitors wear an additional fee of five thousand dollars per person, one of the rare animals are the main attraction of visitors is a Gorilla, but was also a man utan, proboscis monkey, Chimpanzee, Ape, and various species of monkeys.

For visitors who want to bring her son rides are also available for play for children. There are animal parks children, which contains a tame animal, cable car games, mini train, toy cars, balloons, and park the boat, as a vehicle for water games. There is also a tourist train that will take visitors around to see diverse wildlife that was there.

Natural shades, at several places in the park Ragunan appear to be less maintenance and there are some places that are under repair, so a little disturbing the comfort of visitors, as well as the promotion which is also apparently still lacking, because of the many visitors who come mostly local tourists, foreign tourists are rarely seen.

So for you people jakarta or that are enjoying a holiday in Jakarta, which may be bored with your weekend activities and want to find alternative places to travel with the natural feel, sempatkanlah your time to visit there. Guaranteed to be more fresh mind after a tired and stressed with work routines.

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