It definitely has elements of Atlanta's elephant exhibit (too small, red mud, great visitor viewing areas) but it pales in comparison to the many excellent elephant habitats that have sprung up in the past decade in American zoos.
I might be way too picky, but does anyone know why this is called Ndoki forest? The Ndoki forest is in the Central African Republic and in the Congo. Forest elephants live there, but not bush elephants. Its a bit like calling it Tai Forest (the one in Liberia of course). That would be just as wrong. Do they at least inform people about the threats to the Ndoki forest or did they just need an exoctic sounding name ?
I might be way too picky, but does anyone know why this is called Ndoki forest? The Ndoki forest is in the Central African Republic and in the Congo. Forest elephants live there, but not bush elephants. Its a bit like calling it Tai Forest (the one in Liberia of course). That would be just as wrong. Do they at least inform people about the threats to the Ndoki forest or did they just need an exoctic sounding name ?
The complex includes a lowland gorilla exhibit and is set in a forested area. Of course the other elements of the complex--a thatch-roofed restaurant and a meerkat exhibit--are no more likely to be found in central Congo than bush elephants. I think it's just a nice name that at the time the exhibit opened was getting a fair amount of notoriety via Mike Fay and National Geographic.
