This is the only real zoo in Qatar. It's not terrible, but it could be better.
I don't have any pics so this comes from memory. Admition is very cheap - less than a dollar for 1 person. When you enter the first thing you see is an enclosure for 2 chimpanzees, then a lake with many waterfowl. There were many wild birds around this area like Rose-ringed Parakeets and Common Mynahs.
The big cat cages are probably the worst thing here. They are small and the cats aren't very active except for the tiger who would roar about every 5 minutes.
The baboons and capuchins are in large groups and very active. They also have macaques and vervet monkeys in the same area along with more chimps. Next are a few galliformes birds and from then on the next few cages house hoofstock (don't remember any species but I think they had some kind of gazelle and barbary sheep along with elephants).
Right here my memory isn't very good, I think there was a tunnel with some nocturnal and small mammals (probably from Africa, as most of the animals are from there).
The last thing there is is a bird section with parrots, pheasants, toucans and a few others I don't remember.
I read reviews of the zoo that said people often teased and fed the animals, but this didn't happen both times that I was there. Then again only a few people were there besides us.
Partial Species List
Chimpanzee
Greater Flamingo
Rosybill
Philippine Duck
Cape Shelduck
Greylag Goose
Bar-headed Goose
Egyptian Goose
Helmeted Guineafowl
Lion
Jaguar
Tiger
Vervet Monkey
Hamadryas Baboon
Rhesus Macaque
Japanese Macaque
Black-capped Capuchin
Ring-necked Dove
Vulturine Guineafowl
Peafowl
African Gray Parrot
Scarlet Macaw
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Silver Pheasant
Toucan
I know this list is incomplete and there were many more waterfowl and hoofstock but I don't remember everything.
I don't have any pics so this comes from memory. Admition is very cheap - less than a dollar for 1 person. When you enter the first thing you see is an enclosure for 2 chimpanzees, then a lake with many waterfowl. There were many wild birds around this area like Rose-ringed Parakeets and Common Mynahs.
The big cat cages are probably the worst thing here. They are small and the cats aren't very active except for the tiger who would roar about every 5 minutes.
The baboons and capuchins are in large groups and very active. They also have macaques and vervet monkeys in the same area along with more chimps. Next are a few galliformes birds and from then on the next few cages house hoofstock (don't remember any species but I think they had some kind of gazelle and barbary sheep along with elephants).
Right here my memory isn't very good, I think there was a tunnel with some nocturnal and small mammals (probably from Africa, as most of the animals are from there).
The last thing there is is a bird section with parrots, pheasants, toucans and a few others I don't remember.
I read reviews of the zoo that said people often teased and fed the animals, but this didn't happen both times that I was there. Then again only a few people were there besides us.
Partial Species List
Chimpanzee
Greater Flamingo
Rosybill
Philippine Duck
Cape Shelduck
Greylag Goose
Bar-headed Goose
Egyptian Goose
Helmeted Guineafowl
Lion
Jaguar
Tiger
Vervet Monkey
Hamadryas Baboon
Rhesus Macaque
Japanese Macaque
Black-capped Capuchin
Ring-necked Dove
Vulturine Guineafowl
Peafowl
African Gray Parrot
Scarlet Macaw
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Silver Pheasant
Toucan
I know this list is incomplete and there were many more waterfowl and hoofstock but I don't remember everything.
