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Mysore Zoo - Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens

Mysore, India
Ranked #5 of 20 attractions in Mysore
4.5 of 5 stars 123 Reviews
Type: Zoos
Description: This 19th-century zoo is famous for breeding some rare animals in captivity.
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Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 24, 2012 NEW

Zoo Management has done their best to keep Zoo Clean! General Public should have their own social responsibility to maintain cleanliness. cool drink bottles are thrown like anywhere and is not safe, as i saw so many broken bottles in the eatable areas. whatever it may be, Zoo is really excellent and my Kids had fantastic time. Almost all the... More

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Bangalore, India
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 24, 2012 NEW
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Animals like giraffe and chimpanzee make it unique in South India More

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 reviews
5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 23, 2012 NEW

Gorilla is found only in this zoo, Many kinds of birds, Anaconda is another attraction More

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Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 18, 2012

an very important palce for children s ,very usefull display boards in front of the cages that help to know the details about the animals well maintained More

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Bangalore, India
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 13, 2012
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We visited this place on our way back home from Madikeri. The detailed travelogue can be found here (Madikeri, Golden temple, Abbey falls, Dubare elephant camp etc.): http://thetravellerweare.blogspot.in/2012/05/madikeri-coorg-weekend-getaway.html Our only intention for visiting this place was to have a glimpse of the Green Anacondas. As we could not navigate the Zoo map correctly, we found the snakes at the very... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 13, 2012

Modelled partly on the Singapore Zoo, nice open clean place with animal enclosures that look natural and offer the critters plenty of space - we enjoyed seeing the animals for a change, rather than end up feeling sorry for them as in other Indian zoos.. Taking popular advice, we reached the Zoo by auto (it is easily accessible as it... More

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Chennai (Madras), India
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 13, 2012

Liked the clean layout and neatness.Also the innovative incentive where you label plastic bottles for Rs 10 which is reimbursed when you present the bottle on your way out. More

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London, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 12, 2012
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If I was an animal an had to live in a zoo I wouldn't mind living in this one. The enclosures are pretty big and clean an the animals all seem well fed and in good condition. There's a good variety of animals, and the elephants give a performance sometimes with their keeper - blowing water at the spectators etc.... More

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Vasco Da Gama, Goa, India
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 9, 2012

it attracts,because of the jiraffes. it is very big zo. white pecock,tigers are the main attraction. More

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See 4 more reviews by sumapuranik for Mysore
kolkata
2 reviews
4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 8, 2012

wat a good experience. got to c the variety of animals !it was so much fun with family. the kids were super excited! it was such a happy feeling in Mysore... we planned to got to Coorg after that. but the only problem was the weather was very hot. So kids wanted to go bk to the hotel soon More

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