Batu Secret Zoo is a zoo in Indonesia, located at Batu, East Java, Indonesia. The zoo opened in June 2010 and includes an animal museum - the "Museum Satwa"; and a tree-hotel named the "Pohon Inn". The complex is spread over a 12 hectares (29.7 acre) area.

Areas and attractions

The zoo features a wide range of animals spread throughout a number of specialised areas.

Savannah

"Savannah" is a glass-walled tunnel where visitors can view a number of the larger African animals, such as the Giant Sable Antelope

Giant Sable Antelope

The Giant Sable Antelope, Hippotragus niger variani, also known in Portuguese as the Palanca Negra Gigante, is a large, rare subspecies of Sable Antelope native and endemic to the region between Cuango and Luando Rivers in Angola....

, Scimitar-Horned Oryx, Zebra

Zebra

Zebras are several species of African equids united by their distinctive black and white stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds...

 and other hoofed animals.

African Village

"African Village" contains the smaller African animals; such as the Meerkat

Meerkat

The meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta, is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan"...

s, guinea pigs etc. In addition, this contains the elephant enclosure including the Sumatran Elephant

Sumatran Elephant

The Sumatran Elephant is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian Elephant, and native to Sumatra island of Indonesia. Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed as endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be 60–75 years...

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Fantasy Land

"Fantasy Land" is the children's and general rest area. The area includes a cafeteria, a children's pool and other amenities. This area also includes the Gorilla

Gorilla

Gorillas are the largest extant species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies...

 enclosure.

Feeding Birds

"Feeding birds" is an area where guests may feed a wide variety of birds in an open enclosure.

Mancing Harimau

"Mancing harimau" is a tiger

Tiger

The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to and weighing up to . Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with lighter underparts...

feeding enclose where guests can feed the tigers while standing on top of an acrylic glass platform.