Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo Tickets

There are over 2000 parks that are taken care of by the Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo. You can get to the Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo and indulge in many outdoor activities such as cycling, and walking and also have a picnic at the parks. The parks are known to serve essential green lungs for the city and are located all over the city.

Get the Johannesburg Zoo Tickets and explore the beautiful zoo home to over 2000 animals from 230 different species. Meet many animals such as Hippopotamuses, Rhinoceroses, giraffes, Antelope, Deer, Hyrax, and also Elephants. The zoo is also home to a diverse group of apes and monkeys from about 200 species. This is also a great place to spot many birds like Crested guinea fowl, Galah Cockatoos, and Bald, and Glossy ibis.

The Johannesburg City Parks & Zoos has 35 cemeteries and two crematoria in the city. The first cemetery was opened in 1886 and currently, there are five cemeteries that are regarded as important heritage sites. The Braamfontein Cemetery, Brixton Cemetery, Westpark Cemetery, Newclare, and Avalon Cemetery are considered to be important and you can take a walk along the cemetery to explore the city’s own history.

Get the Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo Tickets and explore the 81 hectares of botanical Garden which has a large grassy open space with many beautiful trees. The garden is popular among runners, picnickers, and dog walkers and is also known to host many concerts and kite-flying competitions.

The Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo has always given Horticultural maintenance a lot of importance and the service is rendered in cemeteries, zoos, botanical gardens, landscaped Islands, and Town Entrances. The service includes weed control, flower bed maintenance, beautification, grass cutting and also blowing of fallen leaves.

Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo are also known for its ecological services like the NATIONAL WATER WEEK which is an awareness of water conservation, sustainability, climate change, and other matters. They have also introduced ICM which is responsible for the management and maintenance of all the water bodies across the City of Johannesburg

Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo Tickets can be used to visit many bird sanctuaries and nature reserves owned by the Johannesburg City Parks. There are over 2 343 parks, 22 nature reserves, and 15 bird sanctuaries which are made from 22 278 hectares of open space.

If you are looking to host a party, corporate meetings or conferences, the Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo provide both indoor and outdoor venues. The top indoor venues are AngloGold Ashanti, Old Elephant House, Centenary lawn, and Bandstand. The outdoor venues include Tree of Light, Entire Lawn, Anglo Lapa, Cheetah Slopes, and many more.

The XtremePark Makeover organized by the Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo is an annual event that takes place during World Environment Week. The project is known to create excitement about developing green spaces in the cities in an innovative way. The city parks attract much corporate support for funding and sponsorship during this time.

Also known as the biggest urban/man-made forest in the world, the Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo plants more trees all over Joburg to ensure that our City is greener. There are currently 3.2 million trees which are planted by the Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo and they aim on further increasing the count for the near future.