Cerro San Cristobal, acceso por calle Pio Nono 450, Santiago, Chile Jardín ZoológicoBack to Santiago, Chile Overview | | Located in the heart of Cerro San Cristóbal, this big park covers a sloping area of 4.5 hectares and houses more than 160 species, from mammals to birds and reptiles, all in separate enclosures.
Native species like condors, pumas, pudus, black-necked swans are all worth mentioning, but the most popular ones without doubt are the monkeys, especially with children.
You will also find lions, elefants, giraffes, hippopotamus, bears and tigers.
If you get tired going up and down the stairs, there are kiosks where selling drinks, sandwiches, juice, biscuits and fun games, like animal masks, windmills and stuffed puppets. |
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