Updated for September 2026

The Best Zoos in North Sumatra

How this list is ordered: by how complete our listing is — how much we hold on opening hours, ticket prices, accreditation, photographs, animals and facilities. It is a measure of our own coverage, not a judgement of the venue. We hold no visitor scores or conservation assessments, so “best” here means every zoo in North Sumatra that qualifies for the list, fullest entry first.

Listed alphabetically

  1. Pematang Siantar Zoo

    Zoo in Pematangsiantar

    It opened to the public on 27 November 1936 and occupies about 4.5 hectares at Jalan Gunung Simanuk-Manuk, in the province of North Sumatra.

  2. Medan Zoo

    Zoo in Medan

    Medan Zoo is a zoo in Medan, Indonesia.

Our ranking methodology

This is not a ranking. The 2 venues above are listed alphabetically by name, the same order used throughout this site. We do not collect visitor reviews, star ratings, ticket-sales figures or a conservation-impact score, so none of those exist here to rank by — “best” in this page’s title means every venue that qualifies for this list, not first-to-last by quality. If we ever add a data source robust enough to support an honest ranking, this note and the order above will change together.