Updated for September 2026
The Best Zoos in Poland
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 Poland that qualifies for the list, fullest entry first.
Listed alphabetically
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Kraków Zoo
Zoo in Kraków
Kraków Zoo, opened in 1929, is a zoo in Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
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Keeper talk or showRides and attractionsImmersive media attraction
Ogród Zoologiczny w Opolu
Zoo in Opole
Over 1,000 animals of 227 species are kept: 89 bird species, 73 mammal, 43 invertebrate and eleven each of reptiles and amphibians.
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PlaygroundOn-site diningParking
Warsaw Zoological Garden
Zoo in Warszawa
Warsaw Zoological Garden, opened in 1928, is a zoo in Poland. Animals on show include Hipopotam, Ara hiacyntowa, Leniwiec, Słonie afrykańskie and Surykatki.
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Keeper talk or showGuided tourEducation program
Wrocław Zoo
Zoo in Wrocław
The oldest zoological garden on present-day Polish territory, at Wróblewskiego 1–5, it covers 33 hectares. By the end of 2015 it showed over 10,500 animals of 1,132 species, excluding invertebrates, the third largest total in the world on that measure.
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Keeper talk or show
Łódź Zoo
Zoo in Łódź
Dating from 1938, the zoo was thoroughly rebuilt in 2022 around the Orientarium, a complex devoted to South-East Asia. Since that rebuild it has held 3,350 animals of 554 species. It has belonged to WAZA since 1975 and to EAZA since 1993.
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Keeper talk or showPlaygroundEducation program
Safari Borysew Zoo
Zoo in Poddębice
It received formal zoological garden status in 2011 and covers 25 hectares. Animals on show include Emu, Zebra Chapmana, Wielkomysz filipińska, Wielbłąd Jednogarbny and Pies Dingo.
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PlaygroundEducation program
Toruń Zoobotanical Garden
Zoo in Toruń
Toruń Zoobotanical Garden, opened in 1965, is a zoo in Toruń, Poland. Animals on show include Kameleon jemeński, Leniuchowiec dwupalczasty, Puchacz wirginijski, Olśniak himalajski and Surykatka.
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Zoo Nowy Tomyśl
Zoo in Nowy Tomyśl
Zoo Nowy Tomyśl, opened in 1974, is a zoo in Nowy Tomyśl, Poland. Animals on show include pawiany, koczkodany zielonosiwe and rezusy.
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Mini Zoo Zielona Góra
Zoo in Zielona Góra
The zoo is linked to a university botanical garden first drawn up between the wars, and is administered by the municipal housing management authority. It opened on 12 April 2014, and the species on show include meerkats, fallow deer, miniature goats, Cameroon sheep, peafowl and parrots. A rehabilitation centre for wild animals, Ptasi Azyl, operates on the site.
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Rides and attractionsParkingMobility equipment loan
Poznań Zoo
Zoo in Poznań
Zoo Poznan is a zoo in Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
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Animal feeding experienceGuided tourParking
Kadzidłowo Zoo
Zoo in Ruciane-Nida
The park is named for Benedykt Dybowski and lies in the Pisz Forest inside the Masurian Landscape Park, on the road between Ruciane-Nida and Mikołajki. It covers about 100 hectares and holds over 400 animals of more than 100 species. It was founded by Dr Andrzej Krzywiński, and Armin Kobus is the current director.
Our ranking methodology
This is not a ranking. The 11 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.