African elephants

Year opened: 2003

Called Kali (born 1995), Zola (1996) and Ulu (1997), the three female elephants have a spacious indoor facility along with an extensive outdoor enclosure to share.

Resembling a large African hut with its shape, this animal house is decorated indoors with true imitations of rocks and giant trees. Outdoors, the grounds actually form a single large place for elephants to play and exercise. A giant barrel, stumps, stones and logs serve not only as toys, but also as aids to rub their skin. Included are also pools indoors as well as outdoors.

The indoor area of the house also features a large freshwater aquarium. Helping to make the African atmosphere complete is the corner with wooden sculptures that you discover above the elephant house.