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We do everything we can to make sure you have an amazing experience every time you visit Auckland Zoo.
To ensure we’re meeting the requirements of a good modern zoo today and into the future, it’s necessary that we carry out essential ongoing maintenance and upgrades to our animal habitats and visitor spaces.
On this page, you’ll find information on what areas of our Zoo are currently being worked on. We aim to have the most up to date information available, however please be aware that weather and other circumstances can impact these dates.
Our Swamp Forest (the tropical dome habitat that is home to Sunda gharial crocodilians, Asian arowana and various other Southeast Asian fish and plant species) is undergoing some essential maintenance works from Monday 12 August until early December 2024.
For those of you that have experienced this tropical environment first hand, you’ll know just how beautifully humid this space is – an amazing 28 degrees year-round! Since we opened this climate-controlled habitat in late 2022, we’ve been incredibly lucky to see an increase in visitors enjoying this immersive space.
After more than a year of operations, we’re going to be building a second set of doors on the outside of our current entry and exit. With visitation exceeding all expectations since opening the Swamp Forest, the second doors will act almost like an airlock and enable us to more efficiently control the temperature inside and improve the environmental performance of the building.
Here are the expected maintenance dates:
*Please note that although the boardwalk outside the Swamp Forest will be closed, our visitors will still be able to access our High Canopy habitat (orangutans and siamang) and Lowlands habitat (Sumatran tigers and Asian small-clawed otters).
The hamadryas baboon habitat is undergoing some essential maintenance works from Wednesday 13 November until Friday 15 November 2024.
The baboons are not able to be visited while these works are being carried out.
Soon you’ll see some changes to our Australia Bush Track.
To welcome some new species to our Zoo whānau – kangaroos and frilled necked lizards! – some essential upgrades need to take place in key areas on the track.
You’ll still able to visit the majority of the track (and say g’day to cockatoo Captain) but our brolga and emu habitat, as well as the adjoining aviary with lorikeets – will be temporarily closed until the end of the year.
Here are the expected maintenance dates:
*Please note the Tasmanian devil, Sulphur crested and red-tail black cockatoo habitats and the monsoon hut with lace monitor, goliath stick insect and Avondale spiders are able to be visited. You can find our latest map which outlines these areas here.
Areas that are having maintenance and upgrades have hoardings or fencing surrounding them, and signage stating what is happening and if needed, what pathways are accessible to you. If you have any queries on your visit, please ask our friendly staff or volunteers.
We will endeavour to keep this page updated with the most up to date information that we have, so please do check back in case things change.