The Zoo of Pematangsiantar
Location : Jl. Kapten M. H. Sitorus No. 10
Manager : Ir. Gilzen Waldino
Entrance fee : 7,000 rupiahs
The Zoo of Pematangsiantar is situated at a strategic location, exactly at the intersection between Jl. Kapten M. H. Sitorus and Jl. Gunung Simanuk – manuk. With the area around 4.5 ha and the entrance fee of 7,000 rupiahs (adult or child) visitors can see 694 animals who live in the zoo. They consist of 196 kinds of species of the mammal, 443 kinds of species of the birds, and 55 kinds of species of the reptile. Just only tiger it has 3 kinds of species : Sumatran tiger, Indian tiger and white tiger. There are also mangrove tiger and panther, black civet, yellow civet, and Sumatran civet, African lion, jaguar, bird of paradise, minora, ragiara and apoda, pheasant, Mandarin duck, white, green, blue peacock, German pigeon, snake necked tortoise, etc.
Besides seeing hundreds of animals with various behavior, visitors also can enjoy a comfortable, shady and calm atmosphere. Because, in the zoo grows hundreds of vegetation which some of them are big and leafy trees.
There are some rare trees such as sena tree, bendo, trembosi, kemuning, kayu raja tualang. No wonder, this location is used as a forestry research conservation bureau for development activities of some kinds of vegetation in the housing environment.
We can feel the shade and composure while taking a rest at the places which are prepared around and at the center of the zoo. As we see, all is green. Accompanied by the sound of the water flowing in the stream which cuts in half the location and the twitter of birds and also the sounds of other animals - it really can give the heart and mind composure.
The zoo was an idea of Dr. Coonrad, a Dutch in 1936 and was open for public on 27 November in the same year. There were only 13 animals at that time. Carried out by government of the town, this zoo experienced some golden and dark time. The peak of the dark time was between 1990 – 1995. Seeing such a condition, DR Rahmat Shah was touched to manage it. After a tough negotiation finally the government of Pematangsiantar handed over the management of the zoo to Unitwin Indonesia Medan Limited with the contract period for 30 years since 1 September 1996.
Through total restoration little by little, the hard work and big budget began to indicate a positive result.
In 2003, The Zoo of Pematangsiantar got an acknowledgement from Persatuan Kebun Binatang Seluruh Indonesia Pusat as the best one in Sumatera. The latest predicate is the ten best zoo in the country. Because of this achievement Zoo of Pematangsiantar is referred as a zoo coordinator in the region.
So, let’s go to the zoo !!!
(Translated by Santoli Pantjalogam - from Global Daily / Harian Global and other sources)
Location : Jl. Kapten M. H. Sitorus No. 10
Manager : Ir. Gilzen Waldino
Entrance fee : 7,000 rupiahs
The Zoo of Pematangsiantar is situated at a strategic location, exactly at the intersection between Jl. Kapten M. H. Sitorus and Jl. Gunung Simanuk – manuk. With the area around 4.5 ha and the entrance fee of 7,000 rupiahs (adult or child) visitors can see 694 animals who live in the zoo. They consist of 196 kinds of species of the mammal, 443 kinds of species of the birds, and 55 kinds of species of the reptile. Just only tiger it has 3 kinds of species : Sumatran tiger, Indian tiger and white tiger. There are also mangrove tiger and panther, black civet, yellow civet, and Sumatran civet, African lion, jaguar, bird of paradise, minora, ragiara and apoda, pheasant, Mandarin duck, white, green, blue peacock, German pigeon, snake necked tortoise, etc.
Besides seeing hundreds of animals with various behavior, visitors also can enjoy a comfortable, shady and calm atmosphere. Because, in the zoo grows hundreds of vegetation which some of them are big and leafy trees.
There are some rare trees such as sena tree, bendo, trembosi, kemuning, kayu raja tualang. No wonder, this location is used as a forestry research conservation bureau for development activities of some kinds of vegetation in the housing environment.
We can feel the shade and composure while taking a rest at the places which are prepared around and at the center of the zoo. As we see, all is green. Accompanied by the sound of the water flowing in the stream which cuts in half the location and the twitter of birds and also the sounds of other animals - it really can give the heart and mind composure.
The zoo was an idea of Dr. Coonrad, a Dutch in 1936 and was open for public on 27 November in the same year. There were only 13 animals at that time. Carried out by government of the town, this zoo experienced some golden and dark time. The peak of the dark time was between 1990 – 1995. Seeing such a condition, DR Rahmat Shah was touched to manage it. After a tough negotiation finally the government of Pematangsiantar handed over the management of the zoo to Unitwin Indonesia Medan Limited with the contract period for 30 years since 1 September 1996.
Through total restoration little by little, the hard work and big budget began to indicate a positive result.
In 2003, The Zoo of Pematangsiantar got an acknowledgement from Persatuan Kebun Binatang Seluruh Indonesia Pusat as the best one in Sumatera. The latest predicate is the ten best zoo in the country. Because of this achievement Zoo of Pematangsiantar is referred as a zoo coordinator in the region.
So, let’s go to the zoo !!!
(Translated by Santoli Pantjalogam - from Global Daily / Harian Global and other sources)
