I have seen positive reviews of the zoo so I decided to give it a go. Sadly, I do not understand why people find it a positive experience. One of the few upsides is the food – really delicious as all Indonesian food is, and despite problems in understanding each other, local women try to even cater for me being a vegan. It's also quite magical to see all the different species, the charm monkeys undeniably have. Otherwise, I was very disappointed to see visitors' behavior. Not only did they stare at me, take photos of me, and stop whatever they were doing to tell their husband, nan, and 5 kids that "woohoo, a white girl is coming," which I understand is not the zoo's fault, but in regards to the animals? It's outrageous how loud they are, how they shout at animals, throw sticks at monkeys, bang metal things against the cages to make them move and react! There are no guards/guides/zoo's workers to watch this behavior. No wonder most of the animals I've seen are crowded in the furthest corners from the people possible, looking extremely depressed. I've been caring about animal rights for almost 12 years, and there is this stereotype that islanders, Indonesian people have a bit more respect for all life. Absolute BS. Cringy behavior. They're too busy taking selfies with a sad tiger in the distance to even care. Too occupied throwing plastic bottles on the ground to understand that their consumerist, materialistic lifestyle and depriving the natural world of so many species to feed their modern needs is exactly what causes so many species they see at the zoos to slowly go extinct. I was appalled by the visit. My advice? Appreciate it's just my opinion, but the tickets are way too cheap. Quality, not quantity. If they were 3x more expensive, it would probably cut the visitors' numbers in half, which would maybe help in providing the animals proper and hygienic conditions, fund more staff, maybe underaged people passionate about nature to make sure nobody abuses the animals that are already abused. In 6 hours of being there, I saw maybe 2-4 members of staff; the rest were sat outside on a "forever break," plus they were mostly men. With all due respect to religious reasons and the culture per se, but it's not the 18th century to make women just serve food. Oh, I'd forget, the toilets? Appalling. The amount of plastic shit being sold at every corner? Disgusting. Thought Indonesia cared about the environment, but people keep disappointing me. What I would recommend for tourists is having a big walk to the slums in North Jakarta to pull the wool off their eyes and see how privileged they actually are and how much comfort they take for granted.