Zoo of Sahara — Attraction in Maghreb

A very small zoo with some kind of botanical garden in front of the main entrance. There were in total around animal 30 species, including lioness, hyena, a few desert fox species, wild boars (!), camel, few bird species and several reptile species. However, hygiene is not at a high level, and most mammals look like they are suffering from small and inappropriate space. Also, there is a "reptile show", where the "guide" will show you some lizards taken from the terrariums (varan and uromastix). But then they will also take out some sort of yellow scorpion and horned viper in front of you with a bare hand, without any protection and without any proper distance between him and the visitors. They are even joking when somebody asks – is this snake jumping? The reply is – no, tourists jump! Luckily, no one was hurt, although some young people in my group were pushing each other in the direction...

Worst Zoo I have ever visited. I felt very sorry for those animals. They have not really much space and animals that usually live in horts are kept alone. The zoo itself has a a lit of space, but unfortunately the space is not used for animals. Also they looked not very healthy and hungry.......

Loved it! Nice collection of species of the Sahara. The zoo is clean and well maintained and the staff very friendly and walked us around. It is a small zoo with 2 parts: one for the animals and one for the botanical garden "Paradise garden". Same entrance. Fee is 5 dinars. Definitely...