📍 Zoo📍 Family📍 Safari

Arignar Anna Zoological Park

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

4.3 (0)

Overview

Vandalur Zoo — India's largest (1,265 acres), with lion and deer safaris, a nocturnal house and 170 species in forest-scale enclosures.

Why visit: A whole day of wildlife on Chennai's southern edge.

Things to do

›Lion safari
›Battery car circuit
›Nocturnal animal house

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Feb

Entry fee

~₹100

Hours

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (closed Tue)

Est. budget

₹200–600

Duration

Half–1 day

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