and most successful investment was the building of Africarium, an oceanarium specially designed to feature the fauna of Africa which opened in 2014. The building is home to such species as rays, sandbar sharks, Nile crocodiles, hippopotamuses, manatees, speckled mousebirds, hadada ibises, hamerkops, and African grey hornbills. It attracted even more visitors and made it the most frequently visited zoo in Poland with an annual number of visitors amounting to around 2 million. Attractions and activities The zoo includes among others: the Africarium (the only oceanarium of its kind which focuses exclusively on the fauna of Africa), the Madagascar Pavilion, the Odrarium, Terrarium, Zoolandia ropes course, Children's Zoo, the Ranch, as well as food and drinks outlets. Moreover, it houses a collection of a number of rare and exotic species such as manatee, okapi, bear cuscus, red hartebeest, Philippine mouse-deer, L'Hoest's monkey, and long-necked turtle. The zoo also actively participates in a number of initiatives and support programmes aimed at rescuing endangered species, sends zoo workers on rescue missions, runs open meetings such as ZOO na ratunek ("Zoo to the Rescue") and offers a variety of educational activities for children and teens. The zoo's breeding program has also had a number of major successes, which include the births of Pygmy hippopotamus in 2010 and 2012, Philippine scops owl (the only one in the world outside of the Philippines), reticulated giraffe in 2012 as well as the first in the world Sulawesi bear cuscus in 2018. List of directors Franz Schlegel (1864-1882) Hermann Stechmann (1882-1900) Friedrich Grabowsky (1900-1929) Hans Honigmann (1929-1934) Martin Schlott (1934-1946) Karol Łukaszewicz (1947-1966) Antoni Gucwiński (1966-2006) Radosław Ratajszczak (2007–present) Gallery See also Warsaw Zoo Poznań Zoo Kraków Zoo Notes References L. Solski, 2008: Przewodnik Zoo Wrocław. External links 1865 establishments in Poland Buildings and structures in Wrocław Zoos in Poland Tourist attractions in Wrocław Zoos established in 1865