Our orangutans return to Auckland!

It’s the AMAZING NEWS you’ve all been waiting for! Our orangutan trio have returned to an incredible brand-spanking new home at Auckland Zoo!
As many of you know, for the last two years we’ve been undergoing the biggest and most complex redevelopment in our near 100-year history to create our new South East Asia Jungle Track. The first stage of our #FutureZoo is the creation of a world-leading facility for our orangutans and siamang to enjoy - and when we say world class, we mean it!
In order to build our primates’ expansive High Canopy habitat our friends at Orana Wildlife Park in Christchurch stepped in to help, housing our orangutans Charlie, Melur, and Wanita in their Great Ape Centre for the duration of the build.
This has included a huge effort from our primate team in Auckland who, in order to ensure a continuity of care with keepers that our orangutans know, have uprooted their lives and spent months at a time in Christchurch to make sure every day of the last two years there has always been a keeper from Auckland Zoo there with them.
As our primate team leader Amy says “it’s really hard to put into words how monumental this is!”
Though we’re currently closed and aren’t able to welcome you to see this incredible High Canopy habitat now, we will keep you updated on developments via social media over the next few weeks - so please stay tuned.

[@rishibeauty8889]

Bravo! Your habitat really is the BEST in the world!! No other zoo keeps them off the ground & in the trees. Your animals look so healthy. Other zoos put the visitors as the priority & keep them on the ground so people can see them better. You really did put the Orangutans first. Well done!!

[@joannaperry7404]

Congratulations to Amy and all at Auckland Zoo...a fabulous achievement.

[@erynporter9951]

So Happy for Your Team and all you've accomplished but most of all I'm so happy that these gorgeous, intelligent animals get to live their lives as close to their natural habit as possible!!! It's so Awesome, and I can tell that their well being is of utmost importance 🦧❤️❤️!

[@wincheezzz]

What's good here is they make the cage look alike the habitat of the orangutan, in kalimantan,indonesia the forest is so dense and large there.

[@geraldineibanez5920]

I'm am so proud of you orangutan 🦧🦧

[@monke.2191]

Same

[@maryv5815]

Such a cool exhibit!

[@bassoonroshan]

BEST NEWS TODAY!!!

[@brendamanning5235]

This is also very thrilling and exciting to me also.the enclosure is lovely and thank you to the many people who cared enough to put this together.God Bless every one.

[@julesmiles6548]

Looking forward to revisiting Auckland Zoo, 1st visit was back in 2016

[@gghacks5013]

I loooove this keeper! She is absolutely awesome!

[@tinyman-rblx6268]

I was watching this for my lockdown for #google classroom work and I was surprised all about this ;-)

[@kellyheald7177]

Yay! go you Amy and the rest of the team. I cant wait to see them in their new habitat. Looks amazing!

[@MrTwotimess]

Take good care of them! They are precious!