Brazzaville Zoo, Zoo in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Brazzaville Zoo, formally the zoological and botanical park of Brazzaville, occupies a site near the international airport. Its grounds hold primates including chimpanzees and gorillas, crocodiles, deer, bongos, foxes and reptiles, plus birds. A large rectangular enclosure of dark metal posts strung with horizontal and vertical wire cables stands over a sandy floor with bare tree trunks; a low wire fence runs in front.

The zoo existed on its present site by 1944, though a 1952 founding under veterinarian R. Rousselot is also cited, when the French government was capturing animals in Congo. It first served as a transit park where animals were held and selected before shipment to France. Fighting in the late 1990s left the grounds without regular upkeep; in 2018 the government decided to restore the zoo and add a botanical garden, renamed Zoolandia in 2019.

The zoo's name Zooleandia, adopted in 2019, replaced its older title of zoological and botanical park. The grounds keep remnants of natural forest and exotic trees, and the 2018 government decision added a botanical garden to the animal collection. Gregoire the chimpanzee, born in 1942, lived in a cage here for more than 40 years.

The facility sits near major roads and is easy to reach from various parts of the city. Plan to spend several hours walking the grounds, as the site covers a large area with pathways connecting different animal sections.

Gregoire the chimpanzee, born in 1942, lived at the zoo for over 40 years and was first documented there when Jane Goodall visited in 1990. She found him malnourished with skin infections, assigned him a caretaker and a special diet, and in 1996 two other chimpanzees joined his enclosure. He was moved to the Tchimpounga sanctuary and died on 17 December 2008, aged 66.