Kebon Kewan Semarang, Zoo in Semarang, Indonesia

Kebun binatang Mangkang, also known as Kebon Kewan Semarang, is a zoo on Jl. Walisongo KM 16, across from Mangkang Terminal, covering 9 hectares. It holds about 89 species and 283 animals, including Sumatran tigers, Bengal tigers, orangutans, and pelicans that swim freely on a man-made lake. The grounds also contain a water boom with shallow, sand, and health-stone pools, an aircraft museum, a flying fox, a mini train, and an animal museum.

The zoo first stood on the site now occupied by Taman Budaya Raden Saleh and Wonderia. In 1985 it moved to Tinjomoyo, covering 57.5 hectares and renamed Taman Margaraya Semarang. On 28 February 2007 it reopened at Mangkang, across from Terminal Mangkang, after the city judged the Tinjomoyo site hard to reach and its buildings damaged by unstable ground and a flood-broken bridge.

The Javanese name Kebon Raja Mangkang links the zoo to the Mangkang district on Semarang's western edge, beside the Mangkang terminal and the border with Kaliwungu, Kendal. Its stated concept is conservation, education and recreation, and since 2016 it has been run as a Perusda, a regionally owned company, rather than a UPTD technical unit. Visitors can ride elephants and horses, cross the artificial lake by boat past free-swimming pelicans, and walk the animal museum and animal cinema building.

The zoo is situated along Walisongo Road and is accessible by both public transportation and private vehicle. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes as the grounds are spread across multiple areas requiring considerable walking.

The zoo holds about 89 species and 283 animals, among them a Javan banteng, a Javan gibbon and a binturong. Its plant collection is labelled too, from teak and tamarind to sonokeling and kesambi. Look for the man-made lake where pelicans swim freely, crossed by boat rides.