Zoom di Cumiana, Safari park and zoo in Cumiana, Italy.
Zoom Torino is a zoo in Cumiana, near Turin, covering about 160,000 square metres with 84 animal species in 11 habitats. It is organised into sections such as central Africa, Asia, Madagascar, Penguin Bay, the Tree of Life reptile house, and the Oasis of Butterflies. The Africa section includes a reconstruction of the Serengeti savannah with baobabs and kopjes, while the Asia section features Indian-style architecture including the Tiger Temple.
Zoom Torino opened in 2009 on the site of Laghi Baite, a family park that already kept some animals. The project was designed by Gianluigi Casetta, who took over the area from his father. The park covers about 160,000 m² and holds 84 species in eleven habitats, with animals arriving from other EAZA European zoos. In 2022 an eponymous foundation was created to support scientific research on animals.
The Madagascar section is topped by two artificial baobabs and surrounded by an artificial lake with a colony of flamingos and pelicans. It also holds an enclosure for Aldabra giant tortoises and houses Elwin, a 33-year-old mongoose lemur, the only one kept in Italy.
The park covers about 160,000 m² in Cumiana, with the Asia section in the north above the Africa savanna and Malawi Beach pool. Hippo Underwater, opened in 2014, lets visitors watch the hippo family from below the waterline. The Petra Amphitheatre in the Asia section hosts falconry displays.
Visitors can watch African penguins swimming in an underwater viewing area modeled after South Africa's Boulders Beach. This submerged perspective reveals how these birds move and interact beneath the surface in ways land-based viewing cannot capture.
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