Ranua Resort

Ranua Resort
Zoo entrance
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65°56′32″N 026°28′06″E / 65.94222°N 26.46833°E / 65.94222; 26.46833
Date opened1983
LocationRanua, Lapland, Finland
No. of animals150
No. of species50
MembershipsEAZA[1]
OwnerRanuan Seudun Matkailu Oy
Websitehttps://ranuaresort.com/

Ranua Resort (better known as Ranua Zoo or Ranua Wildlife Park) is a wildlife park and a holiday resort that opened in 1983 in the municipality of Ranua, Lapland, Finland. It is the northernmost zoo in Finland and the second northeast in the world.[2]

The animals of the wildlife park consist of approximately 50 arctic animal species and 150 individuals, including top predators such as lynx, brown bears and wolves but also European moose and deers.[3] The wildlife park has Finland's only polar bears. The wildlife park is an accredited member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).

In addition to the wildlife park, Ranua Resort also offers accommodation, a restaurant, and a variety of activities such as snowmobiling, husky safaris and other outdoor experiences. Ranua Resort is open every day year round. [4]

A Eurasian lynx at Ranua Zoo

References

  1. ^ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. EAZA. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  2. ^ Lapland Finland. "Northernmost zoo in the world". Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Animals". Ranua Resort. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  4. ^ "Safaris and other activities". Ranua Resort. Retrieved 2023-01-19.