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JAKARTA - The Surabaya Zoo (KBS) will remain open as a tourist destination during the holidays and the Eid al-Fitr 1443 Hijriah holiday. Here are some things you should know if you want to come here.

Visitors who want to visit KBS can directly buy tickets on the spot starting at 08.00-16.30 WIB. Ticket payments can also be made non-cash using BRIZI/QRIS and other digital wallets, at a price of IDR 15,000 per person.

Visitors must ensure that they are healthy and most importantly continue to apply health protocols. Visitors are prohibited from laying mats in the KBS area.

"To attract tourist attractions, we have opened two new rides, namely The Adventure Aquanoctudio Park of Zoorabaya which is a development of an aquarium ride and Story Animal Studio which shows several educational films about animals," said Public Relations KBS Agus Supangkat, Tuesday, May 3. from the official website of the Surabaya City Government.

Wahana The Adventure Aquanoctudio Park of Zoorabaya, visitors are invited to adventure while getting to know a variety of fish, reptiles, and animals whose activities are at night or known as Nocturnal animals. This vehicle is also equipped with various collections of preserved animals for educational facilities in the Diorama room.

“Other rides that are still interesting to visit include Kid Zoo, Animal Edutainment, Boat Tours, Animal Story and Tunggang Camel. With a collection of 2,100 animals consisting of 212 species and also equipped with a variety of plant collections, it will add to the comfortable atmosphere of Eid, "he explained.

Agus is optimistic that there will be an increase in visitors. This is because during the Idul Fitri holiday in 2021, as many as 30 thousand visitors have visited KBS.

"We are optimistic that there will be an increase in visitors during this Eid holiday, especially the City of Surabaya officially implements PPKM Level 1. We open a daily quota of 10 thousand visitors, today it has reached 9,897 thousand visitors. Yesterday, on the first day of Eid celebrations, Monday (2/5/2022), 3,400 thousand visitors came to KBS," he explained.

Especially during the Eid holiday period from May 2-8, 2022, visitors who use motorbikes or two-wheeled vehicles (R2) can park their vehicles in the KBS parking lot next to the entrance. Meanwhile, visitors who use a car or bus (R4) can park their vehicle at the Joyoboyo Intermodal Terminal (TIJ).

As many as 80 personnel from the KBS Covid-19 Task Force Team will continue to monitor, urge, and invite visitors to obey health protocols. Not to mention the 103 combined personnel from the Wonokromo Police, Polrestabes, Garrison, Wonokromo Koramil, Surabaya City Transportation Service, Surabaya City Satpol PP, Surabaya City BPBD, Scouts and Yellow Troops.

Head of the Surabaya City Transportation Service, Tundjung Iswandaru, said that KBS visitors could take advantage of alternative parking spaces at the Joyoboyo Intermodal Terminal (TIJ), if the parking lot in the KBS yard area was full. Because, the location of TIJ is not far from KBS, and it is safer and avoids parking fee fraud by irresponsible people.

“TIJ can accommodate several vehicles, including cars, motorcycles, buses, and elves. The parking rates applied at TIJ are progressive parking rates, starting from Rp. 3,000 for R4 and Rp. 2,000 for R2," he concluded.


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