Check out our closest relatives in Pongoland

Pongoland is an ape enclosure that is one of its kind in the world with chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans all awaiting you. The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig also conducts research here and at several discovery stations in Pongoland you can do some of your own research.

Animals
Chimpanzee laying on the back

Chimpanzee

Schildturako

Violet turaco

Western lowland gorilla male

Western lowland gorilla

Pygmy chimpanzee with her baby on the back

Pygmy chimpanzee

Sumatran orangutan sitting in the grass

Sumatran orangutan

Animal encyclopaedia

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Luftaufnahme Pongoland mit Hauptgebäude und Aussengelände
Gorilla auf dem Aussengelände im Grünen in Pongoland
Innenanlage der Schimpansen in Pongoland mit mehreren Schimpansen auf Ästen
Sonnenuntergang auf der Aussenanlage in Pongoland
Besuchertunnel Innenanlage Pongoland
Aussenanlage der Schimpansen in Pongoland mit mehreren Schimpansen auf Ästen

A kingdom of apes

In Pongoland you can experience our closest relatives playing, climbing and foraging. You will pass through spacious outdoor enclosures on wooden walkways along watercourses to our central attraction. Through the cave entrance visitors then enter a habitat that has been created to closely resemble a tropical climate. Watch the gentle silver back patrolling his territory and orang-utans clambering on trees and ropes, while exotic birds fly around our tropical dome.

[Translate to English:] Zwei Schimpansen mit Piñatas auf der Aussenanlage
[Translate to English:] Zwei Hütten im Forscherdorf in Pongoland

Explore together

Pongoland houses the Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center. Under the authority of the Max Planck Institute, researchers study the behaviour, perception and communication of apes – and what’s more you can even look over their shoulders while they are doing so. The best time to see this is in the morning.

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