Zoo Timings: 8:30AM to 5:30PM

Entry Fee's:
Adults: Rs. 60
Children: Rs.30

Battery Operated Car (1 Hour trip around the Zoo)
Adults: Rs.150
Children Rs.90
Senior Citizen: Rs.90

Combo Tickets (Zoo and Karanji Kere)

Mysore Zoo was created from the private menagerie of Maharaja Sri Chamaraja Wodeyar in the year 1892, on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of the summer palace. Over the next 10 years the zoo was expanded up to 45 acres (18 ha) with spacious enclosures that are still in use today.

Originally called the Palace Zoo, it was renamed "Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens" in the year 1909. Mr. A.C. Hughes, from South Wales, was the zoo's first superintendent. He served as the superintendent from the year 1892 to 1924. Hughes, Sir Mirza Ismail, and G.H. Krumbiegel worked towards refashioning the zoo and updating it with modern, natural enclosures. It now includes a bandstand and an artificial lake. It was given to the Department of Parks and Gardens of the Mysore State Government in 1948. The zoo was expanded first with another 50 acres (20 ha), and then another 150 acres (61 ha) with the acquisition of the Karanji Tank (Karanji reservoir / Karnaji Kere), in which an artificial island has been created as a sanctuary for birds. Now it is used as butterfly park.

The zoo was handed over to the Forest Department in the year 1972, and was entrusted to Zoo Authority of Karnataka (the first autonomous organization in India to manage a zoo) in 1979.

The zoo had completed 100 years in 1992. The centenary celebrations were held in 1990 and 91. During the centenary celebrations various developmental activities were initiated such as renovation and modification of the entrance gate, hospital building, Walk Through Reptiles, etc. The bust of Sri Chamarajendra Wadiyar, founder of Mysore Zoo, was unveiled. The logo of the zoo, centenary souvenir, publication of literature and leaflets, conducting various competitions, preparation of a documentary film were other highlights.

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