Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio) in Belgium


Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio)
Photo © Thijs Witters
Photo © Thijs Witters
Local name Pairi Daiza
Typezoo
OwnerPairi Daiza Belgium SA
Size65-hectare (160-acre)
Total nrs4
First elephant arrived2009
Opened for public1993
Number of animals4
Address Domaine de Cambron
Zip-code B-7940
Place Brugelette
Province Hainaut
Country Belgium
Website Website
Directors
Key People
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Head keepers
of elephants		Rob Conachie
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Description

Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio), located at Domaine de Cambron, in Brugelette, Belgium , opened for public in 1993 and the first elephant arrived in 2009.

Living elephants

At the Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio) lives 23 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Amithi born 2012-12-24
  2. ♀ Aye Chan May (Aye Shan May) born 1995-08-13
  3. ♂ Chamundi (Magnum) born 1992-05-25
  4. ♀ Farina born 2003-03-20
  5. ♀ Gitana
  6. ♀ Jana born 1976-00-00
  7. ♀ Khaing Hnin Hnin born 1982-09-13
  8. ♀ Luna born 2019-06-08
  9. ♀ Mala born 1964-00-00
  10. ♀ Malee born 2019-02-26
  11. ♀ Maly (Malay) born 2013-03-13
  12. ♀ Nang Faa born 2015-05-20
  13. ♂ Po Chin born 2000-07-18
  14. ♀ Praya (Preya) born 1976-00-00
  15. ♂ Ravi born 2017-05-05
  16. ♀ Saphira born 2010-05-07
  17. ♀ Sayang born 1995
  18. ♂ Sayun born 2020-12-18
  19. ♀ Sitara born 2013-10-27
  20. ♀ Soraya born 2010-12-09
  21. ♀ Suzy (Susy) born 1988
  22. ♂ Ta Wan born 2017-09-19
  23. ♂ Thambi born 2016-12-22

Comments / pictures1993: The zoo was opened in 1993 as a bird garden named Paradisio.

2009: The zoo opened the 4-hectare (9.9-acre) "Kingdom of Ganesha," an Indonesian themed garden.[8][9] It also changed its name to Pairi Daiza, which means "walled garden" or "orchard protected by walls", the oldest name for paradise.

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Photo © Thijs Witters

References for records about Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2021). Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1103. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio) on elephant-news.com

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