Ramat Gan Safari
The Zoological Center Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel, is the largest collection of wildlife in human care in the Middle East.
The Zoological Center Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel, is the largest collection of wildlife in human care in the Middle East. The 250-acre site consists of both a drive-through African safari area and a modern outdoor zoo. The African animal park opened to the general public in 1974. In 1981, the zoo was established in the middle of the park to replace the Tel Aviv Zoo, which had closed down.
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Worth seeing in and around Ramat Gan Safari
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution.
3 km · Israeli research university in Ramat Gan, Israel · Wikipedia - 02Menora Mivtachim Arena
Yad Eliyahu Arena, known as the Menora Mivtachim Arena and formerly as the Nokia Arena for commercial reasons, is a large multi-purpose sports indoor arena located in southeastern Tel Aviv, Israel. It primarily hosts tennis matches, basketball games, and concerts.
3.6 km · multi-purpose sports indoor arena in Tel Aviv · Wikipedia - 03Givatayim Observatory
The Givatayim Observatory is a public observatory that was founded in 1968 by the Israeli Astronomical Association and the Givatayim municipality.
2.9 km · observatory · Wikipedia - 04Winter Stadium
Winter Stadium is a stadium in Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan.
900 m · football stadium in Ramat Gan · Wikipedia - 05Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery
Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery is a Jewish municipal burial ground in the Tel Aviv District city of Givatayim, Israel, east of the Nahalat Yitzhak neighborhood of Tel Aviv. Founded in 1932, it includes more than 30,000 graves, including those of Israeli political and cultural figures, and Rebbes of several Hasidic dynasties.
3.7 km · Jewish municipal burial ground in the Tel Aviv District · Wikipedia - 06Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
The Begin–Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an Israeli right-leaning think tank affiliated with Bar-Ilan University and supported by the NATO Mediterranean Initiative, conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and regional peace and stability. The center's mission is to contribute to promoting peace and security in the Middle East, through policy-oriented researches on national security in the Middle East.
3 km · Israeli think tank affiliated with Israel's Bar Ilan University · Wikipedia - 07Ono Academic College
Ono Academic College is a private college located in Kiryat Ono, Israel with over 18,000 students.
3.5 km · Private college in Kiryat Ono, Israel · Wikipedia - 08HaAliya HaShniya Garden
HaAliya HaShniya garden is an urban park in Israel, located on the Kozlovsky Hill in Givatayim. Its summit overlooks the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area.
2.9 km · park in Israel · Wikipedia - 09Ramat Gan National Park
Ramat Gan National Park is a large urban park in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. It is not actually a national park.
500 m · large urban park in Tel Aviv District, Israel · Wikipedia - 10Spiral House
The Spiral House is an apartment complex in Ramat Gan, Israel, designed by the architect Zvi Hecker. The complex has a form of an upward spiral; it was built by Jaakov Hai and designed by the architect Zvi Hecker in collaboration with Gil Bernstein, Shmuel Groberman, and Rina Hering.
3.7 km · house in Ramat Gan, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ramat Gan Safari
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 7 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 110 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 116 km
- Stations
- Tel Aviv – HaHagana railway station, 3.9 km
- Eilat → Ramat Gan Safari277 km · quickest by road, 5h 54m · ₪110–150
- Amman → Ramat Gan Safari107 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · JD6–8
- El Arish → Ramat Gan Safari141 km · quickest by road, 4h 47m · E£360–475
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- Get inThere are no ferries or cruises to Tel Aviv, but you can bring your own boat into the marina.
- Get aroundAs of November 2019 the City Hall of Tel Aviv and adjacent cities (Ramat haSharon, Giv'atayim and Kiryat Ono) have started a joint pilot of (at first free) 19-seat minibuses running on Shabbat.
- Get aroundThe "sherut" ("sheh-ROOT") or "service taxi" is a 6-12 seat van-sized minibus which runs on fixed routes, parallel to some bus routes.
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Next door to Ramat Gan Safari
Ramat Gan Safari is 6 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.