Crocodile Zoo, Eskilstrup

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The Crocodile Zoo is a zoo on the Danish island of Falster. It is located just to the southwest of Gundslevmagle, northeast of Eskilstrup, towards the northern centre of the island. Established in 2000, the zoo has the world's largest collection of crocodilians with all 23 existing species. This includes the only Orinoco crocodiles outside the Americas, which are part of a breeding program involving US zoos and the Venezuelan government. Their male Nile crocodile Sobek, at more than 5 m long and 600 kg in weight, is the largest crocodilian in Europe, and Medusa, a 6.3 m reticulated python, is among the largest snakes in Europe. ()

Local name: Krokodille ZooOpened: June 2000 (24 years ago)Elevation: 39 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°51'49"N, 11°54'33"E

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Ovstrupvej 9Eskilstrup 4863 Denmark

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+45 54 45 42 42

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Nearby attractions include: Torkilstrup Church, Eskilstrup Church, Torkilstrup Windmill, Danmarks Traktormuseum.

1 miNE
Romanesque architecture, Church
Torkilstrup Church, Falster
26 min walk • Torkilstrup Church is located in the village of Torkilstrup some 7 km southeast of Nørre Alslev, on the Danish island of Falster. It is built of hewn fieldstone rather than brick, indicating it is one of the oldest churches on the island from before 1160.
1.2 miW
Romanesque architecture, Church
Eskilstrup Church, Falster
30 min walk • Eskilstrup Church is a church in Eskilstrup, Denmark. The church dates from the 12th century and was built in the Romanesque style. In accordance with a local tradition, it is painted red. It is best known for its frescos, said to be Denmark's oldest.
0.9 miNE
Architecture, Windmill
Torkilstrup Windmill, Eskilstrup
23 min walk • Torkilstrup Windmill is a post mill south of the village of Torkilstrup on the Danish island of Falster. Dating from 1743, it is one of the country's few post mills which still stand on their original site.
1 miW
Specialty museum, Museum
Danmarks Traktormuseum, Eskilstrup
25 min walk • Danmarks Traktormuseum is located in Eskilstrup on the Danish island of Falster. The tractor and motor museum is housed in a brick warehouse dating from 1918.
1 miNE
Village
Torkilstrup, Falster
26 min walk • Torkilstrup, also Torkildstrup, is a little village some 7 kilometres southeast of Nørre Alslev on the Danish island of Falster. It is best known for Torkilstrup Church, one of the island's oldest churches, built before 1160.