# Mitchell Park Zoo in Durban — Citylit

A small zoo and shaded gardens with family walking paths in Morningside.

Canonical page: https://citylit.vercel.app/durban/parks-zoos/mitchell-park-zoo

Source check dates describe our catalog research, not live confirmation by the venue. Opening hours, prices and accessibility can change. Unknown facts are not confirmed unavailable. City-reference coordinates and city photographs must not be treated as venue locations or venue photos.

## Mitchell Park Zoo

A small zoo and shaded gardens with family walking paths in Morningside.

- City: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Category: Parks & zoos
- Address: 10 Ferndale Road, Morningside
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/durban/parks-zoos/mitchell-park-zoo
- Official website: https://www.durban.gov.za/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Park_Zoo
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 31.0122378, latitude -29.8252861 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/545253888

Mitchell Park Zoo is also known as Mitchell Park or Mitchell's Park. Situated in the Morningside suburb of Durban, South Africa, it is the only zoo in Durban.
The zoo was established as an Ostrich farm in 1910, but was unprofitable and started adding other animals. At one time it was home to many large animals, the most notable of which was an Indian Elephant named Nellie.

About source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Park_Zoo; checked 2026-10-12; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: outdoor (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: https://www.durban.gov.za/
- durationMinutes: 60 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

### Sources
- KwaMuhle Museum: https://www.durban.gov.za/; fetched 2026-10-08; unavailable
- Mitchell Park Zoo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Park_Zoo; fetched 2026-10-07; retrieved during research

### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/c4266986faf9.jpg — Durban from the Balcony. CITY ATMOSPHERE, NOT A VENUE PHOTOGRAPH. Author: Dennis Sylvester Hurd; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durban_from_the_Balcony_(Dennis_Sylvester_Hurd)_1.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/28fa0f8b644d.jpg — Burman Bush Nature Reserve (above) & Mitchell Park Zoo (below) in Morningside, Durban, eThekwini. CITY ATMOSPHERE, NOT A VENUE PHOTOGRAPH. Author: Planet Labs, Inc.; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durban,_South_Africa_by_Planet_Labs,_Burman_Bush_%26_Mitchell_Park_Zoo.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/54c0c8c0edda.jpg — African gray parrot on display at the Mitchell Park Zoo, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.. CITY ATMOSPHERE, NOT A VENUE PHOTOGRAPH. Author: AlDuncan06; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gray_Parrot,_Mitchell_Park_Zoo,_Durban,_July_2013.jpg

## Further reading
[How Citylit researches its guides](https://citylit.vercel.app/about) · [Privacy and data](https://citylit.vercel.app/privacy)

Original descriptions are Citylit editorial content. Wikipedia excerpts and photographs retain their separately linked licenses. No blanket license covers all third-party material.