Dusit Zoo was originally built by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) as his private garden adjacent to the royal palace.

In 1938, the constitutional government asked King Rama VIII's regency council to give the park to the Bangkok City Municipality to be opened as a public zoo.

[3] In August 2018, the Zoological Park Organization announced that the zoo would close and relocate to a new site in Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani Province.

[5] Dusit Zoo was located in the heart of Bangkok, with over 1600 species of domestic and international animals, including: Dusit Zoo was home to a variety of animals, ranging from the American alligators, Humboldt penguins, red pandas, and hippopotamus, to the Thai brow-antlered deers, Asian elephants, Red-shanked doucs, and Malayan tapirs.

Play Land offered rides and amusement facilities to entertain children throughout the day, while boat peddling and the sightseeing train provided different modes of exploration.