A ferry and water buses take visitors to the island of Korkeasaari, where the Zoo is located, during summertime from the Market Square.

[2] Korkeasaari Zoo holds fundraisings for many conservation projects, such as the Night of Cats for the Amur leopards and Amur tigers, and Lux Korkeasaari for snow leopards.

[3] The zoo operates a Wildlife Hospital for injured and orphaned wild animals.

[4] There are about 150 animal species in Korkeasaari Zoo, including mainly European or Asian species such as the Amur tiger, snow leopard, Przewalski's horse, Barbary macaque, snowy owl, bearded vulture and European otter.

The collection has been selected so that outdoor animals can comfortably live in the climate of Finland: this means that many charismatic megafauna are absent.