Located in the heart of the city at the base of Parvati Hill, this zoo exhibited animals in traditional cages.

Other mammals at the zoo include leopard, sloth bears, sambhars, barking deer, blackbucks, monkeys, and elephants.

Information about the snakes is provided in Braille, as well as more conventional formats, and the park includes a library.

[7] Slightly outside the city proper, the park is located along the NH-48 on the banks of the Peshwa era Katraj lake, and close to Bharati Vidyapeeth University.

The park is 8 km (5.0 miles) from the main city of Pune, close to the Katraj Bus Depot.