Top 15 Best Zoos in the game Planet Zoo is a hard feat to manage. People make incredible zoos all the time without wanting recognition. This is a countdown list of the most beautiful zoos posted on Youtube with the content creators being listed as the creators of the zoos themselves, not the videos. 

With that in mind, be sure to leave a like on any videos watched even for just a second. The content creators did a wonderful job in showing off these amazing zoos. Please give them some positive feedback in the comments as well. 

Well let’s get down to it then! These are the top fifteen best zoos for Planet Zoo posted on Youtube. Most of these zoos are on the Steam workshop, so be sure to check them out too! The links will be in the descriptions of the videos. 

15. Moon Zoo By Let’s Game It Out

Moon Zoo By Let's Game It Out Video.

Number fifteen on this list is more of an honorable mention. Based on the sheer amount of time this zoo took to create and the amazing idea of it. 

This zoo took so much time and effort. The creator had to use tiny panels to black out the sky. That had to take a very long time. The moon base may look simple, but is actually pretty complicated to make because circles in this game are annoying. The content creator did an amazing job with this zoo. 

What’s Great About this Moon Zoo:

• The idea of it. The idea to make a moon zoo and how they got there in the video is so smart. They do a great job of explaining everything
• The Time it took. This zoo may look simple, but it took a long time to make. Placing each panel and making the complicated moon base took lots of time to do. 
• The story behind it. The video does a great job in making a history of why the base got built. It’s just fascinating and funny to watch. 

This is a great zoo to see with lots of small details. Check out the video to see this Moon Zoo in action!

14. Die Aarde Se Rand By BestInSlot

Die Aarde Se Rand By BestInShot

This zoo is a beauty like all the zoos on this list. This one is number fourteen because it is not quite finished and was abandoned. But the creator does a great job in explaining why and ends the build lovingly. 

The Die Aarde Se Rand zoo looks like a gorgeous African themed zoo. There’s lots of beautiful African themed buildings and African animals in the zoo. The plants go very well with the surroundings. Buildings are designed functional along with habitats. 

A truly beautiful zoo. This would be a great zoo to see finished.

What’s Great About The Die Aarde Se Rand Zoo:

• African Theme Done Right. This is a beautiful African themed zoo with lots of accurate animals for the zoo surroundings. It uses many African buildings and plants too.
• Great Amount of Detail. There’s lots of details in this zoo. From the habitats rocks and plants to the surrounding buildings. There’s lots of details in even the unfinished parts.
• Big and Beautiful. This is a big zoo with lots of details. Big zoos are hard to add detail due to size, but the zoo does a great job in showing lots of details throughout the whole zoo. 

13. Princess Castle Zoo By Ukakakaa

Disney meets Planet Zoo Tour Video

 This Princess Castle Zoo is simply amazing. There’s so much detail in this whole palace. It’s a Disney themed princess castle without the trademarks.  It’s small but has big detail. 

This zoo looks absolutely gorgeous. While it’s not a traditional zoo in the sense of habitat placements. It makes up for it in the sheer amount of details and beauty. It is truly a princess castle with large garden guests can walk through. It’s got a banquet hall with lots of detail even in the ceiling!

What’s Great About This Princess Castle Zoo:

• Sheer Amount a Details. There’s so much detail in this zoo. The dining room has accents all throughout it that makes it look like a royal palace. The castle itself is straight out of a fairy tale
• True to the theme. This zoo is very royal. It shows lots of details for the royalty theme like an art gallery and royal garden
• Guest paths everywhere! Guests can go pretty much anywhere! It’s nice to see a zoo where guests can walk though almost the whole zoo. 
• Night Time Beauty. This zoo looks absolutely gorgeous at night time. There’s so many beautiful lights around that the castle looks like a dream

12. Royal Ivy Zoo By DunkmasterAGF

Royal Ivy Zoo Tour

This zoo goes into great detail in the rock work. It’s truly amazing and the content creator is super talented. The whole zoo is just rich with details in both paths and habitats. 

Lots of rock work is used in this zoo. And it’s truly amazing and detailed. Even the smallest rock on the ground adds to the habitat's overall look. This zoo is a hyper realistic zoo no matter where you look in it. Even the trees and plants are proper for the look of this zoo. 

What’s Great About The Royal Ivy Zoo:

• Amount of Details is high. There’s so much detail in this zoo. The creator did such an amazing job with just placing paths even. Anyone who plays this game regularly knows how daunting path placement can be.
• Rocks Everywhere! This zoo features gorgeous rock work. In all the habitats and even outside of them, there’s rocks everywhere! The color of the rocks even changes due to the colors around them. Truly so much details
• Amount of Effort. This zoo had to have taken many many hours. There's no doubt about that. The Royal Ivy Zoo was made lovingly, you can tell in all the details.

11. The Wetlands Florida Zoo By ZSHplays

The Wetlands Florida Zoo

The Wetlands Florida Zoo does a great job in being realistic. It's really amazing how realistic it is. It fits the theme of the zoo in great detail. 

This zoo is all about the wetlands of Florida, USA. Lots of water and flatlands everywhere. The plants alone give details to this plant-heavy zoo. There are lots of trees around the whole zoo that make lots of sense. Even the small exhibits add rocks and plants around them. 

This is truly an amazing wetlands zoo with very realistic aviaries and plant placement. 

What’s Great About The Wetlands Florida Zoo:

• Realistic Details. Even the plants are correct for the surrounding habitats and scenery. The buildings add lots of details to the zoo that are on theme. 
• Beautiful Creations. This zoo uses lots of unique buildings and sculptures throughout the whole zoo
• Different Paths. This zoo does a great job in giving appropriate paths to sections of the zoo. They use pebbles and all different types of paths that make perfect sense for the placements.

10. Sicily Zoo By Rudi Rennkamel

Sicily Zoo Tour

This is a unique zoo. It goes into great detail about Sicily architecture and themes for the zoo. There is great detail in even the exhibit surroundings. 

Sicily is a beautiful zoo with great detail for the theme. The buildings are all made to look super realistic, even the vendor areas! There’s even a vineyard space in this zoo that looks truly amazing. There’s so much cultural detail in this zoo. 

What’s Great About The Sicily Zoo: 

• So much detail! This Sicily Zoo adds lots of cultural details. From the vineyards to the colosseum. There’s lots of great Italien details in this themed zoo
• Rock work is amazing in this zoo. There’s a whole river complete with rapids. How cool is that? The answer is very. 
• The background. Even the backgrounds for this zoo are in detail and add an element of realistic details.

9. Hurraki Park By wknd

Hurraki Zoo Tour

So much detail. This article talks a lot about details and this zoo is no different. There is so much realistic detail in this zoo, it is amazing. 

 This might be one of the most realistic zoos ever seen. The only reason it’s not further up in this list, is because the others are amazing too. The amount of detail in this zoo is incredible. There’s also so many unique things about this zoo. 

There’s so much detail in the signs even. 

What’s Great About the Hurraki Park Zoo:

• Beautiful Buildings. The buildings here are just gorgeous and so well made. Truly masterpieces.
• Gorgeous Landscapes. The landscaping in this zoo is out of this world. It’s lush and blends in perfectly with the habitats.
• Amount of Detail. Like there’s even water in the sinks. There’s that much detail in this zoo. 
• Signs. The signs alone give this zoo an edge. There’s so much detail in the signs that they have to be mentioned. They even have accents. 
• The Big Tree. There’s a tree in this zoo that is just amazingly done. There’s so much detail to it with added plants on it even. 

8. Orewell Zoo By Wyatt-Andrews-Workshop

Orewell Zoo Tour

This zoo adds lots of realistic details for a trail themed zoo. There’s lots of greenery and aviaries. There’s lots of water work along with rock work. It’s truly an amazing zoo. 

There’s so much detail in this zoo. The climbing frames are natural and done by a person named Squatch, which the content creator gives credit to. Detailed work in the cagings used for habitats. Just a great, green, detailed zoo.

What’s Great About The Orewell Zoo:

• Amount of Detail. There’s so many incredible details in this zoo. There’ lots of trails all around the zoo. The buildings are so pretty
• Uniquely made. There’s so many unique items the content creator made and thought of for this zoo. They used lots of unique materials for amazing buildings
• Habitats are so well done The habitats are so well made and look great for the animals they are meant for. Plants and rocks make perfect sense placement wise.

7. XIANG CITY ZOO by MisakiCZE

Xiang City Zoo Tour

Unique, beautiful Asian themed zoo. There’s so much beauty in this zoo. They use trees everywhere in this zoo. It’s a very nature driven zoo that is very well made.

This Asian themed zoo adds lots of greenery that is also used as habitat climbing frames. It’s so well done. The creator is so smart with everything made. There’s lots of plants in the water that look absolutely gorgeous. 

    This creator did a great job with everything for this zoo. It is a must check out zoo for any Asian themed zoos. 

What’s Great About the Xiang City Zoo:

• So much Detail. All habitats have appropriate plants and rocks for animals. The Rock work is also great. The building, even just shelters, give so much details.
• Greenery. There’s so much theme specific greenery work in this zoo. It’s truly amazing to see. 
• All the Animals are Asian Specific. The animals are all appropriate for the theme of the zoo. The amount of detail for that is just amazing. 

6. Banff Wildlife Sanctuary By Pukkun Cheekin

Banff Wildlife Sanctuary Tour

This zoo has such great detail. It’s based on an actual real life animal sanctuary and is also named after it. There’s so much greenery and water work, it’s truly an amazing zoo. 

Water is not as easy as it sounds. But this zoo does a great job in making it seem natural. It’s just a beautiful zoo in all aspects. It’s mostly about the scenery and animals with little buildings shown. 

What’s Great About The Banff Wildlife Sanctuary Zoo:

• Greenery. There’s so much beautiful greenery in this zoo. It’s the primary focus. The creator did such an amazing job with it. Just in great detail. 
• The Terraforming. Making a zoo look realistic is hard. This zoo goes into so much detail that it is mostly all terraformed. Meaning there’s hills and trails everywhere. 
• Beautiful. Everything about this zoo is simply beautiful. There’s so much detail in the beautiful greenery and rock work. The animal habitats alone add so much beauty. 

5. Naturoscope By JustGoron

Naturoscope Zoo Tour

This zoo has a great mix of buildings and plants. There’s so much detail in both aspects. It’s really amazing. 

Amazing buildings are a definite highlight for this zoo. The amount of details in the buildings alone make it amazing. They are uniquely made. The habitats also are equally amazing in detail. Everything is also hyper realistic. 

What’s Great About The Naturoscope Zoo:

• Building Details. The buildings are just amazingly detailed and make perfect sense. Even the window placements are prefect
• Habitats are amazing. The habitats are so well done. All the animals can use the rock work around them. That really adds to the realistic feel of the zoo.
• Preview mentality. This creator is great for giving like preview in almost every aspect. For example, when looking at the sea lions, you can see a reindeer in the background. It’s just  a really nice detail

4. Green Mountain Zoo by Red Mender

Green Mountain Zoo Tour

This is a highly detailed zoo. It’s been said a lot in these zoos. But this one is just amazing. Like almost speechless, amazing. 

This zoo is just pure detail. The signs, buildings, and habitats alone add lots to this. There’s even an underground water area that is so uniquely made. When you think you’ve seen this whole zoo, you haven’t. There’s always something amazingly surprising there.

What’s Great About The Green mountain Zoo:

• So Much Detail. Enough said. There's just details packed on top of details at this zoo. It’s really just incredible.
• The use of rides. The rides are perfectly thought out and go through the zoo with smoothness. Unique things can be seen when using the rides
• Everything. This whole zoo is just amazing. The amount of detail, the habitats, the buildings, the rides, the signs, the paths. Just everything. 

3. The Cloud Recesses By Rohana Ardais

The Cloud Recesses Zoo Tour

This zoo is number three on our list. It’s truly a deserving three. This is a zoo based on a light novel and anime. To find out which, you’ll have to watch the video. 

This zoo is truly amazingly detailed. It’s mostly built on water. Which is annoying to do. There’s so much detail there’s even sheets hung up on strings. The flowers made for this zoo are so well made. There’s even food stands with mini food on them! 

What’s Great About The Cloud Recesses Zoo: 

• Details Galore. The amount of details in this zoo is incredible. There’s so much! The bridges alone are just incredible. The greenery makes sense. And it’s built on water, which is a very hard feat to achieve.
• The background details. Even stuff that isn’t seen really is detailed and beautiful
• Based on a light novel. The fact that this is based on a light novel that likely doesn't give that much detail is just awesome. 

2. Zoolymp design by Syrrael

Zoolymp Tour

This zoo is number two on our list! The reason Zoolymp is here is because of the sheer amount of detail in it. And it’s all made from the base game! No DLCs are in this zoo. 

Big habitats make for lots of details and amazing paths. The buildings for the zoo are all in great detail and huge. This zoo has just so many great things about it, it’s hard to choose one to talk about. 

The water fountains in this zoo are beautiful. Along with the greenery. Everything is just amazingly built. 

What’s Great About The Zoolymp Zoo:

• Details, Details, Details. It’s been said once and it’ll be said again. There’s just so many details about this zoo. From the giant buildings to the smallest rocks. It’s all done incredibly well.
• Sheer size. This is a gigantic zoo. There’s so many big buildings and big habitats. It’s really cool to look at all the small details that go with the big things.
• Rides. The rides for this zoo are so well done. It goes through most of the water area, letting people see all the habitat details done.

1. Zodiac Zoo By Zenurix

Zodiac Zoo Tour

Number one on our list! Here we go! As always the first thing to start with is the details comment. This zoo is by far the most detailed zoo. Not to mention the absolute beauty that is this zoo. 

Details upon details upon details. That’s all there is in this magical zoo. Zodiac animals are everywhere in this zoo. Along with lots of gorgeous lighting. The buildings are so detailed. There’s so many layers to this zoo, it’s truly incredible. There are not enough words to describe how beautiful this zoo is. 

What’s Great About The Zodiac Zoo:

• Floating Islands. There are seriously fleeting islands with a star backdrop. They truly look like they are floating.
• Lighting. Incredible lighting all throughout the zoo. 
• Buildings. Details on the buildings and paths are amazingly well done. 
• Helpful information. There's helpful information about the Zodiac signs. 
• Everything. There’s nothing about this zoo that isn’t amazing. It’s a highly detailed zoo. 

That’s our list. Be sure to check out all the videos. The content creators and the zoo creators went to a lot of work to get those amazing videos out. Be sure to drop a like and comment on how truly incredible the zoos are.

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