Historic place. Must visit. Please take care of transportation. Going back is painful if you dont have vehicle. We walked like more than a km. One of the best preserved Heritage places in Maharashtra as well as India.

Nice collection of antiques including animal carcasses, weapons, old uniforms, furniture.The ticket counter is in the cafe.Wont hurt to show a arrow atleast to where the tickets are sold.

This place is gift to Kolhapurkars from Chhatrapati shahu maharaj...as it is very best place to get known to the history of our Kolhapur n shri shahu Maharaj..n his royal lifestyle n his friendly ness Nature...also u can see the animals been hunted by him..!!!This place is really a enjoyable place with elders n kids!!!

Amazing place.. Must visit.. Before 5:30pm. All days open.

Nice place to visit round the year. Kids love the Tanga ride . Lot of deer n peacocks in the zoo

One of the best attractions of kolhapur city ❤️

Good place.One lonely emu, plenty of deers, geese and peacocks

Very nice place to visit

Very nice place ..once you should visit

This zoo is near by to new palace museum. There are dears, peacock in this zoo.

Very nice place

Superrrrrrrr,........ Zoo was very beautiful I like very much.

Nice place to visit, olden memories are good to see

Nice place just beside the new palace. There are deers, peacocks, emus, storks , swans all in one open space co-existing with each other. I have never seen anything like it.

A historic and worth visiting Shahji/ Sahuji palace which takes you through the royal days and gives you an insight of the life and valor of the kolhapur dynasty.The palace cum museum houses various huge rooms, the art is great , the photos are classic. The central hall / diwankhana is amazing.Also visit the near by small zoo , wher you can see dears and some other animals.

Good for family tour

Zoo has lots of different animal, there are lots of deer and emu and duck. Earlier the fence was not properly and we were able to feed the animals but now they have made new fencing and also standing place to watch animals from a higher height. Please dont carry any food to give to animals because they have guards now a days. They are varieties of different birds and you can see many more in the migration duration period. People visit in the morning time because there peacocks are loitering on road.

Kolhapur Shahu palace is a place where people can find the roots of royal family of kolhapur. It has a historic treasurer, hope it will be maintained more properly in future, as lot of dust was on surface.

Great

Opens at 9:00amCloses at 6:00pm

Very enthusiastic place where lifestyle of chatrapati shahu maharaj is shown.

Its a good Historical place and asmall zoo

Awesome construction and powerful goddess and nice food.

Great zoo too many animals survive here

Museum is best... But zoo is not so good...

This place is perfect for one day picnic with family because kids will enjoy this place very much and also you can experience the clam and peace and experience the beauty of nature the power of natureGreenery of nature make you feel glad and it is very good for photos for the photoshoot it is perfect so go and enjoy it 😊

It is most beautiful palace and interior design is the best,and all furnartued in palace...And garden in palace....

Good, exhibits are really excellent, the collection of historic weapons is very good

Few animals are their but museum is very good

A wonderful place to visit in Kolhapur.

Amazing place.. Must visit..Historical place

Very nice place in Kolhapur. Quiet , clean and well maintained.

You can spot animals easily and are beautiful

Its just a start up, but for the future it will be good organised and expectating more animals and birds in future

The best place to visit

Best place to visit at the end of week

Nice..great experience

Its too good.Very enjoyable place for kids.We can see here ostrich,beautiful peacocks,dove,many dears,etc

Shahu Palaces is open till 5.30 pm, it was Good Historic Place with Lake and there are some Different types of Bird, Dear, Shahamurga,etc..There are Fair is 35 for Adults and children for 20 Rs. In front of Gate you have to take and then go to Visit Palace

Take care animal health and give healthy meal

New palace is a best destination for tourist

Nice place to visit with your family and friends.

Small zoo but lots of deers and birds to be seen. Do check out the big pool it has! Youre sure to witness a lot of birds there :)

Must visit a place where history reveals its glorious past

Close to nature..Must visit once this place.There are some deers , ducks,

No wordsThis is my childhood memoriesThe place is where I born new palace shikarkhana chal

Its Nice And Historical Place

Nice

Best of the best in kolhapur. Wonderful nature, calm and cool evergreen environment.Rechargeful nature to regain your confidence.Here is various type of birds,deers,peacock etc. Are available to see.For childrens it is best place for weekend.Historical collection is nice and the infrastructure of the palace is like come to see.

Waste of time. All you can do is stand on a raised platform near the boundary wall and hope to see some animals amble by.

A good museum to see things of maharajah

A nice place to enjoy. 10-12 Peacocks, Ostrich, Emu, Deers, Monkeys, Grey Hornbill,Ducks,Parrots, Migrational Birds and a big lake.It is awesome. Best time is to watch the peacock dance in rainy season.😘Must visit once this place.

Good neat place looking like foreign

Very nice place having showcase of real weapons used at time of Chatrapati shahu maharaj. Actual clothes used by maharaj are also in gallery. Nice surroundings and calm place. One should not miss to visit while visiting Kolhapur.

The best place for historic lovers

Only 3-4 animals in the zoo but you enjoy feeding them.

There are some deers , ducks, and some more unknown birds....Nice place

Great place visit

Nice short outing and nice small zoo for childrens

Really a calm place outside the city buzz

Not an actual zoo but a demarcated area within kolhapur palace,saw few birds,deers, peacock

Beautiful animals and natures blessed palace

Nice place for visit.

Very good nature point😊😊

Small but very nice.... Historical place

Its not zoo. You will get to see deers only.

Nice place for 1 day picnic

Nice and interesting things to see

Good place to visit

Decent, close to nature & relaxing place it is..

Must visit, if you are go kolhapur

Beautiful place to visit

The zoo is adjoined to the New palace. Mostly theres a lake, peacocks roaming and deers enclosed along with rabbits.

Scriptural recordsEditKolhapur is mentioned in the Devi Gita, the final and key chapter of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana, a special text of Shaktism. Kolhapur is noted as a place of Kollamma worship. In the text, Devi says,O King of Mountains! Still I am now telling something out of My affection to My Bhaktas. Hear. There is a great place of pilgrimage named Kollapura in the southern country. Here the Devi Ambabai always dwells.[5]The famous Jyotiba temple is also located in the Kolhapur.Kolhapur is famous of west Maharashtra.Medieval eraEditThe Shilahara family at Kolhapur was the latest of the three and was founded about the time of the downfall of the Rashtrakuta Empire. They ruled over southern Maharashtra; the modern districts of Satara, Kolhapur and Belgaon. Their family deity was the goddess Ambabai, whose blessing they claimed to have secured in their copperplate grants (Mahalakshmi-labdha-vara-prasada). Like their relatives of the northern branch of Konkan, the Shilaharas of Kolhapur claimed to be of the lineage of the Vidyadhara Jimutavahana. They carried the banner of golden Garuda. One of the many titles used by the Shilaharas was Tagarapuravaradhisvara, supreme sovereign ruler of Tagara.[3]The first capital of the Shilaharas was probably at Karad during the reign of Jatiga-II as known from their copper plate grant of Miraj and Vikramankadevacharita of Bilhana.[4] Hence sometimes they are referred as Shilaharas of Karad. Later on although the capital was shifted to Kolhapur, some of their grants mention Valavada, and the hill fort of Pranalaka or Padmanala, (Panhala) as the places of royal residence. Even though the capital was shifted to Kolhapur, Karhad retained its significance during the Shilahara period. This branch rose to power the latter part of the Rashtrakuta rule and so, unlike the kings of the other two branches, those of this branch do not mention the genealogy of the Rashtrakutas even in their early grants. Later on they acknowledged the suzerainty of the later Chalukya for some time. They had used Kannada as the official language as can seen from their inscriptions. This branch continued to hold the Southern Maharashtra from circa 940 to 1220.From 940 to 1212 CE, Kolhapur was the centre of power of the Shilaharadynasty.[6] An inscription at Teradal states that the king Gonka (1020 - 1050 CE) was bitten by a snake then healed by a Jain monk. Gonka then built a temple to Lord Neminath, the twenty-second Jain tirthankara (enlightened being). Jain temples in and around Kolhapur from this era are called Gonka-Jinalya, after the king.Around 1055 CE, during the reign of Bhoja I, (Shilahara dynasty), a dynamic Acharya (spiritual guide) named Maghanandi (Kolapuriya), founded a religious institute at the Rupanarayana Jain temple (basadi). Maghanandi is also known as Siddhanta-chakravarti, that is, the great master of the scriptures. Kings and nobles of the Shilahara dynasty such as Gandaraditya I who succeeded Bhoja I, were disciples of Maghanandi.Kolhapur was the site of intense confrontation between rulers of the Western Chalukya Empire and the rulers of the Chola empire, Rajadhiraja Chola and his younger brother Rajendra Chola II. In 1052 CE, following the Battle of Koppam, the victor, Rajendra Chola II, marched on to Kolhapur and there he erected a jayastambha (victory pillar).[7]Between 1109 and 1178 CE, the Kopeshwar temple to Lord Shiva was built by the Shilahara kings, Gandaraditya Chola, Vijayaditya and Bhoja II in Kolhapur.[citation needed]Kolhapur StateEditMain article: Kolhapur StateThe state of Kolhapur was established by Tarabai in 1707 because of the succession dispute over the Maratha kingship. The state was annexed by the British in the 19th century. After Indias independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Kolhapur acceded to the Dominion of India on 14 August 1947 and merged with Bombay State on 1 March 1949. Kolhapur is sometimes found to be spelled as Colapore[8]

Its not a zoo, there is an enclosure with birds and few deers. It is nice to watch migratory birds but its a misnomer for a zoo.

Small zoo in which Dear, Duck and Ostrich are there and small lake is there

Wonderful place to injoy......

Good

Not much animals are three now, infact I could see only deers...

Great Place...

Good

Awsome..

Going here since I was 7. It may not have too many animals and birds but its very peaceful.

Just loved the atmosphere

Awesome experience

Nice zoo

It is SHAHU PALACEAlso u can call Kolhapur zoo

Hadly 3 type of animals are there, n there is no entry in this zoo as well.

Nice time

Small but good

One of the best place

Nice place

Nothing much ....but just to go

Not Big and very limited animals to see when compared to Mysore zoo

Really need to see by every one once.

Zoo

Natural and beautiful

Ya its nice

Great for kids

There is a new palace. There are many deer.