Five years in the making, the final habitat in Auckland Zoo's Southeast Asia jungle track, the Indonesian swamp forest, has finally opened.
The enclosed forest is a balmy 28 degrees, to give visitors the feeling they're walking into the heat and humidity of the tropics.
The real draw-card are two female Sunda Gharial crocodiles, but there are 14 fish species and 100 species of plants too.
At $62 million, it's the most ambitious project in the zoo's history.
Watch the Seven Sharp video above as they take a tour of the new facility bound to wow visitors.
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