Nordens Ark is a 383-hectare wildlife park on the old Åby Manor estate, conceived not as a zoo for entertainment but as a breeding centre for endangered Nordic and Eurasian species. You walk gravel paths through forest and meadow enclosures that hold wolves, wolverines, lynx, brown bears, snow leopards, Persian leopards, and a sometimes-glimpsed Pallas's cat — the animals have enough space that sightings are not guaranteed, which is the point.
Allow at least three hours; many visitors come for the day. There is a restaurant by the entrance, and a small visitor centre explaining the breeding work. From Lysekil drive 30 km north on Route 162 toward Hunnebostrand. Open daily year-round but with shorter winter hours; check before visiting in January-February.