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Hong Kong Zoological & Botanical Gardens

  • Address: Upper Albert Rd. opposite Government House; enter on Garden Rd., Central, Hong Kong, China
  • Phone: 2530-0154
  • www.lcsd.gov.hk

Fodor's Review:

The city has grown around the gardens, which opened in 1864, and though they're watched over by skyscrapers on most sides, a visit to them is still a delightful escape. Paths lined with semitropical trees, shrubs, and flowers wind through cramped zoo enclosures. Sloths, orangutans, pink flamingoes, and a depressed-looking black jaguar are among the 30 represented species. Albany Road slices the park in half: jaguars, birds, and the greenhouse are on the eastern side, the other animals are to the west. A pedestrian underpass connects the two sides. In the very early morning the elderly people practicing tai chi chuan here are inspiring.

  • Cost: Free
  • Open: Zoo: daily 6 AM-7 PM. Gardens: daily 6 AM-10 PM.
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