Cute kids create chaos at the Hongshan Forest Zoo!
🌟 Highlights:
The Hongshan Forest Zoo in Nanjing is one of the most distinctive zoos in China, known for its unique forest landscape, rich animal resources, and colorful themed activities. The zoo is a warm place, with handwritten and hand-painted animal descriptions, signs, and guideboards everywhere, and even obituaries written for animals.
📍 Address:
168 Heyan Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
🚉 Transportation tips:
North Gate (Heyan Road entrance): Exit 1 of Hongshan Zoo Station on Metro Line 1, walk 400 meters, then walk about 180m to the Panda Pavilion; Bus routes 8, 54, 64, 72, 76, 77, 575
East Gate (Hongshan Road entrance): Exit Hongshan Zoo Station on Metro Line 1, walk 1.3 kilometers, then walk 380m to the Koala Pavilion; Bus routes 24, 40, 66, 74, 203, 501
Parking: 4 yuan/hour (not recommended);
Inside the zoo
Tourist car (North Gate): Direct to the Hippo Pavilion, return trip passes by the Elephant Pavilion, Monkey Mountain, Meerkat Pavilion, etc. Weekdays one-way 15/person, round-trip 20/person; Holidays one-way 20/person
Electric cart: Clownfish cart 120/hour, regular cart 100/hour
Walking: Mostly flat paths, suitable for pushing strollers, shared strollers available for rent in the zoo.
⏳ Visiting time:
Opening hours: 8:30-18:00 (entry stops at 16:30)
Tickets🎫
Tickets 40r, student ticket 20, annual pass available
Children under 1.4 meters (including 1.4 meters) free
Seniors over 60 years old (including), active military personnel, disabled individuals, etc. with valid ID free entry
🗓 Itinerary:
Enter through the North Gate, take the tourist car straight to the Koala Pavilion → then follow the route to the Asian Primates → Hippo Pavilion → Gorilla Pavilion → Gondwana - Gaoligong - Elephant Pavilion - Tiger Pavilion → Giraffe Pavilion → Tiger Pavilion → Chinese Feline - Bear Pavilion → Tiger Wolf Pavilion → Meerkat Pavilion → Central Panda Pavilion (or visit last) Finally to the Rare Birds Garden → Hornbill Pavilion → Pheasant Garden → Tropical Bird Pavilion
Best times to see active animals:
🐨 Koalas
Around 9:00-9:30 in the morning for weighing, staff will hold them for photos, if you want to see, go early!
🐼 Giant Panda
Fed 4 times a day! Around 8:30, 12:00, 14:00, 16:30, but not fixed! You can ask the staff~ When I went, the panda was sleeping, and the staff said they will feed it when it wakes up! Waited a while and saw it eating bamboo!
🐅 Super cute Siberian Tiger
Might walk through the outdoor passage around 8:40 in the morning or 3:00 in the afternoon, you can watch the tiger up close, but the smell is hard to describe!!
🐘 Elephants
Fed irregularly in the morning and afternoon, nails trimmed periodically!
📝 Tips:
Arrive around eight or nine, fewer people, short queues!
Luggage storage: 20r per suitcase
Be mindful of sun protection, there are trees but you can still get sunburned
In Hongshan, 99% of the animals need to be looked up at, so lift your head more often
Wear comfortable clothes, preferably sports shoes
If you want to see the koala weighing, enter the park early; for panda feeding, ask the staff according to the situation
Dodo and Capybara are both in the Gondwana Pavilion
Prices inside the zoo are reasonable~ Power banks, lockers, children's carts, vending machines, and other basic facilities are well-equipped
There are many places in the park where you can get stamps, if you like, just bring a small notebook
When it's crowded, please queue up conscientiously
The price is really high, the tickets are cheap, if it is not too many people on holidays to queue up, it is highly recommended that children can go and see, the net red animals are good, because the pandas in Wuxi have returned, and finally can be seen in Nanjing again.
It's really worth a visit. There are no animal performances inside. Animals can live freely in the large yard that belongs to them, and there are some rides and some cultural and creative surroundings with a lot of commemorative meanings. I like it very much!
The second time I brought the baby, the first time I caught up with the rainy day, I got into the soup chicken. This time the weather was good, and I basically saw it all! The proportion of elephants and giraffes is particularly cooperative, and Lala is still lazy!
Every time I see a good-looking person, I think that all the beautiful people in this world must be a little like you, but they can only be like you, because your cuteness they can't learn! Hands are soft, skin is like fat, collar is like a scorpion, teeth are like a rhino, daggers are frowns, clever smiles, beautiful people are not people who understand extensive knowledge, but people who have useful knowledge. Just like you!
Super super super recommended! The Hongshan Forest Zoo covers a very large area. The entire zoo is built on a mountain. When visiting, it seems to be in the forest. You can not only watch animals, but also exercise. Animals are not as lazy as said on the Internet, most of them are very lively and cute, pandas, fox lice, giraffes, monkeys, tigers, elephants and many other small animals, highly recommended.
Animals at noon are taking a nap. I suggest you go early. Animals may be more active!
The first time I visited the zoo at night, I saw the sleeping pandas, wild boars and giraffes. The night was very spiritual. The leopard cats, parrots and porcupines were quiet. You can hear the owl and wolves. The explanation of the team teacher is vivid and interesting.
Very worth a visit, the back is too big! ! ! Play route: 1 taxi to Dongmen Gangwana District. 2 subway north gate tour bus to hippo pavilion. After that, I walked around and walked around. Animals: Very lively, I like belly, water dolphins the most. Giant panda (and and)