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Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
🇨🇳 China
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, China 225 spp. present
The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) is one of the oldest zoological and botanical centres in the world, and the oldest park in Hong Kong. Founded in 1864, its first stage was opened to the public in 1871. It occupies an area of 5.6 hectares (14 acres) in Central, on the northern slope of Victoria Peak. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
22.278° N 114.156° E
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
225
speciesOpened
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Size
Medium
Visit
Getting there
- Address
- Albany Road, Central, Hong Kong
Who runs it
- Run by
- Leisure and Cultural Services Department
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens?
Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens is a zoo or wildlife park in Hong Kong, China, at Albany Road, Central, Hong Kong. Its coordinates are 22.278° N, 114.156° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Taroko National Park, about 772 km away.
What animals can you see at Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens?
225 species
Citizen-science photos record 225 species at Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, including Silver Pheasant, Pond Slider, Crested Pigeon, American Flamingo and Pied Imperial Pigeon. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens in the wild?
Silver Pheasant: Khao Yai National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens also live in the parks and cities we cover: Silver Pheasant (about 20% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Khao Yai National Park), Pond Slider (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Congaree National Park) and Crested Pigeon (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park).
When did Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens open and how big is it?
5.6 ha
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, a zoo or wildlife park in Hong Kong, China, covers about 5.6 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 225 species are photographed there.
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Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)