Hong Kong : Ocean Park
Ocean Park
Ocean Park is the largest leisure paradise in Southeast Asia, and one of the largest marine parks in the world. You may take the cable car across the hill top to find the world largest scale Marine Park of coral reef aquarium where there are more than 4000 kinds of tropical fishes, blazing with colours. It is also an amusement park perched around two mountain peaks, with an area of 870,000 square meters. There are over 40 major attractions in this park.
At the lowland part, don’t miss
the Giant Panda Habitat
Two giant panda are kept in this habitat - one boy, one girl. You are required to be very quiet.
the Dinosaur Discovery Trail
Model dinosaurs are all around this trail and finishes with a giant T-Rex near the exit.
Butterfly House
Enjoy a peaceful time with these delicate insects.
Whiskers’ Wild Ride - simulation ride. One of those motion simulation seats allow you to feel as though you are flying or swimming. Probably too exciting for me. I haven’t tried.
Dolphin University
You can have a casual chat with the trainers and found out the animals’ habit and funny stories.
Goldfish Pagoda - if you are interested in goldfish.
Amazing Amazon
A discovery trail with flamingos, toucan and waterfall on the way.
Caverns and Darkness 3D
You have to wear a pair of 3D glasses and walk through this Amazon rainforest to see the illusion - lizards, spiders and all kinds of creepy-crawly. My son doesn’t like the sound of it (’darkness’) so I haven’t tried.
Kids’ World
It’s full of games and rides for the little ones.
There are animal shows like:
Amazing Birds Theatre - Macaws, owl and different birds shows
Whiskers Theatre - Sea Lion show
At the Headland part,
If you get off from the cable car, you can find:
Atoll Reef
A three-tier aquarium which I think is one of the best in the world. It’s a shame they don’t have areas where you can touch sea animals like starfish or animals alike. But then again I can understand that there are far too many inconsiderate visitors who simply don’t understand the concept of gentleness or kindness. You can easily spend half an hour or longer here.
Shark Aquarium
It’s much smaller than the Atoll Reef by comparison. If you are not reading any of the material there you can finish it in 5 to 10 minutes. It has a short travelator which brings you under the arch-bottom fish tank. You can see the sharks and Sting Ray by the sides and above your head!
Ocean Theatre
It does dolphins and sea lions show. We used to have a killer whale here but it passes away several years ago. Many people still miss it.
Pacific Pier
Rides and games for older children and adults includes
Ocean Park Tower
Flying Swing
Ferris Wheel
Dragon - the roller coaster
Crazy Galleon - big boat swing back and forth
The Abyss
Eagle
and various counters and game kiosks
You can then take the escalator towards the Tai Shue Wan entrance/ext. There, you can find more birds like:
Flamingo Pond
Mini Aviary - natural habitat
The Aviary - natural habitat
and more rides:
Mine Train - similar to roller coaster but with drops to make you sick
Raging River
Space Wheel
If you think its a quarter century old and is running down, then I can tell you it’s not true. They’ve been knocking down old attractions and building new stuff. In fact, there are old stuff that I miss but they need changes to survive. It doesn’t feel old at all.
