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Ocean Park “Connecting
people with nature” is what it’s all about at Ocean Park. The Giant
Panda Habitat, Atoll Reef, Sea Jelly Spectacular and Dolphin University
exhibits will keep children engrossed for hours. Older kids will love
the supervised sessions where you can touch some of the animals. The
park also features around 20 exciting rides, including the Mine Train
rollercoaster and Raging River ride, which are located in Adventure Land .
Ocean Park
Science Museum There
is lots of hands-on stuff here, providing a fun and educational
introduction to many facets of science. Any child with a healthy dose of
curiosity will spend hours pushing buttons, pulling levers and
marvelling at gadgets.
Zoological and Botanical Gardens Founded
in 1864, a modicum of Victorian gentility survives here in the
wrought-iron bandstand and shrub-lined paths. Not, however, in the
monkey house, where the world’s largest collection of red-cheeked
gibbons shriek and swing and copulate. Be prepared for some judicious
covering of young eyes. Also jaguars, leopards, kangaroos and 280
species of birds. Upper Albert Rd, Central 6am–7pm daily Free
Jaguar, Zoological Gardens
Dolphin Watching Be
quick, because the sorry state of Hong Kong waters is fast killing off
the rare Chinese white dolphins, which here in the Pearl River delta are
pale pink. Hong Kong Dolphinwatch1528A Star House, Tsim Sha Tsui 2984 1414 Bus pick-up 8:20am at Mandarin Oriental in Central and 8:50am at Kowloon Hotel TST Wed, Fri, Sun Adm
Hong Kong Disneyland The
mighty mouse wisely used feng shui in the design of his latest Asian
venture, but otherwise there are few nods to local culture.
Adventureland, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland lie beyond Main Street, USA. Lantau Island, served by its own MTR station 330 830
for hours and today’s tickets
park.hongkongdisneyland.com for advance booking (recommended) Adm
Lions Nature Education Centre The
Lions Nature Education Centre is actually much more fun than it sounds.
There are fruit orchards, an arboretum, rock gardens and, best of all,
an insectarium. Big brothers will find plenty of interesting
creepy-crawlies with which to scare little sisters. Ngong Ping The
spectacular 25-minute cable car journey from the hustle and bustle of
the city, across open water and up the steep hillside from Tung Chung to
the Big Buddha at Po Lin is the best funfair ride in town . Lantau IslandTram Tour Rock,
rattle and roll along the front of Hong Kong Island, or take a detour
around Happy Valley. Hong Kong’s trams may be crowded, slow and noisy,
but they are terrific for sightseeing .
Peak tram
Old-fashioned tram
Kowloon Park The
green lungs of Tsim Sha Tsui have a huge indoor-outdoor swimming pool
and lots of gardens to wander about. There’s also an aviary.
Snoopy’s World Good
grief! Hang out with the famous beagle and his hapless master Charlie
Brown in this colourful tribute to the late Charles Schulz’s much-loved
comic strip. Two-metre (6-ft) high mechanical characters and 60 other
Peanuts figures inhabit the playground.
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