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Hongshan Forest Zoo 红山森林动物园Hóngshān Sēnlín Dòngwùyuán
4A scenic area · Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Nanjing
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Hongshan Forest Zoo
A zoo of about 68 hectares spread over three wooded hills in northern Nanjing, Xiao Hongshan, Da Hongshan and Fangniu Shan, which opened in 1998 when the old Xuanwu Lake Zoo moved here. It keeps more than 3,000 animals of over 260 species in hillside enclosures, among them giant pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys, South China tigers, Asian elephants, giraffes and red-crowned cranes, and runs a rescue centre for injured native wildlife. It ended animal performances in 2011 and stopped visitors feeding the animals in 2014.
How to get to Hongshan Forest Zoo
On Heyan Road about 6 km north of Xinjiekou, next to Hongshan Zoo station on Metro Line 1.
Nearby
- Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 under 10 km
A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb - Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai - City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
Also within 20 km: Xuanwu Lake 玄武湖 (under 10 km), Former Nanjing Office of the Eighth Route Army 八路军驻京办事处旧址 (under 10 km), Former Academia Sinica Buildings 国立中央研究院旧址 (under 10 km), Former Beijige Meteorological Observatory 北极阁气象台旧址 (under 10 km), Former National Central University 中央大学旧址 (under 10 km), Drum Tower of Nanjing 南京鼓楼 (under 10 km).
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