| Hong Kong Park
An eight
hectare park behind the
Pacific Place shopping
mall. Use Admiralty MTR
Exit C1 (2521 5041).
Hong Kong Wetland Park
A wetland interactive world with a visitor's centre and home to a wide collection of fauna and flora.
Hong Kong Zoological
and Botanical Gardens
Over
1,000 species of plants,
600 birds and other popular
animals. Albany
Road, Central, Hong Kong,
use Admiralty MTR Exit
C2 (2530 0154).
Mai Po Wetlands
A nature
reserve with mangrove
forests and many birds.
Mai Po yuen
Long in the New Territories,
permits are needed (2526
4473).
Tai Tam Reservoir
An
open space to view birds,
butterflies and Asian
flora. Tai Tam Country
Park is located at Wong
Nai Chung Gap Road, use
bus 6 or 61 and disembark
at Hong Kong Cricket
Club.
Victoria Park
A large
park in Causeway Bay
with swimming pools,
jogging tracks, tennis
courts and a foot massager
garden. Very busy at
weekends with locals
exercising. Causeway Bay, use Tin
Hau MTR Exit A2 (2570
6186).
Kowloon Park
A 14 hectare
park in the Tsim Sha
Tsui with Chinese Gardens
and open-air Sculpture
Walk with works by local
sculptors and a bronze
statue by Sir Eduardo
Paolozzi. Kowloon Park
is home to many birds
including flamingos that
drink in the pools. Other
attractions are the maze,
Chinese gardens and sports
complex. The corner of
the park is the Kowloon
Mosque and Islamic Centre
laid in white marble.
Use the Tsim Sha Tsui
MTR Exit A1 (2724 3344).
Kowloon Walled City
Park
A Chinese garden with courtyard, the Old South Gate of the Walled City, sculptures,
pavilions and flower displays. The nearest MTR is Lok Fu Exit B and then a
longish walk or short taxi ride to the entrance on Tung Tau Tsuen Road.
Kadoorie
Farm & Botanic
Garden
Near
Tai
Po,
Kadoorie
Farm & Botanic
Garden
preserves
the
natural
flora
and fauna and the farm promotes organic methods of production. Take KCR to
Tai Wo Station and then bus 64K.
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