Atlas of China
Guangzhou Zoo 广州动物园Guǎngzhōu Dòngwùyuán
4A scenic area · Guangzhou, Guangdong
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Guangzhou
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Guangzhou Zoo
Opened on its present site in 1958, Guangzhou Zoo is counted with those of Beijing and Shanghai among China's three major city zoos, with animals grouped into areas for insects, reptiles and amphibians, birds, primates, big cats and herbivores. Residents include giant pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys, South China tigers and Père David's deer as well as giraffes, elephants, hippos and rhinos, and the grounds also hold an aquarium opened in 1998.
How to get to Guangzhou Zoo
On Xianlie Middle Road in Yuexiu District, about 4 km north-east of the old city centre; the south gate is at Zoo station on Metro Line 5 and the north gate near Huanghuagang station on Line 6.
Nearby
- Canton Tower & Pearl River 广州塔 under 10 km
A slim-waisted tower glowing over the Pearl River in China's Cantonese food capital
Also within 20 km: Huanghuagang Mausoleum of the 72 Martyrs 黄花岗七十二烈士墓 (under 10 km), Baiyun Mountain 白云山 (under 10 km), Grandview Mall 正佳广场 (under 10 km), Guangzhou Martyrs' Memorial Garden 广州起义烈士陵园 (under 10 km), Site of the Third National Congress of the Communist Party of China 中共三大会址 (under 10 km), Former Site of the Guangdong Provincial Peasants' Association 广东省农民协会旧址 (under 10 km).
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