Ocean Park

Star Ferry Terminal in Central or Admiralty MTR
Hongkong
Hongkong & Macau
China
00853-2552-0291

http://www.oceanpark.com.hk

Type: Theme Park
Addmission Fee: $93-$185
Hours: 10 am-6 pm

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Built in 1977, this was Hong Kong’s first theme park and its array of attractions, mechanical and natural, set near Aberdeen in the rugged south of Hong Kong Island, continue to draw plenty of visitors. The park is divided into several zones linked by gondolas, which soar 100 feet above the mountainside and give great views over Deep Water Bay. In the Lowland Gardens you’ll find longterm panda residents, An An and Jia Jia, who have recently been joined by a new pair, Le Le and Ying Ying, donated by the Central Government to celebrate 10 years of reunification with the motherland. At the other end of the gondola, the Headland has a few rides, which are fairly tame by modern standards, and nearby Marine Park features regular dolphin shows that continue to be a highlight for many visitors despite a rising worldwide anti-captivity movement. Marine Park also has an impressive aquarium that includes the Jellyfish Spectacular and a shark tunnel, which might make you think twice about taking a dip outside of the shark-netted zones next time you’re at the beach! Continuing around the headland, you’ll find Ocean Park’s best white-knuckle rides in Adventure Land – the 196-foot Abyss Turbo Drop might leave you wishing you’d gone a little easier on lunch. Despite the large numbers who assail the park on weekends, lines are seldom longer than an hour and you can often walk straight onto rides during the week. Ocean Park was established as a not-for-profit organization and remains so today, aiming not only to entertain, but also to educate. To this end there are educational tours, which take visitors to areas that are normally off-limits and allow closer access to the park’s animals, including the opportunity to feed the pandas.