Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Looking for a place where you can spend some time in the lap of nature in Hong Kong? Move towards the Mid-levels, which lies in the northern pitch of the Victoria Peak. Yeas, you have reached the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Hong Kong. This is the right place you were searching. Bounties of nature and variety of flora and fauna will welcome you in the world of nature.
The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical GardensBotanical Gardens belonged to the Chinese governor. You may also consider the other saying about the meaning of the word that Bing Tau phonetically transcripts the initial syllables of the word “botanical”.
The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens has rich variety of plants and animals. You will get to see about 20 unique species of bamboo trees in the Bamboo Garden. Besides that, there are Camellia Garden, Magnolia Garden, Palm Garden, Bauhinia Garden, Azalea Garden, Herb Garden and so on. The Camellia Garden bears a range of 30 species including the Crapnell's Camellia, Grantham's Camellia, Hong Kong Camellia and some other species. On the other hand the unique 5 species of Magnolia are Chinese Magnolia, Purple Magnolia, Saucer Magnolia, Yulan, Southern Magnolia etc. Except these, there are another 30 sopecies of palm trees, 8 species of Bauhinia, 10 species of Azalea and so on. The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens also include some rare species of Orchids, Bromeliads, Ferns, Vines and even some Carnivorous Plants in its periphery.
If you think that the list ends here, you are absolutely mistaken. A lot more is yet to be discovered. The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. in Hong Kong also houses a large variety of animals such as 600 rare species of birds, 70 species of different types of mammals and about 40 kinds of reptiles. Some of the unique mammal species are the Golden Lion Tamarin, Ring-tailed Lemur, Jaguar and so on. The rare bird, Red-crowned Crane can also be found in this Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens in Hong Kong. Besides that various species of venomous snakes and turtles can be seen here. The famous Malaysian Giant Turtle also resides in this park.| Hotels in Hong Kong | |
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