Locating in Yuen Long District, the northwest of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Wetland Park is a 61-hectare park featuring board walks, mangroves fields, bird hides, flora and fauna found in Hong Kong, and a large indoor education centre. The park was intended as an ecological mitigation area (EMA) to compensate the urban development of this area which was rural villages and fish ponds. Now, it is a showcase of bio-diversity in Hong Kong.
Chinese Pond Heron Common Tiger There are a variety of dragon flies around the lily pond area
Bird watching, butterfly garden, and Learning center
The park was well designed with various facilities to showcase the bio-diversity of Hong Kong. There are freshwater marsh, ponds, wooden, mangrove boardwalks, bird hides, and butterfly garden. It is a great outdoor classroom to learn about the variety of flora and fauna, and observe the mudskippers, crabs, birds, butterflies and dragonflies up close.
Fiddler crabs Bird photographers gathered in bird hides to take photos Living Wetland Gallery features information about wetlands around the world.
Find the Origin of Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a phonetic translation of “Fragrance Harbour”. Back in the old days, Hong Kong was a major port for trading Agarwood which resin was used to make fragrance. Today, there are not as much Agarwood cultivation in Guangdong and export through Hong Kong. There are a couple of Agawood in the Park. The flowering season is in spring.
Admission & Access
Standard admission fee: HK$30 for adults, HK$15 for children under 17 years old, senior over 65, full time students, and people with disability.
Opening hours: 10:00 ~ 17:00 (last admission at 16:00)
on Mondays, Wednesdays to Sundays.
Closed on Tuesdays.
Public Transportation:
- No. 967 City Bus from Admiralty MTR station takes about 40 minutes, walk across via footbridge
- Take Light Railway LRT 705 to Tin Sau Station from West Rail Tin Shui Wai Station, walk across via tunnel; or get off at Wetland Park Station, walk across via footbridge
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