The Hong Kong Wetland Park is located in the northern part of Tin Shui Wai, New Territories. It has a 10,000-square-meter indoor exhibition hall, "Wetland Interactive World", and over 60 hectares of wetland reserve. It is the first park in Asia with similar facilities and was officially opened to the public in May 2006. The Hong Kong Wetland Park is a world-class eco-tourism destination with extensive natural beauty. The entire Wetland Park features model wildlife exhibits, simulated wetland scenes and recreational and educational facilities.
Introduction to the Hong Kong Wetland Park
The Hong Kong Wetland Park is located in the northern part of Tin Shui Wai in the New Territories and was officially opened to the public in May 2006. The park consists of an indoor "Wetland Interactive World" covering 10,000 square meters and an outdoor "Wetland Reserve" covering more than 60 hectares. In the park, you can see a variety of creatures and types of wetlands. Outside the park's ticket office is a distinctive shell wall, decorated with a large number of shells. Looking at them from a distance means you are in the park. As you enter the ticket gate, you will find the Visitor Center (located in the basement), where you will begin to enter the "Wetlands Interactive World" unit. Here you will find "How Much to Know About Wetlands", "World of Wetlands", "Human Cultures", "Sightseeing Corridor", "Wetlands Challenge", "Wetlands in the Park" and "Wetlands in the World", There are five exhibition halls, including "Wetland World," "Human Culture," "Sightseeing Gallery," and "Wetland Challenge," which are highly popularized. Walking to the first floor, turn right and go up the stairs (called the first floor) and you will pass by these five exhibition halls in turn.
In the Wetland World unit, three different ecological environments are simulated, namely the northern tundra, the tropical swamp and the Hong Kong wetland. Along the way, you can learn trivia about migratory birds and caribou migration, and have fun spotting Malay turtles and alligators in the tropical forest. The viewing gallery on the first floor is a great place to overlook the marshy wetland. With a wide view and telescope facilities, it is also a good place for bird watching. Continue to the "Wetland Challenge" unit where you can challenge yourself to interactive games. Then go back to the basement, where there is also a screening room and a swamp adventure play area that parents can experience and play with their children. Follow the directions and you can walk from indoors to outdoors. At the entrance of the Wetland Reserve is the Pui Pui House, where Pui Pui lives, a small bay crocodile found in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Through the transparent glass walls, you can see Pui Pui swimming in the outdoor pool. At the next stop, stroll along the Streamside Rambling Trail to see the different ecology of the upper, middle and lower reaches of the river. Continue counterclockwise to the Wetland Discovery Center, where you can take a break and then admire the succession of water lilies, reeds and other aquatic plants along the way, a breath of nature.
There are three birdwatching houses in the wetland. The first is the Riverside Birding House, which is equipped with chairs and binoculars. You can go up to the third floor to see the neighborhood. At low tide, you can also see a variety of ducks, herons and spoonbills on the first floor. Outside the riverside bird watching house is the Mangrove Pontoon Bridge, a floating bridge over the mangrove waters. On the bridge, you can immerse yourself in the mangrove ecology.
Walking across the pontoon bridge is the nearby Mudflat Birdwatching House and Fishpond Birdwatching House, which are excellent places to watch migratory birds in the wetland and the ecology of the fishpond. Finally, I went to the Butterfly Garden through the Yuanye Wandering Trail, where I viewed more than 200 species of butterflies and moths. When the sun is shining, I can enjoy the beautiful scenery of butterflies fluttering around.