The Largest and Oldest Zoo in Taiwan
The original Taipei zoo started in 1914, but the facility moved to a much larger and modern facility in the outskirts of Taipei in 1987. The zoo now occupies a spacious 90 hectares, and contains buildings (the Education Center, the Penguin House, the Koala House, the Amphibian and Reptile House and the Insectarium), as well as exhibition areas (the Formosan Animal Area, the Children's Zoo, the Asian Tropical Rainforest Animal Area, the Desert Animal Area, the Australian Animal Area, the African Animal Area, Bird World and the Temperate Zone Animal Area). The zoo is inexpensive, well-maintained, easy to reach by the MRT, and strollers can be rented onsite.
Address: No. 30, Section 2, Xinguang Rd, Wenshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Hours: 9 AM - 5 PM, Daily
Phone: 02 2938 2300 #630
Find out more:
Name and Address in Chinese:
名稱: 臺北市立動物園
地址: 116台北市文山區新光路二段30號
Things to do with kids:
Buy a cute panda hat from one of the vendors outside the zoo.
Walk around the Children’s zoo near the entrance of the park to see domestic animals.
Visit the Pandas at the indoor giant panda house… and maybe grab a snack at the Panda cafe on the 2nd floor of the Panda house.
See animals from Africa, Australia, the Asian tropical rainforest, the desert, and the temperate zones.
Stay cool by visiting the African and King penguins in the Penguin House.
Take a photo with some brass hippo statues.
Check out local animals in the Formosan animal area.
See dinosaurs at the education center, additional NTD $20.
Take a ride on the shuttle train.
