Shanghai Wild Animal Park

Shanghai Wild Animal Park is located in the Pudong New Area and is about 22 miles from the city center. Shanghai Wild Animal Park is the first national grade wild zoo and is one of China's biggest wild animal parks and covering an area of 153 hectares.

The animal park is popular with visitors interested in wild animals. Then, Shanghai Wild Animal Park is a good place to visit. The park has a highlighted theme.

In the park, visitors will have an interaction with the animals, such as touching and feeding the animals (none wild ones). All the animals in the park are living in a natural condition and habitat instead of being imprisoned in cages.

On the contrary, to see the wild animals, visitors will be in a special caged bus in their natural habitat. It is excellent for all ages.

There are over 200 rare species and over 10,000 animals from all over the world, including giraffes, zebras, white rhinoceroses, and hunting leopards.

Some indigenous animals under special protection include giant pandas, golden monkeys, South China tigers, and Asian elephants, and many others.

The Shanghai Wild Animal Park is divided into two areas: one for walking, and one that is accessible by bus.

There is an herbivore zone, a free zone, an aquatic bird lake, a bird zone, an animal kindergarten, a pet monkey park, a rare animal park, an animal performance zone, a sea lion performance zone, and other spots in this Park.

There are five main sections: the animal performing hall and areas for wild beasts, herbivores, penned animals, and other animals.

Highlights

The Performing Hall

In the performing hall, visitors will be greeted by cute animal actors. It seems like the lovely elephants, dogs, sheep, bears, tigers, lions, monkeys, and parrots are keen to present a colorful performance for the enthusiastic visitors.

Under the patient and elaborate training of the feeders, all of them have amazing skills and cooperate well with each other. Visitors praise that they are the top animal actors, and some are even animal stars.

There will be races on the dog racing course. All the animals good at running or galloping will compete for the championship in the venue. Dogs, camels, ostriches, and Mongolian horses are the selected competitors. Let's wait and see who will win!

Areas for Herbivores

The areas for herbivores allow visitors to have a close look at many gentle animals on foot. During a leisurely walk, you will see Australian kangaroos, Asian Sika deer, African ring-tailed lemurs, Latin American yellow and blue macaws, and more.

Visitors can also take the bus enclosure to get into the real life of zebra, yak, deer, and elephant. Be forewarned, though: the bus park is not suitable for all, especially young children or those with a delicate temperament.

Sometimes, visitors may encounter unpleasant or even gruesome sights, such as the beasts hunting for food.

There is also a special animal zoo, which is a hit with small kids, where they can have a close-up look at the lovely animals.

Areas for Wild Beasts

The tigers and lions are living life and moving about actively in an open area, unlike many zoos where the big animals are caged in the back of the pen and look weak.

Visitors will take a caged bus to defend against the attack of the beasts all of a sudden.

The cross-over breed between male lions and female tigers, the so-called liger, is very large; it will be the biggest big cat visitors have seen in their lives.

It is very active and walks about very close to the perimeter glass and fence next to the spectators. It had almost no stripes and off white.

Incubator Section

In the incubator section, also called the "Newly-born animals Area", visitors can see cute baby leopards, tigers, white tigers, and lions. Their date of birth was shown on their ID cards, and the batches of babies were about 3 months old.

The babies would stand together under an indoor yellow light bulb for the heat, as winter was very cold. The slightly bigger cubs play and run around in a confined area outdoors.

Note: The other area is the closed one, where all the dangerous animals like bears, tigers, and lions are. They also had some zebras, antelopes, camels, etc. The closed area you can only see in tour buses. There is no additional fee for the bus ride.

More Fun

There are some other areas for fun. Visitors will come to "The Water Fowl Lake" where there are white swans, mandarin ducks, cranes, and so on. In the "Rare Animals Area", the little giant pandas always attract many visitors.

The others are "The Golden Monkeys Area", "The Chimpanzees Area", "The Birds' Paradise ", "The White Lions and White Tigers House".

Visitors have to take the special bus to go to "The Area for the Beasts for Prey". Visitors can find the ferocious Siberian tigers, African lions, and Malaysian bears just around the bus.

Adoption

The park provides a featured chance for all the social organizations and individuals to donate money and adopt wild, rare animals like the golden monkey, elephant, panda, and so on.

The adopted animals will live in the park, and the donated fee will be used to protect them. The sum of the donated fee will depend on the ability of the donor. The warm-hearted people can come to the park and visit the animal he or she adopted.

Till now, the number of the adopted variety has come up to over 71 and more than a population of 114.

If you like wild animals and can protect them, please lend them a hand. Of course, to protect them is not necessary to reflect on the angle of money, but on the behavior.

The Timetable of Animals Shows

Travel Tips

Take the Feeding bus tour (open cage bus), as you feel much closer to the animals than in the normal bus.

For an extra charge, the guide feeds bears, lions, and tigers with carrots, fruits, and LIVES chickens (a unique experience, however, not recommended to anyone who stands for animal rights).

Do not miss the Performance show at 1 PM. Very busy but certainly worth it!

Ticket Price

• Giraffes (available for feeding, 20 RMB to get in)
• Elephants (available for feeding and riding, 50 RMB to get in)
• Kangaroos (available for feeding and touching, 20 RMB to get in)
• Alpacas (available for feeding and touching, 20 RMB to get in)
• Lemurs (same as the Kangaroos, bring your bananas for these animals, free)
• Monkeys (same as the Kangaroos, bring your bananas, free)
• Goats, pigs, ducks/swans/geese/fearless pigeons (available for feeding, free)
• Ponies, Camels, Horses (available for riding for a fee)

Opening Hours

• 8:00-17:00 (stop selling tickets at 16:00) from March to November
• 8:00-16:30 (stop selling tickets at 15:30) from December to the next February

How to Get There?

1. Take Subway Line 2 and get off at Zhangjiang High Technology Park Subway Station. Get out at Exit 5 and find the bus stop for the Zhangnan Line. Then get on the bus and get off at the wild animal park.

2. Take Subway Line 16 and get off at Wild Animal Park Station. Then take the Huinan Line 6 and get off at the park.

3. Nanxin Special Line: From Shanghai Railway Station to Nanhui University Town, passing the park.

4. Huisong Line: from Songjiang Railway Station to Nanhui Bus Station, passing the park.

5. Tourism Bus at Shanghai Stadium (Parking Lot No. 4) only on weekends: 9:30 from Shanghai Stadium and 16:00 back from the zoo. A reservation is necessary.