It was a weekend, and mainland China was celebration their week long holiday to celebrate National Day… so the park was really crowded.
Main entrance of Ocean Park Hong Kong
There are a few attractions in the park; we didn’t go for all of them, but just to see the show, aquariums and the pandas. We were bringing a toddler along, so the rides were out of question. Besides, it was too crowded… it was difficult to see the stuff, and some of the queues were unbearable.
We took the cable cars from Lowland Gardens to the Marine Land; people who are fear of heights should really take the buses instead…
The cable cars, and the ocean and cliff directly below
It was a full house at the Ocean Theater, with dolphins and sea lions’ show. I thought that I could see a killer whale performing, but only found out later that the whale has passed away a few years ago. The show was just ok, but the kids were loving it obviously.
Dolphins and sea lions performing at Ocean Theater
We managed to squeeze into the Shark Aquarium and Atoll Reef; but decided not to wait in the long queue for Sea Jelly Spectacular nor some of the other attractions.
The Atoll Reef includes a huge marine tank with hundreds of marine species… seeing this alone was probably worth the visit.
Marine life at Atoll Reef - fishes, seahorses and squids etc.
We went back to the Lowland Gardens by cable again to see the 4 pandas. It was my first time seeing real life panda in action… these animals were just so adorable. It makes me want to go to the panda reserve in China to get up close with these cretures.
The pandas at Hong Kong Jockey Club Giant Panda Habitat
