Zoo Day in Guangzhou，Chime Long Safari & Circus
We visited my parents in Guangzhou during New Year holidays and we spent one day (Dec. 31, 2007) in the Chime Long Resort （广州长隆旅游度假区）. There are a zoo called Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park (广州香江野
生动物园）, an amusement park (Chime Long Paradise), a water park（水上乐园）, a circus (Chimelong International Circus，长隆国际马戏团), a golf course and a few hotels in the resort area. Its official website is well organized and easy to use for vacation planning.
We took Guangzhou metro line 3 to a station called Han4 Xi1 Chang2 Long2 (汉溪长隆) dedicated to this resort and then took a cycle shuttle bus to the safari park. Free map is avaliable at the entrance and it is very helpful to plan your route when deciding what animals you want to see. The park is quite
large and you can easily get distracted by shows and programs. So plan ahead if you are with kids. I was very exciting about the safari but was a little disappointed after the tour. The animals are no longer WILD and it is not really a safari. You can even see Tiger and Lion live together in the same yard which is out of imagination in Africa real life.
The zoo is closed at 6pm and we took free shuttle bus to the circus. Feel free to hop onto the earliest shuttle bus, they are cyclying and will bring you to your destination anyway. The current circus show is called and was
an extremely exciting one. Highly recommended!!! The show starts at 7:30pm daily and we entered earlier to get front seats. But this is not necessary. We found it could be more fun if sitting at back. VIP seats in the center area are avaliable inside and 100 RMB extra. Basically, you can plan a light dinner between zoo and the circus show.
The amusement park Chimelong Paradise could be a thrilling experience. You will find the world’s tallest diving roller coaster there (but still under construction on Dec. 22 2007, check before you go).
Tags: China Travel, guangzhou, safari, Travel, zoo
Grigo
Nice to know that there are some interesting things to do with kids in Guangzhou. The only thing that looks bad is having the lion and tiger in the same enclosure! Lions are in Africa but Tigers are in India and other parts of Asia! I don’t think lions and tigers are ever in the same area!
The lion and tiger were born at about the same time and they raised them together. Now they think they are a couple as they don’t know any better. This is what the guide told us and I found it amazing rather than a turn off.
We had a most enjoyable time at this park as the animals were so full of life – monkeys pushing each other off the tree into the pond below, young elephants running about at high speed…. The animals actually looked happy, which meant a lot to me, considering the fact that they are confined and watched by humans all the time.