The DaLian Forest Zoo was moved from the downtown center into the top south part of Dalian city-a scenic place named white cloud mountain landscape on October 15, 1995 with hills at the back and the sea in the front. It covers an area of 7.2 square kilometers; the planning area is 80 hectare. More than 150 species and more than 200 animals in numbers are shown here.
The zoo formally opened to the public on May 24, 1997. The animal showing can be divided into several zones, such as functional zone, grazer zone, lion & tiger hill, primate zone, bear hill, Asian elephant zone, comprehensive nature protection zone, all of which are connected by three overpass bridges straight into the north and the south.
Sitting in the 1-kilometer-long elevated sightseeing car, you can overlook the whole view of the 20-hectare-sized a park within a park, you can also see a falling music square with a decoration of 12 earthly branches, a laminated waterfall, YanShui lake, Birds heaven, peacock garden, apricot flower garden, silver river square, etc. This elevated sightseeing car takes you to an elevation of 259.6 meters, from which you can enjoy the full view of the zoo and also the whole Dalian city. Some services are available in the zoo, such as the barrier-free pass, special cars for babies and disabled people, public phone booths, restaurants, entertainment facilities for children, etc. all of which provide much convenience for the tourists.
If you have enough time, we suggest you to walk in the zoo. Firstly, you should have a close look at the guide map. Walking through the entrance, pass ?”the park within a park” (silver river square, birds heaven, music square, YanShui lake), walking into the pigeon square, then taking an elevator to enter into ?comprehensive zone(equatorial rain forest show room, pandas room, small animals room, seal performance room, amphibious animals room, animal specimen show room)
1、Elephant room 2、Orangutan Room 3、Bear hill 4、Lions & tigers hills 5、Grazer zone. After finish seeing these animals, you can return from the main road. This route can be the way closest to the nature, from which you can smell the nature, sense the nature and feel the nature. If your time is tight, we suggest you have a relaxing bus tour. Read your guide map, pass the entrance, then take the elevated sightseeing car, come to “the park within a park ” and transfer to another tour bus at the pigeon square.
The tour bus has six stops: 1、pigeon square 2、Equatorial rain forest show room 3、orangutan room and elephant room 4、bear hill 5、Lions & tiger hill 6、Grazer animals rooms, then return to 7、pigeon square. You can get off at any stop to have a look at your favorite animals.
