Taipei Zoo

Taipei Zoo has 8 outdoor and 6 indoor display areas. These include:

• Formosan Animal Area for creatures native to Taiwan, including the black bear, wild boar and clouded leopard.
• Children’s Zoo for domesticated animals which the young ones can get up close with, including alpacas, rabbits and ponies.
• Asian Tropical Rainforest Area for animals from such reasons, including Malaysian tapir, Asian elephants and pygmy hippopotamus.
• Desert Animal Area for creatures from arid regions, including addax and camels.
• Africa Animal Area for the particularly famous creatures from National Geographic, including giraffes, lions, white rhinoceros and African elephants.
• Bird World for animals which live on the wing, including flamingos, eagles and scarlet ibis.
• Penguin House for penguins, obviously.
• Amphibian & Reptile House for lizards, snakes, turtles and frogs.
• Temperate Zone Animal Area for creatures from seasonal parts of the world, including mountain lions, American bison and grey wolves.

Covering 165 hectares, Taipei Zoo is easily a full day’s activity and involves a lot of walking, though there is an internal shuttle service to take you around, which costs NT$5 per person for a single ride. The entrance area has bag lockers and there are toilets and restaurants dotted throughout. Entrance costs NT$60 for adults and NT$30 for children (under 18). Preschool children (under 5) get in free.

Taipei Zoo is easily located at the end of the MRT’s Brown (1) Line, with its own station a short distance from the park’s entrance. There are also 2 Maokong Gondola stops – the main terminus near the entrance to the zoo and the south station towards the back.