Northern Forest Zoo

Harbin North Forest Zoo

synonym

Northern Forest Zoo generally refers to Harbin northern forest zoo

Harbin Northern Forest Zoo, formerly known as Harbin Zoo, is located 46 kilometers away from Harbin Mu highway in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. It was officially opened to the public on September 28, 2004. Covering an area of 558 hectares, the park is the largest forest zoo in China.

Harbin North Forest Zoo Park is a natural "oxygen bar" with excellent ecological environment, rich vegetation and more than 95.8% forest coverage.

Harbin northern forest zoo is one of the eight comprehensive zoos in China, known as the animal kingdom. Many rare animals can be seen in the zoo, such as Siberian tiger, Asian elephant, white lipped deer, Red Crowned Crane, white tiger, white lion, polar bear, etc.

geographical environment

Location context

Harbin North Forest Zoo is located in the pigeonhole area in the southeast of Acheng, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. It is close to national highway 301 and 43 kilometers away from Harbin city.

topographic features

Pigeonhole area is a low mountain and hilly area, with an average altitude of 250 meters. Most of the peaks are round, and the valley is relatively flat, with a width of more than 1000 meters. Zidong area has not only mountains, valleys, but also springs and streams. It has natural mountain landscape and is suitable for the growth and reproduction of all kinds of animals, which helps to simulate the original environment of animals. The whole garden is characterized by forest, mountain as skeleton, water flow as support, organic combination of landscape and forest, unique.

Climatic characteristics

It is located at 45 ° 31 'n and 126 ° 51' e with an average annual temperature of 3.6 ℃ and an average annual rainfall of 532.3 mm. The snowfall in winter is generally 20 days, with an average annual frost free period of 143 days.

natural resources

plant resources

Harbin North Forest Zoo has a good ecological environment, rich vegetation, and the forest coverage rate is more than 95.8%, which is higher than that of similar zoos in China. More than 90% of them are natural secondary forests, and the main tree species are Larix gmelinii, Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica and Pinus koraiensis.

There are abundant surface water and groundwater resources, no residential and industrial pollution sources, and the water quality is good, which meets the requirements of health and epidemic prevention.

Animal resources

Harbin North Forest Zoo has more than 300 kinds of animals and more than 5800 heads. It is not only a professional garden for animal breeding, protection and scientific research, but also a place for people to feel nature and cultivate their body and mind.

There are more than 240 species of animals, more than 5000 (head), including world-famous rare animals, white tiger, white lion, African cheetah, African rhinoceros, African elephant, chimpanzee, giraffe, hippo, antelope, sword antelope, wildebeest, zebra; national treasure giant panda, Chinese specialty animals, golden monkey, alligator, national first-class protected animals, Siberian tiger, Asian elephant, elk, white lipped deer Red Crowned Crane, great bustard, white headed crane, golden eagle; American Cuban flamingo, American pelican, South American sea lion; Australian ostrich, kangaroo; Asian orangutan, Malay bear, Bengal tiger; polar animal penguin, polar bear, polar seal. The animal species are complete and the population is huge.

Main attractions

Harbin North Forest Zoo Park is 3.5km deep. Starting from the main entrance area, there are large parking lots, lion and tiger landscape symbol sculptures, catering complex building, business service building, office building and battery car Square. On both sides of the landscape Avenue are prehistoric animal fossils and animal simulation sculptures. Along the Park Road, you can enjoy the large Raptor area, large bird forest, bird and pheasant hall, Monkey Mountain and golden monkey Museum, primate Museum, hippo Museum, elephant Museum, entertainment center, maintenance center, animal hospital, animal breeding base, totem pole, waterfowl lake, rhinoceros Museum, rock climbing animal area, Swan Lake, giraffe Museum, deer scattered area, African animal scattered area, polar Animal Museum, northeast special color garden, birch forest landscape, Panda Museum, Shihu Museum and scattered area, children's animal village, large animal village Performance hall, wild boar forest, Bear Mountain, wolf free area, medium-sized beast hall, etc.

In the park of Harbin Northern Forest Zoo, there are 23 distinctive animal halls, cages and animal free areas; Swan Lake and waterfowl lake with an area of 40000 square meters; flowers, plants and trees with an area of nearly 500000 square meters and 40 groups of garden sketches. There are 12 functional areas in the park: animal performance area, including animal training, sea animals, bird training performance field and animal museum; walking area is built into semi free range area, mainly displaying tropical and subtropical rare and endangered animals; beast free range area is mainly through the isolation ditch, mountain overlooking through the cave, setting up air viewing car, etc.; herbivore area is built into free range and cage sika deer and yak The waterfowl area mainly displays large and medium-sized wading birds and swimming birds, such as red crowned cranes, swans and other rare birds and exotic birds; the bird area, scattered breeding of various birds, construction of birdsong forest; the cold animal area, with indoor exhibition hall as the main body, constructs polar animal swimming pool, mainly displays penguins, polar bears, etc.; the prehistoric simulation animal area, simulation modeling of prehistoric animals, including dinosaurs, etc.; the cold animal area, with indoor exhibition hall as the main body, mainly displays penguins, polar bears, etc The leisure area covers an area of about 100 hectares, with landscape Avenue, parking lot and office area inside the gate; the scientific research and breeding area, with animal scientific research and breeding base; the leisure area covers an area of 45 hectares, including the central square, water leisure area and entertainment area, providing forest exploration and other entertainment, catering and shopping services; the service area, mainly with maintenance center, feed center, animal hospital, etc. 39 tourist attractions were built, 11000 square meters of large-scale paleontological culture wall was built to record the evolution process of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures, and three climbing stone steps and several sightseeing platforms were built.

transport line

traffic

Bus line

1. Venue: the intersection of Railway Street and Haicheng street of Harbin railway station.

2. Time: 7:00-10:00 every day, full of passengers.

3. Price: round trip 20 yuan / person.

From October 15, 2018, the bus line of Northern Forest Zoo will be temporarily suspended. It is expected to resume operation in late April 2019.

Self driving

Self driving in Harbin through Jinxiang street to ha Mu expressway toll station, into HA Mu highway, along the direction of Mudanjiang driving 46 km to reach, along the way there are signs.

line

When tourists buy tickets at the main entrance, it takes about 20 minutes to walk into the main area and 3-5 hours to visit the whole park. They can also take a battery bus to visit the whole park.

 

Address: pigeonhole area, Acheng District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province

Longitude: 127.12699890137

Latitude: 45.38990020752

Ticket information: 80 RMB

Chinese PinYin : Bei Fang Sen Lin Dong Wu Yuan