How far away is the closest zoo to you?

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How far away is the closest zoo to you?

  • less than 10 minutes

  • 10-30 minutes

  • 30-40 minutes

  • 40-100 minutes

  • more than 100 minutes

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By zoo, I would probably mean a full on zoological facility rather than the likes of farm petting zoos and pet shops. Basically anything that fits the common criteria often used on zoochat. I am in the 40-100 minutes bracket myself, and if more than 100 minutes for an actually decent major zoo.

Also, would probably mean whichever mode of transport you would get you there fastest. In some cases, I assume it may take longer by car to go through traffic, parking, etc. than walking. It wouldn't matter that it takes me 11 hours to walk to my nearest zoo if I can get there in 40 minutes by car, so just put down the time for whatever mode of transport is most applicable to you.

I would also like to hear specifically from anyone who lives more than 40 minutes away like I do. I'm assuming there are not too many of us, but who knows?
 
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It depends what's counted really.

There's a small aviary with exotic birds and a large flamingo pool in Kowloon Park, which is a 3-minute walk from my apartment.

Hong Kong Park (huge walk-through aviary) and the Zoo/Botanical Gardens would take me about 15-20 minutes (2 stops on the metro + a 10-minute walk).

Ocean Park takes around 20-25 minutes (further away, but shorter walk from the metro station).
 
Chlidonias said:
I'm guessing you mean driving time? I live ten minutes walk from Wellington Zoo, which is one of the four main zoos in New Zealand.
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I would probably mean whichever mode of transport you would get you there fastest. In your case, I assume it may take longer through traffic, parking, etc. than walking. It wouldn't matter that it takes me 11 hours to walk to my nearest zoo if I can get there in 40 minutes by car, so just put down the time for whatever mode of transport is most applicable to you.

(I also edited this in the opening)
 
Gavinj90 said:
It depends what's counted really.

There's a small aviary with exotic birds and a large flamingo pool in Kowloon Park, which is a 3-minute walk from my apartment.

Hong Kong Park (huge walk-through aviary) and the Zoo/Botanical Gardens would take me about 15-20 minutes (2 stops on the metro + a 10-minute walk).

Ocean Park takes around 20-25 minutes (further away, but shorter walk from the metro station).
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I live near the border so HKZBG would take me an hour as well as Ocean Park. I would even probably say Shenzhen safari park is even closer if you discard the time for border crossing lol:p
 
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