Kunming Zoo

Lonely Planet review

Kunming Zoo is worh it for the veiwes, if not the animals. Although the living conditions of the 750 animals are better than at most Chinese zoos (not saying much), most travellers give it a miss. High up on a spiral-shaped hill, you can strike out into the verdant grounds, which offer commanding views over the city.

If you do want a gander at regional fauna, residing here are such Yúnnán rarities as Xīshuāngbǎnnà wild oxen, lesser (red) pandas, leaf monkeys and black-tail pythons; from greater China you'll get the obligatory pandas, tigers, Yangzi alligators, golden monkeys and others. The main entrance is at the corner of Yuantong Jie and Qingnian Lu.