Ocean Park Hong Kong invites families to enjoy an exciting
holiday filled with edu-tainment and activities which will test their knowledge
of a wide array of land, air and sea animals at Ocean Park Animal Discovery
Fest 2018 that launched on March 24 and will run up to May 6, 2018.
Jam-packed with brain-stimulating quizzes and experiential
activities, the event looks to help family explorers decode myths like how to
tell apart shark eggs, why birds build nests and the different types of nest
they build, how sloths eat, how to rescue sea turtles, and more. For observant
visitors who notice the colorful wristbands around the flippers of the Park’s
penguins, not only can they crack the secret behind the color coding, they can
also customize a wristband to take home!
Even more exciting, families can get up-close with the
capybara, the world’s largest rodent and red-handed tamarins, a group of small
monkeys from the Amazon Rainforest with contrasting reddish-orange hair on
their feet and hands, for the first time in a limited-time “Get Closer to the
Animals” program. Besides helping prepare snacks for them, guests will be able
to feed and observe them at a close distance, and get first-hand information
from their keepers about their lifestyles, diets, day-to-day care, and other
inside stories.
Leo Kung, Chairman of Ocean Park, said, “Animal Discovery
Fest makes for the perfect family outing this summer. It uses Ocean Park’s
interactive natural environment and offers many creative ways to inspire
children to learn, respect and appreciate mother nature. We’re happy to make
use of this as a learning tool for many visitors to appreciate animal life in
this day and age.”
“Whiskers Express & the Miraculous Journey” featuring
songs by Mark Lui
In addition to checking out limited-time animal programs and
workshops, families can go on an exciting adventure with the Park’s new
characters – Whiskers & Friends. The Whiskers Theatre will transform into a
train station for the “Whiskers Express & the Miraculous Journey”, in which
Whiskers & Friends will take everyone on a thrilling adventure. With a
captivating story line, dances, juggling acts, interactive games, special stage
effects and music, including songs written by famous composer Mark Lui,
children can learn about how everyone has a role to play in protecting the
environment for both humans and animals. Mark Lui is also working with Ocean
Park on a new edu-taining 3D animation series on Whiskers & Friends’
exciting adventures.
Another activity not to be missed during Animal Discovery
Fest is the Sea Life Digi-paint Workshop at Whiskers Harbour, where children
can turn their creative paper paintings into 3D images on a gigantic digital
panel. They will then be challenged to remove plastics and other rubbish from
their digital paintings of the sea to make them beautiful again.
Discover more at the Ocean Park Adventure Camp
For children who would like to build upon the Animal
Discovery Fest experience and take their exploration of animals and nature to
the next level, the Ocean Park Spring Adventure programs combine science
experiments, animal observation, personal and collaborative challenges, as well
as take investigative tasks to all corners of Ocean Park for participants to
learn cool things about science while developing their communication,
interpersonal, logical thinking, problem-solving and cooperation skills.
