Hong Kong day 2: Ocean Park

Ocean Park, Hong Kong Island
Saturday, 1st March 2014

Today supposedly kami ke Disneyland HK tapi ada perubahan itinerary sikit sebab kami change plan nak pergi on Monday. Hari ni cuti di HK, so, confirm ramaikan, nanti takut tak berapa nak enjoy sebab too many people. So, kami decide hari ni kami nak ke Ocean Park dulu. Spending our one day at HK most popular theme park. Seawal 7.30pg kami bergerak dari Hotel sebab perjalanan mengambil masa hampir satu jam juga from Tsim Sha Tsui ke Ocean Park di HK Island menggunakan public transport. Tiket ke Ocean park, kami dah beli siap-siap kat Delta Hotel together with HK Disneyland & Ngong Ping 360. 

Ticket price offered at Delta Hotel

Ocean Park - HKD290

HK Disneyland - HKD420

NgongPing 360 - HKD205 (Return Crystal Cabin)

Terminak Bus near Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier

Dekat star ferry ni ada Tourist information counter. Kami sempat singgah juga nak dapatkan a few information on HK especially pasal the Big Bus Tour. The staff was so friendly & helpful. Sudahnya sampai last day pun kami tak berpeluang nak naik sebab masa sangat tight nak ke attraction yang lain. Arrgghh, kecewa. InsyAllah next time ke HK, kita cuba pulak kan.

Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier

Inside the Ferry heading to HK Island, tak ramai orang lagi masa ni maybe cos still early

Central Star Ferry Pier at HK Island, cuaca agak mendung ketika ini

Ferry yang membawa kami ke Hong Kong Island

From Central Star Ferry, we only need to walk about 10 minutes to the nearest bus station sebab kami akan naik citybus route 629. This citybus route 629 runs daily from MRT Admiralty station or central (Star Ferry). So, kalau naik MRT boleh lah stop kat Admiralty station. Bus fares are HKD10.60 for adults & HKD5.30 for children. Boleh dikatakan, bus ni memang bus khas untuk ke Ocean Park & journey will take approximately 30 minutes.

Queue nak naik bus 629 to Ocean Park

Masa kami sampai dah ramai pun orang, al maklum hari cuti kan. Tak sabar rasanya nak menghabiskan seharian disini. Nak masuk ocean park akan lalu security check dulu, hehehe... kalau nasib baik dia suruh jalan jer, kalau tak, kena selongkar beg lah jawabnya. Aku pun tak pasti apa yang tak boleh bawa masuk sebab perasan ada juga yang bawa makanan tak lepas nak bawa masuk. Alhamdulillah, bekalan makanan kami semua selamat.

Main entrance to Ocean Park

Masuk-masuk jer korang akan dipaksa bergambar macam kat bawah ni. Tapi sebab dia cakap tak semestinya kena beli so, ok lah & dia sangat baik hati tolong ambilkan gamba kami but using our camera. Lepas jer dah habis bergambar, datang 2 ladies bawa keychain, FM & pic kami yang dah siap frame, all one set offered at HKD340. Harga macam rasa tak masuk akal kalau untuk benda macam tu je pon tapi maybe sebab tempat ni consider one of the most visited tourist attraction, that's why harga dia agak melampau. Kalau ikutkan nafsu memang nak beli tapi memikirkan budget takde so, none of us interested to buy that thing. Bijak dia orang ni tak kasi beli satu item jer sebab dia cakap price would be same if kami nak FM sahaja. Baik tak payah kan. Membazir. Anyway, I dah ada pun gambar kat bawah ni, so, nanti I frame sendiri sajalah.

Wajah keriangan di Ocean Park

 

Facts...

Ocean Park, is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park, situated in Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan in the Southern District of Hong Kong, China. It is, together with Hong Kong Disneyland, one of the two large theme parks in Hong Kong. So, if you come to HK, ocean park should be one of your "a must visit place".

Ocean Park is divided into two main attraction areas: the Waterfront and the Summit, which can be further divided into eight different attraction zones: Amazing Asian Animals, Aqua City, Whiskers Harbour, Marine World, Polar Adventure, Adventure Land, Thrill Mountain and the Rainforest. It may take one day to really explore the whole adventure and attractions. So, plan your time wisely.

Akan jumpa beautiful fountain ni dulu, actually ada fountain show pukul 7mlm disini tapi kami dah balik sebelum sempat catch the show

Ocean Park ni sangat luas. So, advisable sangat ambik map dulu before plan nak ke mana-mana. Any attraction inside ocean park can be accessed easily with cable car, escalator & ocean express. Kami bermula dengan yang paling hampir dengan kami dululah, the grand aquarium. The grand aquarium ni macam ala-ala Aquaria KLCC. Sangat besar & macam-macam hidupan laut ada kat dalam ni. So, just enjoy dengan makhluk indah & unique ciptaan Allah disini.

Our first destination inside Ocean park, The Grand Aquarium

Spectacular Sea Jelly at Marine World

The shark inside the aquarium

We spend around 30 minutes inside this aquarium. After that, proceed ke giant Panda Adventure nak tengok "An An", the Giant Male Panda. Born in 1986 & weight 103kg. Personality, agile & active. Nak tengok panda punya pasal kan, sanggup tunggu lama tu. Tapi berbaloi lah sebab aku memang first time kot tengok panda dari jarak dekat. Memang terhibur lah tengok si giant yang cute nie. Rasa macam nak bela seekor jer. Tapi sayang, spesis haiwan ini semakin pupus.

Tengah makan pun cute

Lapor lagi ni, manalah makanan dia orang letak ni, saja nak suruh aku jalan jauh-jauh

Terpkasalah buat aksi cute sebab orang nak tengok kan, hehehe.

After terhibur dengan gelagat giant panda yang cute, kami meneruskan agenda yang seterusnya ke Thrill mountain & Polar adventure. The easiest way to get there, by ocean express.

Ocean express ride to explore the thrill mountain & polar adventure areas

Awesome view you could see from the thrill mountain peak

The other side of Hong Kong from the thrill mountain peak

Sampai sini sajalah tapi satu thrill mountain ride pun aku tak naik

Sampai sini sajalah tapi satu thrill mountain ride pun aku tak naik. Bukan aku saja, yang lain pun sama taknak. Dalam hati memang sangat teringin tapi rasa berdebar lain macam lah pulak masa ni bila tengok ride dia sangat menggerunkan. Plus, yang lain pun macam tak interested & takut-takut juga. Sudahnya satu ride pun aku tak naik kat sini, rasa macam rugi pun ada. Menyesal pun dah tak guna. Tapi ride kat sini memang amat sesuai dengan adults compare to HK disneyland sebab sangat adventure and menggerunkan, hehehe.

Ride ni sebelum naik nampak macam cool jer tapi dah sampai atas dia pusing macam tak hingat

Sebab tak nak buang masa tengok orang saja menjerit, kami pun masuk ke area Polar Adventure, nak tengok penguin. Sangat terhibur tengok gelagat penguin kat sini. Macam tahu jer orang tengok dia kan, siap buat macam-macam aksi lagi.

Penguin pun ada tau, siap buat macam-macam aksi lagi

Banggalah tu orang ramai tengok

After polar adventure, kami cari tempat sesuai sikit nak lunch dengan bekal yang kami bawa. Kat sini takde halangan macam kat HK Disneyland. Rata-rata aku nampak ramai juga yang bawa food sendiri. Macam kami yang susah nak cari makanan halal ni, so, better bawa bekal sebab aku pun tak sure ada ke tak halal food kat sini. Anyway, kalau ada pun guarantee mahal kan.

Lepas dah kenyang kami teruskan aktiviti ke marine world pulak. And our first destination tengok, dolphin show. Show ni bermula pukul 2 petang & cuaca masa tu agak panas. Anyway, nice show siap ada buat short acting lagi tu. Pandai juga dolphin ni berlakon. No wonder lah, ikan pun jadi buat movie kan. The show ended 30 minutes later.

Sanggup berpanas nak tunggu show bermula

Antara aksi menarik dolphin

Ada dolphin show & ocean theater, anyway agak terhibur juga

After the dolphin show, kami pun naik our first ride "ocean park tower", One of the tallest observation towers in Southeast Asia. Rises 200 metres above sea level with a rotating observation deck at the top offering 360° views of the South China Sea, ocean park from top as well as Aberdeen and the islands of Lantau, Lamma and Cheung Chau. Ocean park tower ni tak thrill sangat pun. Cuma dapat tengok superb view dari atas sajalah.

Thrill Mountain and Polar Adventure areas from ocean park tower

The rainforest area from the ocean park tower

Whiskers Harbour from Ocean Park Tower

Apalah nasib aku ni

The sea lion

Sempat capture Kay sengeh & bai naik mine train

After mine train, kami decided nak turun ke bawah semula memandangkan hari dah hampir petang masa ni & masing-masing pun dah tak berminat nak naik ride dah masa ni. So, kami turun ke bawah menaiki Cable Car. View memang sangat cantik dari atas cable car nie cuma cuaca agak mendung sedikit.

Cable car ride down to Old Hong Kong

Excited adik beradik nie yea

Banyak nyer cable car

Turun dari cable car kami akan masuk kawasan Old Hong Kong. So, nak tahu macam mana HK yang dulu-dulu, kenalah visit this area. Area ni akan mengingatkan kegemilangan HK di zaman dulu-dulu & zaman penjajahan. Teringat cerita HK yang lama-lama kat TV tu, aku sangat suka especially kalau ada part yang kungfu, hehehe.

Makcik jual sayur

Antara daya tarikan di old Hong Kong

Feel the old Hong Kong

After old HK, kami yang boleh solat ni ke Information counter dulu nak minta izin tempat nak solat. memandangkan masa kami sampai tu room is occupied, so, we're provided with another room which is medic room. Next building to information counter. After Solat, we ended today's tour at Ocean Park.

Kami pulang menaiki bus 629 yang sama tapi stop kat MTR Admiralty station. So, balik ke Hotel semula dengan MTR.

To be continued...