About the Exhibit

In order to maintain the facility of Panda House and animal welfare consideration to ensure a better visiting experience, The Panda House will off for visiting every 1st Monday each month. (In year 2010, it will be 1/4, 2/1, 3/1, 4/6, 5/3, 6/7, 7/5, 8/2, 9/6, 10/4, 11/1, 12/6)

The giant pandas are coming to Taipei Zoo's Xinguang Special Exhibit House, the exhibit facility bestowed by the Shin Kong Group to the Association of Friends of Taipei Zoo and let it to outsource the project's design and construction, with which the Taipei Zoo was named as the builder by the Taipei City Government, and after completion donated to the Zoo for operations and management.

The ground floor of the Special Exhibit covers one 765 square meter outdoor display area, and two indoor display areas, 254 sq. meters and 210 sq. meters each, designed to easily house at least one pair of Pandas. The outdoor enclosure simulates the animals' natural habitat that is spacious and has extra green vegetation as "floor" and background, rocks of variety sizes and shapes, a pond with waterfall, and plenty of climbing structures and shady areas. The comfortable and health-centric indoor enclosures are air conditioned, in the summer temperature is set between 18-22 degrees centigrade; in winter is natural ventilation, with air conditioning coming on when outside hits above 22 degrees centigrade. Humidity is controlled at 60-70% all year round.

Exhibit Facilities

• First Floor – Main Display Area
  • the indoor-outdoor panda display enclosures and education tours
  • work stations

• Second Floor – Visitor Services
• Third Floor – International Conference Hall
  • 250-occupancy international conference room