The aptly named Green World Ecological Farm is kind of like a zoo. With a strong emphasis on the farming and nature, Green World is located just outside of Beipu in Hsinchu Country, Taiwan.

The park itself is quite large with a lot of attractions to see, mostly in the form of animal and plant exhibits. Fortunately (or unfortunately) the park is aimed at kids, so Green World doesn’t really pass as a zoo but there are enough animals on site to keep you interested for a few hours.

On a recent trip to Green World, here’s what I found.

Walking through the front gate I was pleasantly surprised to run into our Australian friend the emu.

Proudly displayed at the front of the park it was a bit of a national pride kick for me, they even had the Australian coat of arms out.

Before we got to far into the park, the next major item on our itenary was the parrots.

I’m not too familiar with the different parrot breeds out there but from what I gathered most were from Africa or South America (?). In any case there was a whole bunch of parrots in different colors and the show they put on was quite amusing to watch.

I’ve never seen a parrot ride a bicycle, skateboard or use rollerskates before so I got my moneys worth.


I was a bit worried about the animal welfare side of things but to their credit the parrots at Green World looked healthy and happy. They appeared to well trained and there didn’t look to be any forcing of them going on.

Next up was a giant enclosure for tropical type creatures. As you walked in you went past some giant python type snakes.

I’m not really a fan of the creepy crawlies (yes snakes are creepy crawlies to me), so even walking past was a bit of an effort.

Inside the enclosure you had all sorts of animals running about, predominantly the monkeys who were given free roam along the open treetops of the enclosure.

My favourites in this enclosure were probably these turtles, who looked like something straight out of the World of Warcraft;

and the flamingos;

I’d never actually seen flamingos up close in real life so it was quite interesting to observe them. They look every bit as cartoon like as they are portrayed!

Some of the exhibits at Green World were a little strange, take for example this place;

I know succulent and cactus go together but as it’s written all I could think about was the fact I’d never seen a tasty looking park.

Most of the other plant and animal exhibits weren’t all that interesting to me but I can see the appeal to kids. In Taiwan it’s not like there’s copious amounts of wildlife to see so the novelty of seeing animals up close would be quite appealing.

Some other random things of interest were these giant fish;

No idea on what species they were but they were freaking huge. Unfortunately the tank they were in seemed a bit small though… hopefully the filtration was up to scratch.

The last thing I saw as we left Green World was a little bit of geographical trivia. On display just before you exit the park is a neat little signpost showing the supposed distance between Green World and some of the world’s major cities.

Of particular note was the inclusion of Sydney.

No idea how accurate it was but 7,441 km sounds about right and is enough to kick in the homesickness for a while.

Green World is a park definitely aimed at kids but it is interesting enough for adults to breeze through, just don’t expect to spend an entire day there.

It’s probably not worth travelling down from Taipei to see but definitely worth a pop in if you’re travelling through the area.

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