Main route: from forest families to the underwater world

The route begins with giant otters and red pandas in the outdoor garden. The first encounter introduces a family in which older siblings help raise younger ones. The second leads to mountain forests and shelters chosen by a mother panda. The walk starts outside before continuing into the Orientarium.

At the elephants, the subject turns to finding food and moving around: the trunk performs several tasks, and this large plant-eater is also a capable swimmer. Lion-tailed macaques shift the focus to treetops and group life. Next, the blacktip reef shark and ocellated eagle ray compare two ways of hunting underwater: catching small animals and crushing hard shells and armour.

The false gharial takes the story from ocean tanks to wetlands. Its narrow snout is a fish hunter’s tool. The next encounter, with the orangutan, returns to families and sleeping nests. A binturong shows how a grasping tail helps with climbing, and the sun bear closes the route with claws and a long tongue for gathering honey.

Follow the zoo’s paths and signs between stops. Two aquarium stops concern residents of the same zone; their sequence orders the story rather than the position of each fish.