Here is a natural wetland with beautiful lake bays. There are wild rice stems, lotus roots, water caltrops, and water chestnuts. Egrets fly in the sky, and there are also frogs croaking and birds chirping from time to time. Taihu Wetland Park is an original and fashionable leisure scenic area that integrates nature and culture. It combines functions such as ecological environment, vacation and leisure, tourism and sightseeing, and popular science education. Based on highlighting ‘nature, ecology, and wild charm’, the scenic area incorporates elements such as sightseeing, humanities, leisure, and amusement. It has planned and designed seven functional areas including wetland fishery experience area, wetland exhibition area, wetland ecological habitat area, wetland ecological cultivation area, water town tourism and leisure area, wetland ecological science and education base, and original wetland protection area. It fully showcases the natural ecological landscape of modern water villages. More than fifty bridges with different names and shapes in the scenic area are winding and connected with the five-mile wooden plank road, scattered and orderly throughout the entire wetland park. Scenic spots such as Taoyuan People’s Home, Seven-Masted Ancient Ship, Yujitai, Hibiscus Fence and Thatched Cottage, Peninsula Tea, Guest Arriving at Painted Boat, and Misty Waves Bringing Refreshment sometimes make people feel like opening a profound annals and historical records. At other times, they have the wonderful feeling of easily flipping through delightful readings about local customs and anecdotes. Scenic spots such as the Plant Knowledge Corridor Square, Endangered Plant Observation Corridor, Eight Water Immortals Scenic Area, Bird Watching Pavilion, and Wetland Habitat Island bring people into an educational park of popular science knowledge. Let tourists absorb ecological scientific knowledge and enhance the environmental protection concept of natural ecology.
Opening hours: Open from 09:00 to 17:00 from January 1st to July 31st; Open from 09:00 to 21:00 from August 1st to September 1st; Open from 09:00 to 17:00 from September 2nd to December 31st.
Preferential policies: Children: Children under 6 years old (inclusive) or under 1.4 meters (inclusive) in height can enter for free with valid identification documents. Elderly: People aged 70 years old (inclusive) and above can enter for free with valid identification documents. Elderly people aged 60 years old (inclusive) to 70 years old (exclusive) can enjoy half-price tickets with valid identification documents. Minors: Minors aged from 6 years old (exclusive) to 18 years old (inclusive) can enjoy half-price tickets. Military personnel: Active-duty soldiers of the People’s Republic of China and retired military cadres can enter for free with valid identification documents. Disabled people: Disabled people and one accompanying person of severely disabled people can enter for free with valid identification documents. Students: Full-time undergraduate and below students can enjoy half-price tickets.
Service facilities: Parking lot: [Suzhou Taihu National Wetland Park Parking Lot]. Reference price: 10 yuan/time for small vehicles and 20 yuan/time for large vehicles. Address: No. 1, Embroidery Street, Zhenhu, Suzhou High-tech Zone, Jiangsu Province. Parking spaces: 80. WIFI: Account: Taihu National Wetland Park. Password: None. Coverage: The whole park. Mobile phone charging: The tourist center of the scenic area is equipped with charging power sockets. Luggage storage: Reference price: Free. Address: Tourist center. Storage requires tickets. Scenic area explanation: The scenic area provides manual explanations.
Entrance Fee: 200 yuan per person. Advance phone reservation is required.
Transportation within the park: Reference price: 40 yuan per person;
Address: Lakeside Wharf, World Expo Wharf, Wanghu Wharf, Taoyuan Wharf; Reference price: Charged;
Address: Lakeside Square, Wanghu Square Restrooms: Multiple restrooms are available within the scenic area, located at the North Gate Parking Lot, Lakeside Square, Binhu Square, inside the World Expo Pavilion, Panda Square, Wetland Science Education Center, on the Great Lawn near the East Gate, and near the East Gate Ticket Booth, all marked with conspicuous signs.
Suzhou Taihu National Wetland Park
Here is a natural wetland with beautiful lake bays. There are wild rice stems, lotus roots, water ca[...]
