If you are landing at the Shanghai Hongqiao International airport, then Holiday Inn Shanghai Hongqiao would be the best as it is near to the hotel and zoo is also a 10 min drive from the hotel. Hotel will arrange the taxi in few minutes only.

It was 40 RMB for adults, 20 RMB for children. Children under 1.20m are free.

Hi you have 2 options first you can take subway closest metro station to your hotel as I've check is line 12 ningguo station and you need interchange to line 10 tiantong Lu station up to Shanghai zoo.Stations are written in english so its not really hard to commute.but its quite far about 18 stations from your hotel. Second you can also take taxi ask the concierge from your hotel to write the address of shanghai zoo in chinese and your hotel for your convenience because most of the taxi driver in shanghai can only speak chinese. And i may also suggest that you better go there a little bit early shanghai zoo is quite big and around 5:30 or 6 its a little bit dark already. Only few lights and better bring your own food like sandwich or any food you can easily prepare because stores are limited.

The entrance fee is 60 RMB for adults. However I will recommend you visit the Wild Animal Park if you have more time and budget (160 RMB). You can read my review on tripadvisor. Is provides a lot of useful details for your trip.

Hello, we went with a tour group & as it was approx 2.00pm in the afternoon, the only animal being feed other where Panda's. Where the are feed their bamboo & the fruit bread. they waited by the keeper door as they knew it was feeding time. I had heard bad reports on this zoo from Trip Advisor, but I found it better than the bad comments. Yes there was rubbish in some of the pen's, but younger teenagers where the culprits. Did not see many animal keepers. But the animals where a easy to view up close & looked well looked after.