Garden Expo Park (Wuhan Natural History Museum)

Site of the 2015 Garden Expo (116 exhibition gardens), Yangtze River Civilization Museum + Behring Great Rivers Life Museum (African animal specimen collection). The venue of the 10th China International Garden Expo, where 116 city gardens gather the essence of garden art from across the country; after the Wuhan Garden Expo ended it became a city park, and the "tour gardens nationwide in one day" route moves fluidly between gardens of the North China Plain and the Jiangnan water towns. Two themed museums inside create a "garden + museum" combined experience: the Yangtze River Civilization Museum follows the archaeology and civilizational history of the Yangtze basin, while the Behring Great Rivers Life Museum displays African savanna animal specimen groups — the scene-style displays of lions, elephant herds and zebra migrations are visually stunning among inland China's museums, earning it the title "a wildlife world without going to Africa"; the CNY 60 ticket includes the museums; Metro Line 7 direct; a top pick for family day trips.

Getting there: Metro Line 7, Yuanboyuan East Station