What other travelers are saying about Southeast Botanical Gardens
Excellent spot if you have children. Kids probably can play with all kinds of animals for long time. They also have shows to keep you entertained. Also a buffet restaurant inside. Food is good. Make sure you get the lunch + park set so the buffet becomese half price. I only wish the welcome flower is fresh one like the one in Maui. Mahalo !
Way better than just any zoo! It was a whole experience! We paid for the 2,500 yen ticket at the entrance (todays rainy, and it’s early april) that included the indoor enclosure animals and the insect exhibit. There were so many animals you could feed, and all of the animals seemed very well taken care of and happy. There are so many beautiful plant species. There are a couple of fun little games to do, like fish and throw a heart into a heart shaped hole! There was a bird show that you can see from the look out point or from the cafe. The monkey enclosure was so fun! They were so silly and running around and trying to pull my hair. We spent about four and a half hours just exploring! I highly recommend this. Make sure you bring tons of 100 yen coins so you can feed all the animals.
Underrated place.
The plants are whatever but imo it’s a must visit for the animals. There are monkeys, sheep, turtles, birds, etc, and CAPYBARAS! Had amazing fun petting and feeding the capybaras! It was my first time seeing capybaras in real life and I was shocked at how large they really are!
You can also enter the cage and feed the monkeys during certain times of the day. They will climb on you and steal from you so be ware. It does cost extra to enter and to buy the feeds, but it’s not expensive and the experience was definitely worth it.
It’s not a very popular place to visit in Okinawa so it was pretty quiet and there weren’t any lines for anything besides the monkey feeding experience. I will definitely take all my family and friends visiting Okinawa here from now on!
Large water park and botanical garden with a few animals. The grounds looked run down and the plants neglected. Many of the signs on plants were faded and illegible. The evening light-up displays are probably a better use of your time. I was disappointed with this attraction.
Fun experience for the show family, night or day. Days and night tickets are different and must be purchased separately. During the day they have a few interactive animal exhibits like Squirrel Monkeys, turtles, capybaras, and donkeys. At night, between Oct - May, the park has an illumination event that is pretty cool.
