Taiwan Insect Museum Hsinchu Branch — Attraction in Hsinchu

Visited the Insect Museum yesterday for the capybara activity exhibitit, but also thoroughly enjoyed all the insects, fish, crocodile and turtles! Then we tried to sign up for the capybara activity. The staff was concerned because her script was in Chinese and we were a big group of foreigners with only little Chinese experience, but then she actually ended up being able to give us a lot of information in English and answer all of our questions. Very much appreciated how kind and helpful the staff was!

The petting activity costs $250 per person and lasts about 30 mins, for up to 8 people at a time. You get to feed and pet two capybaras, two giant tortoises and pet an iguana. The animals are all very friendly and enjoyable to interact with! A great experience...

Like the small zoo next door, this insect museum is also very small. If you want to see a lot of insects, you will be disappointed if you come here. But there are still some animals and insects that can be seen without tickets, and there are also paid activities to interact with animals. This is one of the short trips that can be added to...

Capybara interaction is 250NTD per person. You can reserve online or sign up when you get there. The insect part is free. The whole place is small buy worth a vist. You can bring your kids there is interact with animals (turtles, capybara, snake, iguana,...) They don't have english tour but I was lucky to have my friend there to...