Reid Park Zoo’s long-awaited Pathway to Asia expansion will open Nov. 13, introducing 30 new species and the zoo’s first-ever reptile house.
The 4.5-acre addition will feature red pandas, Malayan tigers, Asian small-clawed otters, sand cats and gibbons, along with an aviary and the Robert H. Hamilton Tropical Discovery Center. The center will house Komodo dragons, a reticulated python, tortoises and straw-colored fruit bats.
Inspired by ancient Khmer architecture in Angkor, Cambodia, the exhibit will feature stone facades, pillars and a towering stone archway designed to resemble centuries-old ruins…