The Edward Youde Aviary of Hong Kong Park has been open to the public since September 1992. The aviary is named after the late Sir Edward Youde, the Governor of Hong Kong from 1982 to 1986.

The aviary has an elevated walkway that allows visitors to walk through the tree canopy so that they can view the trees, plants and birds from various elevations and the whole valley from different angles. This elevated walkway has been specially designed to facilitate wheelchair access.

A forest streambed has been created on the valley floor with shallow pools and small waterfalls. Flowing water emerges at the lower end of the valley, converging into a large forest pool. This lower pool is contiguous with a small lake beyond the exit of the aviary, forming a nice place for viewing waterfowl.

Display panels with graphic and text illustrations have been erected at the entrance of the aviary, explaining the structure and ecology of a tropical rain forest in detail, with particular reference to the bird communities in the aviary. The one-way walkway goes downhill and leads to the exit at the lower end of the valley, and visitors can find a number of lookout points along it.

To avoid the presence of unsightly supporting poles inside the aviary, the architects made use of four giant arches spanning the entire valley to support a suspending stainless steel mesh. The area enclosed by the mesh is approximately 3 000 square metres, with its highest point 30 metres above the valley floor.

Apart from the existing trees growing inside the meshed structure, additional planting has been carried out both inside and outside the aviary. A large part of the steel mesh will be concealed from view by the trees in course of time, making the aviary resemble a natural environment.