Day 9 - June 2007

Seoul Grand Park

Situated next to Seoul Land, Korea’s first theme park surround Mt Cheonggyesan, is Grand Seoul Park. It shares it’s ground with the Grand Park zoo which was opened in 1984 and is one of Asia’s largest zoo sitting on 192,000 m2 of land.

The botanical garden is the second largest in Asia, with a greenhouse measuring 25 meters high and 2,825m2 wide. It keeps over 1,300 kinds of various plants and the Garden consists of 4 halls including a hall for tropical and subtropical plants; flesh eating plants; chain – fern hall; and an east orchid hall.

The rose garden was created around the lake of Seoul Grand Park with more than 200 species of roses and 20,700 plants. It is considered the best rose garden in Korea, and is definitely worth the visit for those who consider themselves fans of this timeless flower.

Featured plants:
Scarlet Meidilland Rose – Rosa ‘Scarlet Meidilland’
Princess de Monaco – Rosa ‘Princess de Monaco’
Soft cane Dendrobium – Dendrobium sp.
Golden Barrell Cactus – Echinocactus grusonii

Location:
Makgye-dong, Gwacheon-si ,Gyeonggi-do

Contact:
Seoul Grand Park Administration Office, Tel. +82-2-500-7245(Eng, Kor)

Opening Hours:
Open year round
- (Apr. ~ Sep.) 9:00 a.m. ~ 7:00 p.m.(entrance permitted until 6p.m.) / (Oct. ~ Mar.) 9:00 a.m. ~ 6:00 p.m. (entrance permitted until 5p.m.)

Admission Fee:
(High Demand Season-April-June/ September-October)
Zoo : Adult(Age 19 or older) 3,000 won(group of 30 persons or more 2,100 won) / Teenager(Ages 13-18) 2,000 won(group of 30 or more persons 1,400 won) Children(Ages 4-12) 1,000 won(group of 30 or more persons 700 won)
Dolphin Show : Adult 1,500 won / Teenager 1,000 won / Children 500 won
Youth Training Center : Adult 2,000 won / Teenager 1,500 won / Children 1,000 won

Links:
Tour 2 Korea - Seoul Grand Park