Hwajinpo Aquarium 화진포 해양박물관
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Goseong-gun’s Hwajinpo Aquarium (화진포 해양박물관) is located in the Hwajinpo area of Gangwondo Province and consists of two exhibition rooms with one room featuring a total of 40,000 or 1,500 species shellfish including rare shellfish, crustaceans, coral, fossils and a stuffed specimens; and the other displaying 125 species of 3,000 fish living in fish tanks of varying sizes and shapes designed and equipped in accordance with the characteristics and habitats of each species of fish.
There is a 300 ton overhead underwater tunnel on the first floor of the fish exhibition room. The second floor is home to the Ocean Beach and Beautiful East Sea Exhibitions; the Invertebrate Animal Center along with a 3-D Theater that shows films like "Hwajinpo Becomes a Lake", "Ocean Day", and the "Amazing Underwater Trip.
Utilization information
・Information : • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-33-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info +82-33-682-7300
・Parking Facilities : Available (Except during summer season)
・Parking Fees : Free
・Closed : All year round
・Admission Fees : Adult 5,000 won / Group (more 30) 4,000 won
Youth 4,000 won / Group (more 30) 3,000 won
Child (age 7-12) 3,000 won / Group (more 30) 2,000 won
・Operating Hours : 09:00 - 18:00
09:00
- 17:00 (winter season)
・Structure Size : * Shellfish Exhibition: Located in a three-story building with a total area of 780㎡
* Fish Exhibition Room: Located in a three-story building with a total area of 1,057㎡ (400-tonnes of water, 29 exhibit tanks, 10 breeding tanks)
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Access
1. Take the bus from Dong Seoul Terminal to Sokcho (departures every 10 to 20 minutes from 06:25 to 23:00, takes about 2.5 hrs)
2. Take the bus from Gangnam Bus Terminal to Sokcho (departures every 30 to 40 minutes from 06:30 to 23:30, takes about 3hrs and 10 min)
* From Sokcho Termina take the bus#1, 1-1 to Daejin (departures every 10 minutes, takes about 70 min) and walk for 10 minutes.
Chodo-ri 94-1, Hyeonnae-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do
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