- Address: 513 Yeongdong-daero, Samseong 1 (il) -dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Phone: +82 2-6002-6200
- Website: www.coexaqua.com
- Working hours: daily 10: 00-20: 00
- Tickets: adults $ 25, children $ 20
Any tour of Seoul necessarily involves visiting local aquariums. The largest of them is COEX, located in the center of the capital of South Korea on the ground floor of the same-named shopping and entertainment complex. Here in 90 huge reservoirs live well-known representatives of marine flora and fauna, demonstrating the diversity of the underwater world of the coast of the Korean peninsula.
The interior of the oceanarium COEX
Seoul is one of the most technologically advanced cities in the world, which could not but affect this entertainment complex. The COEX oceanarium in Korea is an underground tunnel in which the sense of reality is completely lost. Being here, it seems as if you are walking along the ocean floor, watching its inhabitants.
To highlight the problem of pollution of the environment and the world's oceans, in some areas old refrigerators, furniture and other household items were installed. By means of such an interesting design, the COEX aquarium in Seoul performs not only entertaining, but also enlightening functions.
Expositions of the COEX aquarium
The complex is designed in such a way that it is convenient to visit it both independently and with group excursions. Here, 90 tanks have been created, which are accessible for viewing by visitors, and 140 service tanks. In total, the oceanarium of the COEX Aquarium Seoul is inhabited by 40,000 marine inhabitants belonging to 600 species. That visitors could see the majority of them, the aquarium is divided into 6 halls:
- "The legacy of the Inca Empire";
- "Forests and lands of the Amazon";
- "Inhabitants of the World Ocean";
- "Open pool";
- "Marine predators";
- "Secrets of the sea depths."
Visitors to the CEOX aquarium in Seoul can see not only sharks-cannibals, coral crabs and other aquatic inhabitants, but also to get acquainted with amazing ancient civilizations. Under the supervision of workers, you can even touch a small shark or hold a starfish on your hands. In outdoor pools you can see polar bears, sea birds, otters and exotic plant species.
Tourist information card
For convenience of visitors the institution works every day. People with disabilities can buy a discount ticket, but you need to present the relevant document. Free admission to the COEX aquarium in Seoul is only valid for children under three years of age and only accompanied by an adult. You can pay for the ticket with a credit card. For group excursions (from 20 people) tickets must be booked in advance.
Near the building of the shopping center, in which COEX Aquarium Seoul is located, there is a spacious parking. Visitors to the aquarium can use it with a 50% discount. Entry with pets is prohibited.
How to get to the COEX oceanarium?
Most tourists who come to Seoul, immediately recorded for group tours around the capital. This eliminates the need to seek an answer to the question of how to get to the COEX complex in Seoul. For those who travel to South Korea on their own, it is easier to use the metro or bus routes. Directly at the entrance to the COEX shopping center is the exit of the Samseong metro station (Samson), which can be reached via line No.2. Also near the sight of the bus stop is the Ponynsa Temple , which can be reached by routes Nos. 41, 142, 2411, 4411.
Fans of hiking can get from the center of the capital to the oceanarium in 30-40 minutes, following the west along the roads of Olympic-ro and Teheran-ro.