Daejeon's O-World

On Friday Yen and I decided to visit O-World, an amusement park/zoo/botanical garden just south of Daejeon. I had been wanting to visit it for sometime, and with the unseasonably warm weather we opted to head up.

The quick KTX ride and a taxi later we were there.

At the Main Entrance

Also at the main Entrance

The only Giraffe we saw

A Meerkat

Those cats get very close to the tourists

 

a good spot to rest

Flower land, with no flowers

the kids area

Penguins!

Daejeon near Jungang no

The main amusement park "Joyland", was mostly rides for kids and we skipped it to head to the zoo.

The zoo, named "Zooland", was actually two parts. One was the part covered in our admission, while the second was a Jungle Safari..... for an extra 17,000 won each. Not that seeing an elephant or giraffe would not have been cool, but I have seen them before, and not at that price.

The rest of the zoo was okay, with some monkeys, wild cats, bears and penguins. It was certainly not to the standards of other zoo's around the world (or even Seoul Zoo) but it was fun for an hour or so. The Penguins were especially cute, as were the monkeys.

"Flowerland" was basically shut down, fair enough given the season.

It was a fun place to see and a check off my ever shrinking Korean bucket list, but I don't think I would ever go back. With KTX and admission it was $40 per person and it isn't exactly easy to get to either, necessitating a $12 cab ride or a LOOOONG bus ride. However I had a great day and I hope to do more daytrips like that as the weather improves.