Guangzhou Ocean World

Situated within Guangzhou Zoo, Guangzhou Ocean World covers an area of 13,000 square meters (about 139,931 square feet) and has more than 200 kinds of fish and many other rare ocean creatures. It is a high-tech exhibition hall serving sightseeing, entertainment, research and education purposes.

Guangzhou Ocean World is divided into different areas to exhibit the marine world from all aspects.
 

Before entering the exhibition hall, visitors are first greeted by the Ocean Square. It tells evolution stories of aquatic lives in the form of relief sculptures.
 

Then, visitors enter the exhibition hall through a tunnel with elevators, where they will see colorful fish swimming around in a coral thicket. The coral thickets are so close to visitors that it is as if one can touch them and even have eye contact with the inhabitants.
 

Going out of the tunnel, visitors will see a two-storey high glass column full of kelp. The giant kelp look so naturally formed and fish are freely swimming among it.
 

The next attraction in Guangzhou Ocean World is 'Deep-sea Scenery'. The water is 10 meters deep and the volume reaches 1,100 cubic meters (about 38,846 cubic feet). It is a microcosm of the real marine world. Varied and graceful corals display their beauty and elegance while different types of fish play with each other. There are also 8 other theme displays further telling you the stories happening in the subsurface marine world. Even the smaller exhibits house rare miniature creatures.
 

The 'Freshwater World' is 4 exhibits of fish from high mountains waters to low land pools. Besides these sites, a touching pond, rocky beaches, tropical rainforests, an ocean theater and education hall are also attractions of the Guangzhou Ocean World. Sharks, penguins, seals, turtles and sea lions live in specialized areas. Visitors may see scenes of sharks hunting, seals swimming, and southern China snowing, etc in these exhibition halls.
 

The Guangzhou Ocean World also offers interactive projects. Visitors can feed the ocean creatures themselves and have close communication with these interesting creatures. In addition, visitors can swim in the pond with trained sharks and turtles, equipped with diving outfit and accompanied by coaches holding certificates from World Confederation of Underwater Activities (CMAS). It is fun, exciting and safe as well.
 

Besides these exhibitions, Guangzhou Ocean World also offers some wonderful performances, such as dolphins flying, sea lions catching lassoes and playing goal throwing, sharks hunting and mermaids dancing. The performing times are arranged as follows:

Performance	Ordinary Days	Weekends
Ocean Theater	11:00, 14:00, 16:00	10:30, 12:30, 14:00, 16:00
Mermaid Show	10:00, 11:50, 13:00, 15:00	9:50, 11:30, 13:20, 15:00
Diving Performance	10:10, 12:00, 13:10, 15:10	10:00, 11:40, 13:30, 15:10
Dancing with Shark	10:40, 12:20, 13:40, 15:40	10:15, 12:00, 13:40, 15:40

 1. Take Metro Line 6 and get off at Shaheding Station. Get out from Exit A and walk west to the north gate of the Zoo. The ocean world is close to the north gate.
2. Take bus 6, 16, 65, 78, 85, 112, 192, 199, 201, 219, 236, 246, 290, 535, 547, 833, 862b, 862 or University Town Line 4, and get off at Dongwuyuan (Zoo) Station. Then enter from the North Gate.
3. Take bus 72, 74, 84a, 84, 127, 220, 482, 706, Peak Express Line 8 or Peak Express Line 79, and get off at Zoo Bus Terminal.
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Ticket Type	Adults	Children from 1.2 - 1.5m (3.9 - 4.9ft
Ocean World +  Guangzhou Zoo	CNY 120	CNY 70
Ocean World + Guangzhou Zoo + Goldfish Garden + 3D Movie Hall	CNY 140	CNY 90
Opening Hours	North Gate: 8:00 - 16:00 South Gate: 8:00 - 15:30