Gyeongju Bird Park

 

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outdoor park

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smaller indoor park

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main bird park

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view from main park 2nd floor

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back in main park

Gyeongju Bird Park is a zoo presenting 900 birds of 250 different species along with some fishes and reptiles. Designed by Jongsoo Lee of Kilrok Architecture Office, it has two indoor parks and one outdoor park. It was interesting to see how they provided double height space cages for the birds, arched cage for reptiles, caged paths for squirrels, and paths for people to walk around and watch the birds from both 1st and 2nd floor.

Total floor area: 5000sqm

Address: 74-14 Bomun-ro, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do (경상북도 경주시 보문로 74-14, 경주버드파크/동궁원)
Tel: +82 054-777-7200
Hours: 9am-8pm
Tickets: 17,000krw/adults
http://www.birdparks.co.kr/ – in Korean
http://blog.daum.net/kilrokac -in Korean
 
 
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