Qujiang Polar Ocean Park in Xian

Qujiang Polar Ocean Park Facts

Come to Qujiang Polar Ocean Park to watch the endearing penguins, polar bears, and dolphin shows. Inside the park's Aquarium you can enjoy watching the beautiful tropical fish, the alligator show, or the dugong show. The seafloor tunnel is the best place from which to appreciate the marine organisms: you can wander around like you're on the seabed. The park's Polar Museum has two floors. On the first floor you can see way of life of animals underwater; on the second, you can observe animals that live on the land. 

Chinese Name: 西安曲江海洋极地公园

Type: Nature & Parks; Ocean Park

Address: No. 1 Qujiang 2nd Road, Yanta District, Xi'an (near East Gate of Datang Furong Garden)

Best Seasons: All year around

Recommended Visiting Hours: about 2-3 hours

Full Ticket: CNY 160 (including all performances in Aquarium and Polar Museum)

Opening Hours: Aquarium 9:00-18:30; Polar Region 9:00-17:30.

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Why is Qujiang Polar Ocean Park so Special?

1. Xi’an Qujiang Polar Ocean Park is the largest large-scale theme ocean park in western China, and its scale and exhibition level can be ranked among the top five ocean parks in China.  
2. Come to Qujiang Polar Ocean Park to watch the endearing penguins, polar bears, and dolphin shows. Inside the park’s Aquarium you can enjoy watching the beautiful tropical fish, the alligator show, or the dugong show. The seafloor tunnel is the best place from which to appreciate the marine organisms: you can wander around like you’re on the seabed.   
3.  The first phase of the aquarium was completed and opened on February 5, 2005. It is the first large-scale Marine theme park in western China.The second polar museum, which opened on February 5, 2013, is the first theme park in northwest China to display polar animals.

Brief Introduction of Qujiang Polar Ocean Park

Covering an area of 70 mu (11.5 acres), Qujiang Polar Ocean Park of Xi’an mainly consists of Aquarium, Polar Museum, and Golden Coast Business Street areas. It is one of China’s largest ocean theme parks, with multiple functions including polar ocean experience, leisure and entertainment, and science education, etc.

Come to Qujiang Polar Ocean Park to watch the endearing penguins, polar bears, and dolphin shows. Inside the park’s Aquarium you can enjoy watching the beautiful tropical fish, the alligator show, or the dugong show. The seafloor tunnel is the best place from which to appreciate the marine organisms: you can wander around like you’re on the seabed. The park’s Polar Museum has two floors. On the first floor you can see way of life of animals underwater; on the second, you can observe animals that live on the land. Animals such as penguins, seals, and polar bears both swim in the water and come out to play on the land.

Main Attractions of Qujiang Polar Ocean Park

With a total construction area of 100,000sq-m, the park is divided between the aquarium, the Rhine square and the Sea Business Club. Real Music Engineering installed a total of 87 Active Audio CL62 ceiling speakers throughout the different exhibition zones to play sound effects, background music and to provide commentary according to the different exhibitions. In addition, two Active Audio SA250S StepArray columns were installed in the dolphin performance hall.

Aquarium is the central part of the Qujiang Polar Ocean Park. Its total construction area is 18,600 square meters (4.6 acres). The major sightseeing zones are Ocean Science Hall, Tropical Rainforests Hall, Underwater Tunnel, and Performance Hall, etc. The activities here include performances from “mermaids” (played by human beings), dolphins, sea lions, and sharks, etc.

Occupying an area of over 400 square meters (15.8 square yards), Ocean Science Hall is the largest among all of China’s ocean science halls within ocean parks. Moreover, it exhibits a sample of Bryde’s Whale. Measuring 13.5 meters (about 44.2 feet) long, it is the longest of all China’s Bryde’s Whale samples exhibited in ocean parks. By visiting the aquarium, visitors can learn ocean knowledge from professional guides, and observe the growth and developmental events of sea creatures. Children are even allowed to make samples by themselves.

Upon entering the Tropical Rain Forest Hall, visitors will feel like they are in a real rain forest. Based on the growing habits and dwelling environments of tropical plants and creatures, experts have created this rain forest by using not only plants and creatures, but also the sounds and lighting from woods, streams, crawling snakes, rains, dews, lightning, and displaying rain forests backgrounds, etc. It is divided into five thematic zones: Ancient Discovery, Rain Forest Wonder, Human Beings and Nature, Exotic Flavor, and A Walk in the Future. The various creatures here and their living habits and behaviors will give visitors good experiences of rain forest life.

Crocodile Show The 80-meter-long (about 2,625 feet) underwater tunnel boasts over 90 types of sea species from all over the world, with total amounts exceeding 5,000, from dreadful sharks to dancing skates. In addition to marine lives, there are also some freshwater ornamental fishes. During the trip, visitors can feed the creatures themselves, and dive into the water to have a close communication with ocean creatures.

Occupying an area of over 16,000 square meters (about 4 acres), it consists of seven ocean style buildings. With families and children as the major customers, it is a good place for having meals, shopping, and entertaining. In addition, there is a crocodile hall where visitors can enjoy an exciting “battle” between the crocodile and human beings. 

Located to the southwest of Aquarium, it has been opened to the public since February 5, 2013. It mainly consists of Polar Science & Experience Zone, Walrus Iceberg, Penguin Island, Polar Bear Gazebo, White Whale Opera House, and Happy Performance Theater, etc. It exhibits the living habits of polar ocean creatures from different angles and in various ways

How to get to Qujiang Polar Ocean Park

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If you want to get out of the traffic and hassle of navigation, you can book a private tour package that includes visiting, dining and transfer from us. Our local guide and driver will escort you to the Qujiang Polar Ocean Park in Xi’an in the fastest and most convenient way and take care of all the details. You just have to focus on the visiting.

Independent Traveler

Take bus No. 21, 501, 601, Qujiang Tourist Bus or Tourist Line 8 (No. 610), and get off at Qujiang Haiyang Shijie (Qujiang Polar Ocean Park) Station.

Useful Travel Tips

1. Tel: +86 29 8553 3555
2. Admission Fee
   Full Ticket: CNY 160 (including all performances in Aquarium and Polar Museum)
   Children between 1.2-1.4 m (3.9-4.6 ft): CNY 80
   Children under 1.2 m (3.9 ft): Free
3. Opening Hours
   Ticket Selling: 08:45-16:30
   Aquarium: 09:00-18:00
   Polar Museum: 09:00-17:30

Nearby Attractions

• Tomb of Huo Qubing
• Big Wild Goose Pagoda
• Tang Paradise
• Qujiang Pool Park
• Qinling Wildlife Park
• Chongyang Palace in Huxian
• Zhaoling Mausoleum
• South Wutai Mountain
• Caotang Temple in Huxian 
• Xiangji Temple in Xian
• Xianyou Temple Museum
• Xingjiao Temple
• Taiping National Forest Park
• Zhuque National Forest Park

Edited by Bella Ren/任新月