Seoul Grand Park

Seoul Grand Park lies south of the Seoul city limits, at the foot of Mt. Ch'onggye in Kwach'on city. It is the nation's largest park complex consisting of the nation's largest zoo and a botanical garden in one compound, and Seoul Land Amusement Park, a hiking trail, a campground and National Museum of Contemporary Art in separate compounds. On a hillside, overlooking the zoo's central pens, is the botanical garden, which houses 169,327 plants from 1,196 different species including tropical plants, subtropical plants, cactus, fleshy plants, oriental orchids, and ferns.