Ttukseom Seoul Forest Park

I think this park is my favorite of all the parks we've visited. It is large and involves much walking, (map) but there is so much to see and do that the walking is not wearying. The park covers nearly 300 acres of what in ages past used to be kings hunting grounds, then much later a golf course, then horse track, then sports field, and now a great place for families to spend the day. It is now topically divided into five parks, all seamlessly connected. They are Cultural Art Park, Eco Forest, Experiential Learning Park, Marsh Plants Garden, and the Han River Waterside Park.

The main entrance opens to the Cultural Art Park, starting with a statue of racing horses.

Beyond that is a small sculpture garden and "Mirror Lake", which is a black stone bottomed large puddle really. It's only about an inch deep, but with the clouds and trees clearly reflected of its surface, it was quite pretty to look at.

Mirror Lake with the sculptures in back.

In the culture park there is also an outdoor stage and fountain play area. The fountains were off when we arrived, but later in the afternoon they had been turned on. I discovered later that the hours are 11:00, 1:00, 3:00, and 5:00 for one hour each, April to October. They have gender separated tents set up to allow for changing clothes. Up the path a bit from the 'lake' is a large playground area where the kids had tons of fun!

Kids can climb inside this from one foot to the other.

On the back right is the two level slide; super fun for the kids!

After a snack, we strolled through a small part of the specially planted wood area...

...then over to the Eco Forest where they have a deer corral. You can buy food to feed the deer, but we just used grass.  

After this, it was past the waterfall area where we had a brief science lesson on water-skippers...

and over to the butterfly room and insectarium, which was really a greenhouse with an area that had dead bugs on display.

Trying to get the nabi on her finger!

Insectarium

The paths are beautifully landscaped and well tended, so even just coming to stroll provides entertainment. All this, and that is only about half of the park! We will definitely be going back, especially now that fall is knocking on the door!