Ocean Park Christmas Sensation
Christmas season with snow effects, festive decor and seasonal shows.
Ocean Park Hong Kong
Hybrid resort · Asia
🇨🇳 Aberdeen, Hong Kong, China
Marine life, mountains and a cable car with a view
Overall score6.7
Opened
1977
Size
226 acres (92 ha)
Rides
55 attractions
Avg. visit
7 hours
Ticket range
$69–$69 USD
Events & shows
Ocean Park Halloween Fest
Hong Kong's long-running Halloween event with haunted houses and scare zones across the park.
Visual Archive
Ocean Park spreads across a headland above the South China Sea, linked by a cable car and funicular between the Waterfront and Summit. It combines serious marine and panda conservation exhibits with Hair Raiser and The Dragon, making it Hong Kong's best value full-day park.
Plan Your Visit
Hours & tickets
- Operating hours
- Typically 10am-7pm, later during summer and Halloween Fest
- Seasonal closures
- Open year-round
- Queue-skip pass
- No general queue-skip pass; some experiences are separately ticketed
- How long to stay
- Full day
- Multi-day tickets
- Single-day tickets only.
- Season pass
- Annual or season pass from about $90 USD.
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), ~30 km
- Public transit
- MTR South Island Line direct to Ocean Park Station at the main entrance
- Parking
- On-site parking available. Around $18 USD per day.
- Staying over
- Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel next to the entrance, plus the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel
Accessibility
- Accessibility
- Steep hillside site linked by a cable car and the Ocean Express funicular, both wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair rental available and lifts serve the main level changes, though some viewing areas involve slopes.
Good to know
- Who it suits
- Excellent for families interested in animals and marine life, with a strong children's area and a few genuine thrill coasters
- Best time to visit
- Weekdays in November to early December or March, when the weather is mild; avoid mainland Chinese holidays
- Dining
- Broad Cantonese and international dining across the Waterfront and Summit areas
- Outside food
- You can bring your own food and drink.
- Weather cover
- Aquariums, the Grand Aquarium and animal houses give strong indoor cover; the cable car and outdoor thrill rides close in typhoon or high-wind conditions.
- Baby care
- Baby care rooms with nursing space, changing tables and bottle-warming.
- Rentals on site
- Stroller / pushchair hire and Lockers available on site.
- Currency & payment
- HKD; Octopus, cards, Alipay and WeChat Pay all accepted.
- Official app
- Ocean Park app (iOS/Android): wait times, animal show schedules, cable car status and map.
Archival records
IAAPA Applause Award winner