[2025 Zhoushan ] Travel Guide for Changqiao Polar Ocean Park (Updated May)

Zhujiajian Island, Zhoushan: A Dreamy and Romantic Island Getaway Nestled in the Zhoushan Archipelago, Zhujiajian Island shines like a dazzling pearl with its unique charm. With crystal-clear waters, fine sandy beaches, unique rock formations, and rich island culture, it's a dream destination that captures hearts. Pack your bags and head to this island paradise for a romantic and unforgettable journey. Transportation Guide - Driving: A great option for visitors from nearby cities. About 2 hours from Ningbo, 3.5 hours from Hangzhou, and 4 hours from Shanghai. Enjoy the scenic drive at your own pace. - High-speed Rail: Zhoushan doesn't have high-speed rail service yet. Take a train to Ningbo Station, then catch a bus from Ningbo South Bus Station to Wugongzhi Pier on Zhujiajian (about 2 hours). - Air: Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport is located on Zhujiajian Island. Many cities offer direct flights. Take a taxi or airport shuttle to reach various attractions after landing. - Getting Around: For larger groups, hiring a private car is convenient and cost-effective for flexible scheduling. For independent travelers, rent an electric scooter to explore the island's streets while enjoying the sea breeze. Taxis are also readily available, though expect queues during peak season. Must-Visit Attractions - Daqing Mountain: A national 4A scenic spot with an 18-kilometer scenic coastal road. Drive or take a sightseeing bus to enjoy the magnificent mountain and sea views. Climb to Qingshan Peak for panoramic views of endless mountains and sea. Various water activities available, including sailing and Instagram-worthy floating bridges. - East Beach: The perfect spot for watching sunrise over the sea. When the first rays of sun hit the golden sand, the world transforms into a dreamlike canvas. Feel the soft sand between your toes and enjoy activities like surfing and camping. - South Beach: Famous for its beach and sand sculptures, hosting themed exhibitions throughout the year. Clear waters and plenty of water activities including jet skis and banana boats. Evening light shows add a romantic touch to your journey. - Guanyin Buddhist Park: A grand exhibition park themed around Guanyin culture. The architecture is magnificent and solemn. Experience rich Buddhist culture and admire exquisite Buddhist artwork. - Wushi Bay: Features unique pebble beaches where waves crash against dark stones creating melodious sounds. Try catching crabs at low tide and experience island life, or take peaceful walks along the shore. - Wugongzhi Pier: Known as the "Little Potala Palace of Zhoushan," featuring unique architecture perfect for photos. It's also the transportation hub for reaching Putuo Island and Dongji Island. Suggested Itineraries Two-Day Tour - Day 1: Arrive in Zhujiajian morning, check in to accommodation. Enjoy local seafood for lunch at nearby restaurants. Visit South Beach in the afternoon for sand sculptures and water activities. Drive along the coastal road at Daqing Mountain in the evening, watch sunset at Shaoji Bay Fishing Village. Explore night markets and try local snacks. - Day 2: Watch sunrise at East Beach, experiencing the gentle morning sea. Visit Guanyin Buddhist Park in the morning to explore Buddhist culture. Lunch in Zhujiajian Town, then choose between beach combing at Wushi Bay or trying sea fishing in the afternoon. Pack up and head home. Three-Day Tour - Day 1: Arrive in Zhujiajian morning, settle in, then visit Little Wushi Bay. Explore black pebble beach and rocky shore, perfect for photos and crab catching. Try local specialties like seafood noodles for lunch. Spend afternoon at East Beach for water activities. Dinner nearby, followed by evening beach walk. - Day 2: Full day at Daqing Mountain Scenic Area. Drive the coastal road, enjoy beach activities, try sailing and floating bridges. Watch sunset at Shaoji Bay Fishing Village, then enjoy fresh seafood at Shenjia Gate night food stalls. - Day 3: Visit Guanyin Buddhist Park in the morning, then choose between Zhoushan Changqiao Ocean Park or Senbo Water Park (highly recommended for families). Pack up and depart in the afternoon. Accommodation Recommendations - The Westin Zhujiajian Resort: Located at 1288 Holiday Road, offering ocean views, complete facilities, and attentive service for a high-quality vacation experience. - Poly County Yue Kaiyuan Senbo Resort: At 82 Qingshan Road, featuring family-friendly facilities and beachfront activities, perfect for families with children. - Guesthouses: Various distinctive guesthouses near attractions. Those in Wushi Bay and Zhangzhou Village offer prime locations but higher prices; more affordable options in Zeshan, Miaogen, and Mianzeng villages. Book in advance through major platforms based on your budget and preferences. Food Guide - Seafood: Don't miss seafood at Shenjia Gate night food stalls, offering various cooking styles including steamed, spicy stir-fried, and poached dishes that preserve natural flavors. Recommended dishes: green onion crab, poached shrimp, salt and pepper mantis shrimp, and steamed grouper. - Local Snacks: Signature seafood noodles with rich broth, fresh seafood, and chewy noodles. Try sweet and soft Haitang cake, chewy Tanian cake, delicate yellow bean balls, and soft black steamed buns. - Restaurant Recommendations: A-Yong Seafood food stall (popular local spot with fresh seafood at good prices), Original Taste (well-reviewed local chain), and Gaojia Manor Seafood Restaurant (offering over 600 seafood dishes with 270-degree ocean views).

Spend a weekend getaway with your kids at Zhoushan Changqiao Ocean International Tourism Resort. Accommodation: Zhoushan Changqiao Pelican Resort Hotel Includes three tickets for two adults and one child. I booked a Grand View Double Room, which starts at 40 square meters. The bathroom is equipped with a child's toilet seat and step stool! Toiletries, toothbrushes, and slippers are provided for two adults and two children! The hotel lobby features a cylindrical coral fish tank, known as the "Pillar of the East China Sea." Divers clean it daily! There are also regular pelican shows! Children can take photos with the pelicans. There's a pelican park where you can interact with them up close! The hotel also has a Pelican Fun Camp, a children's play area, and a screening room! After visiting the park, there are plenty of fun activities to enjoy at the hotel! Changqiao Ocean Park: Immerse yourself in a blue ocean world. The Klein-blue underwater tunnel allows children to explore the charm of the ocean! The Legend of Mermaids: Be mesmerized by the beautiful mermaids appearing before your eyes. Whale and Human Love: Witness the enchanting love story of humans and beluga whales dancing together in the underwater world! The Legend of Beluga Whales: Actively participate in activities, and you might be chosen as the lucky audience member to receive a kiss from a beluga whale! Sea Lion Show: Watch the adorable sea lions' antics. Dolphin Show: The dolphins, each with unique skills, gracefully perform jumps, speed swims, and other exciting moves in the water! Rainforest Animal Park: A lifelike replica of the Amazon rainforest, where you can get up close with parrots, lizards, small white snakes, and other small animals! Shark Bay Four Seasons Indoor Water Park: As an indoor heated seawater park built using shark resources, you can enjoy the unique and thrilling experience of swimming with sharks!

Zhoushan Changqiao is really worth a visit 🚗 I went to the aquarium and rainforest animal park this time, and I was amazed ✅ Large glass in the ocean park, no sense of distance in the deep sea ✅ 0 distance with cute animals in the rainforest animal park ✅ Staff explain to children, popular science Zhoushan Changqiao travel guide, one article is enough‼️✌️ 📍Zhoushan Changqiao Ocean International Tourism Resort 🅿️ Parking: Hotel parking lot [CNY 15/h, currently free parking coupons can be obtained from the hotel official account] or nearby parking lot CNY 4/h 🎫 Tickets: Discount tickets are available from Feb 4 to Feb 16, free for children under 1m, it is recommended to buy a double ticket for better value ——Zhoushan Changqiao Ocean Park🐠—— ⏰09:00–17:00, ✅ Recommended to play for 3–4 hours, 1–2 hours to visit the aquarium, 2 hours to watch the show 1️⃣ The aquarium has 3 floors, tour route: ✔️1F: Into the Whale👉Polar Ice Sea [Underwater Penguin🐧]👉Lost City [Mermaid/Snorkeling]👉Coral Secret [Tunnel Escalator] ✔️2F: South China Sea Biological Museum👉Polar Coast [Flower Whale]👉Polar Coast🐧👉Ice Floe Theater [Beluga Whale🐳]👉Turtle is Fate🐢👉20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [Tunnel] ✔️3F: East China Sea Biology👉Intertidal Zone👉Touch Pool [Starfish⭐️]👉Jellyfish Palace🪼👉Turtle Home 2️⃣ Show: 📝 It is recommended to arrive early, the chance of interaction in the 1st–3rd row is very high ✔️⏰Start watching from the mermaid legend at 10:00 or 13:30, watch all the performances in order for 2 hours, see picture 9 for the time 🌟Route: 1F Mermaid Legend👉1F Love Between Man and Whale👉2F Beluga Legend👉3F Sea Lion Show👉2F Dolphin Show There are clowns giving balloons🎈before the sea lion and dolphin show 3️⃣ Dining: 1F Beluga Restaurant: Rice and noodles 2F Penguin Restaurant: French fries and burgers 3F Sea Lion Loves Squid: Oden, sausage, and stir-fried rice cakes 🌟Recommended 3F squid stir-fried rice cake + cola set for only CNY 32, lots of ingredients and delicious😋 ——Zhoushan Changqiao Rainforest Animal Park🦙—— ⏰10:00–18:00, ✅ Recommended to play for 2–3h 3 floors of small animals and freshwater fish🐟, all the way are cute animals, can 🌟interact for free, so cute It is recommended to take the elevator to the 3rd floor first, and play from top to bottom 👉Interaction ✔️1F Lizard🦎, 3F White Snake can lie on children's arms ✔️3F Capybara, sloth, long-eared rabbit can be touched ✔️3F Butterfly Valley and Bird Forest, touch butterflies🦋parrots🦜 ✔️2F Butterfly Valley Market is good for photos, interact with hedgehogs ✔️1F Feed freshwater fish, CNY 10 per pack of feed ✔️1F Exit sika deer and alpaca, CNY 20 per pack of feed 👉Show ✔️3F Raccoon Treadmill Show ✔️2F Bird Adventure ✔️2F Hornbill, 1F Giant Fish, 1F Piranha Feeding ✅See picture 16 for the schedule 🌟Summary: Zhoushan Changqiao is so fun, the animals are lively and cute, all indoors, family-friendly～Recommended‼️

🈺 09:00–17:00 🎫 Adult: CNY 280; Discounted Ticket: CNY 240 (Free for children under 1 m). You can enter and exit the park unlimited times with a hotel package. ✅ There are 5 performances: The Legend of the Mermaid 🧜‍♀️, The Love of the Whale, The Legend of the Beluga, The Sea Lion Show 🦭, and The Dolphin Show 🐬. 🏷️ There is a clown interaction 🤡 before the performance, and balloons will be given away! The Legend of the Beluga and The Dolphin Show have interactions, and lucky audiences will be selected to have close contact with the beluga and sea lion. You can be more enthusiastic, and the chance of being selected will be higher. Zhoushan Changqiao is highly recommended in the off-season. It is the best experience we have ever had in an aquarium. There is a guide to explain to the children throughout the whole process, and the performances are well connected, one after another without going back. The children touched sea turtles and starfish and saw coral planting. The aquarium also has research courses, and you can attend classes on time. It is recommended to play with the hotel, which can save you the cost of tickets.

Set! The grand opening on June 12th ||| Based on Zhoushan's natural ecology🌿 🌊With polar oceans and rainforest creatures as core resources🦜 Creating a more diversified vacation product✨ Zhoushan Changqiao Marine International Tourism Resort is about to ✨Live up to expectations, grand opening👏 Here, you can experience the operating philosophy of coexisting with nature everywhere Watch mermaid performances in the underwater suite🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️ 🦌Look up to see sika deer strolling outside the window Stay in a cloud-top treehouse, falling asleep under the stars🌃 🐙There's also a fun-filled cartoon tribe themed suite🦀 Animals and humans alike feel the vitality and vigor of nature💖 Zhoushan Changqiao connects the ocean, opening a magical door to the rainforest ❤️We hold a passionate initial intention, a fervor for nature and the city Looking forward to the arrival of June 12th 🎈Explore the romance of the ocean & rainforest, experience the fun of poetry and exploration This is both a heartfelt release of enthusiasm for nature and the city And the expectation brought together by the ocean and rainforest When vacation simplifies the complicated, the heart that was originally calm🍃 Upon turning to see the azure sea and verdant trees Is gently stirred once again

Destination: Zhoushan Changqiao Ocean Park Overall impression: I thought it was just an ordinary aquarium, but the visiting experience turned out to be excellent, with genuine praise from the heart, not an advertisement. Compared to other aquariums, such as the crowded Shanghai Haichang, the hot outdoor Hangzhou Changqiao in summer, and the indescribable Ningbo, this place is comfortably warm in winter and cool in summer, with an encircling tour route that makes it easy for adults to visit with children. Tour arrangement: - The venue is not large, and all shows can be seen in one day. Watch the belugas on the first floor in the morning, start watching various performances at noon, and just stroll leisurely to the next one after each show ends. Spend the afternoon brushing the remaining venues and interactive areas. - Recommended shows: The Love Between Human and Whale and the Dolphin Joy Show. The belugas are super cute and endearing, sweetly interacting with the performers; the dolphin show starts with fun interactions, and answering questions on the big screen teaches marine knowledge and the importance of protecting the marine environment. The camera will randomly cut to the audience, so you can take the opportunity to check in. Impressive areas: - In the Presence of Whales, Eye of the Deep Sea, Lost City: As if in 'Atlantis'. - 150-meter Undersea Tunnel: Rays and lemon sharks glide past like phantoms. - Dreamy Jellyfish Palace: Ethereal and colorful jellyfish. Photo spots: In the Presence of Whales, Eye of the Deep Sea. Notice: In April, a new zoo, water park, and resort hotel will open. Currently, it's a good choice to visit the aquarium when there are fewer people, but afterwards, it may become more crowded.