Aqua Planet Jeju Tickets for Foreigners: Age Rules, Shows and What’s Included
Last Updated on October 12, 2026
Quick Answer
Aqua Planet Jeju (아쿠아플라넷 제주) charges ₩45,500 for an adult, ₩43,600 for a teen or senior and ₩41,400 for a child on its official fee pages, in both Korean and English (as of 12 October 2026). The Ocean Arena show runs at 10:50, 12:50, 14:50 and 16:20. The park has no separate haenyeo diving show, although some booking pages list one. The two pages also define “child” and “adult” by different rules, so check your family’s ages before you queue.
The Full Answer
Aqua Planet Jeju sits at Seopjikoji on Jeju’s east coast (서귀포시 성산읍 섭지코지로 95), a short hop from Seongsan Ilchulbong. It is open every day from 09:30 to 18:00. Ticket sales stop at 17:00 and the last entry is 17:30 (as of 12 October 2026). The official fee page counts about 2 hours 20 minutes for a full visit: roughly 60 minutes for the aquarium, 50 for the Ocean Arena show and 30 for the special exhibition hall.
Most English pages about this place agree on the basics, and the basics are right. The gaps are in the details that decide whether your visit goes smoothly: what “child” means, whether the special exhibition is on your ticket, and what the “haenyeo show” in your booking confirmation actually is.
I read the Korean and English official fee pages side by side on 12 October 2026, along with the Korean and English programme pages. The prices match across the two languages. Several other things do not, and those are the subject of this guide.
What a Ticket Costs (and Where Prices Are Quoted Wrong)
The official gate prices (as of 12 October 2026):
| Category | Korean page | English page | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult | Age 20 to 64 (born 1963 to 2007) | Age 19 and above | ₩45,500 |
| Teen | Middle and high school students (born 2008 to 2013) | Middle and high school students | ₩43,600 |
| Senior | 65 and over | Listed with teens | ₩43,600 |
| Child | 13 and under (born 2014 or later) | Elementary school students and younger | ₩41,400 |
| Under 36 months | Free, with proof of age and a direct family member | Free (“babies and toddlers less than 36 months old”) | Free |
The ticket covers the aquarium, the Ocean Arena and the special exhibition hall. The official English fee table is titled “General Ticket: Aquarium + Ocean Arena + Special Exhibition Hall”.
Two widely read English blog guides quote older numbers. InsideJeju, dated 7 April 2026, and The Soul of Seoul, updated 25 August 2026, both give ₩44,600, ₩42,700 and ₩40,500. Each tier is ₩900 below the current official price. The gap is small, but budget from the official page rather than from either blog.
If you are pricing a whole trip, the Jeju travel budget guide puts admissions next to food and transport, and the week in Korea cost breakdown gives the national picture.
Show Times: What Is on the Schedule
The Ocean Arena (오션아레나) is the big show room on the basement level (B1F). The Korean programme page lists four performances: 10:50, 12:50, 14:50 and 16:20, each about 40 minutes. The English programme page gives the same times, and the schedule is the same on weekdays and weekends.
English sources mostly match. The Soul of Seoul, Klook and a Seoul Travel Pass listing all give those four times. Pelago is the outlier: it lists 11:10, 13:00, 15:00 and 16:50, which does not match either official page.
Other scheduled items on the Korean programme page include a touch-pool talk on the first floor at 11:40, 14:30 and 15:30 (about 10 minutes), and ray feeding in the main tank at 12:10, 14:20 and 15:50. Check the board at the entrance on the day, because slot times change without notice.
Local tip — The “haenyeo diving demonstration” in some booking confirmations is not a separate show. Pelago sells a “Jeju Traditional Haenyeo Diving Demonstration” as its own item, and a Korean booking site’s listing summary gives slots of 10:40, 12:30, 14:10 and 16:00. The official schedule has no such slot. Haenyeo (해녀, the women free-divers of Jeju) appear in two places: part one of the Ocean Arena show, a water performance the official page describes through three concepts — haenyeo, mermaid and pirate — and a 10-minute talk at the first-floor touch pool, “A Haenyeo Grandmother’s Sea Story” (해녀 할망의 바당 이야기), run by an aquarist together with a Jeju haenyeo. Neither InsideJeju nor The Soul of Seoul mentions haenyeo at all. I could not tell whether a separate demonstration existed in earlier years, so I only describe the current schedule.
If a haenyeo performance is the main reason you booked, treat it as a short, scheduled segment of a larger show. The free open-air performance at Umutgae Beach is a different event, covered in the Seongsan Ilchulbong guide.
The Special Exhibition: Included, but Booking Pages Disagree
The current special exhibition is “Water and Breath: Jeju Haenyeo’s Sea” (물 그리고 숨: 제주 해녀의 바당), which the Korean site presents as seven sections plus a hands-on haenyeo space. The official English fee table lists the special exhibition hall as part of the general ticket. Entering the hall means no food or drink, and the page states that you cannot re-enter once you leave. I did not find an end date for the exhibition on the official site.
Some English booking pages are still working from the previous exhibition. Klook and Pelago both name “Yumi’s Cells”, which has ended. Klook lists it under the items that are not included.
Local tip — Read the product name and the “included” list as two separate things. On Klook’s Aqua Planet Jeju listing, the package is named “Aquarium + Special Exhibition + Ocean Arena”, but the included list says only “Aquarium + Ocean Arena”. The listing also says QR redemption is required for each facility. Whether the Klook voucher opens the haenyeo exhibition hall, I could not confirm: neither the official site nor the Klook page says so, and I did not phone the park. The official general ticket does include the hall, so ask at the entrance desk (1833-7001, 09:30 to 18:00) before you decide the exhibition is skippable.
Age Rules: Why the Korean and English Pages Disagree
This is the part of the fee page that most visitors skim, and it is where a family can end up at the wrong price.
The Korean page defines each category by an age range and a birth-year range, and then states that “all age standards are based on year age (연 나이), not international age (만 나이)”. Year age subtracts your birth year from the current year and ignores your birthday. The Korean age guide explains where that system still applies.
The English page does not use the same definitions. Adults are “age 19 and above” rather than 20 to 64, and teens and children are defined by school stage: middle and high school students, and elementary school students and younger. A visitor from a country where school years do not line up with Korea’s has no way to apply that definition. Neither InsideJeju nor The Soul of Seoul explains any age standard.
Local tip — The Korean fee page defines the age categories by birth-year range and year age; the English page defines them by school stage and “age 19 and above”. Both are official, and they do not describe the same boundary. I did not find anything that says which one a foreign child’s passport is checked against. If your child is near a category edge, a 12-year-old or a 13-year-old for example, or your teenager is 18 or 19, ask at the desk before you buy, and carry passports. The Korean birth-year ranges are exactly as printed on the page; I have not tried to convert them.
Children under 36 months are free on both pages. The English page says “babies and toddlers less than 36 months old are admitted free”; the Korean page adds two conditions: proof of age and a direct family member.
Buying in Advance
Tickets are also sold at the gate, so a reseller is optional. The reason to look at one is the price for foreigners.
If you would rather pay in English with a card from home, Klook’s foreigners-only Aqua Planet Jeju ticket is listed at US$26.15 (as of 12 October 2026), which at an assumed ₩1,340 per dollar is below the ₩45,500 adult gate price.
A few conditions are worth knowing before you rely on any foreigners-only voucher:
- Korean passport holders cannot buy it.
- Children aged 0 to 2 are free, and everyone aged 3 and over pays the same single price. This sidesteps the child, teen and adult table above entirely.
- Bring passports as proof of age.
- The voucher is valid for 90 days and can be cancelled free before use.
- Same-day purchase works until two hours before the last entry.
- Guided groups led by a guide cannot use it, and you scan the QR code yourself at the gate.
Klook shows 794 reviews with a 4.6 rating and “60K+ booked” (as of 12 October 2026). I opened the listing and expanded the package list on that date. There is a single package, and I did not go through to payment.
Boat Rides and Experience Dives Cost Extra
The admission ticket does not include the transparent boat ride over the main tank or the experience dive.
Local tip — The Korean programme page gives the conditions for the transparent boat that the English page leaves out: ₩10,000 per person, card-company and partner discounts do not apply, first-come on site, no phone or online reservation, and boarding is only for people who bought an admission ticket. The ride takes about 20 minutes, runs from 09:50 with the last boarding at 17:10, and has a 90 cm height requirement. The English page says only that everyone pays the same fee, with a 10:00 start and last entry 17:30, and gives no price. Because it is sold at the park and cannot be reserved, do not assume you can add it to a Klook order.
The experience dive costs ₩98,000 in addition to the admission ticket on the Korean page, for ages 12 to under 55, with sessions at 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 17:30 and an enquiry line of 1899-6325. The English page lists 10:00 and 16:00, with no price and no age limit. Trazy also shows ₩98,000 as an add-on. If you want the dive, confirm the time and price by phone, since the two official pages disagree.
What You Need to Know
- Re-entry is not allowed. The fee page says so in both languages, and the special exhibition hall repeats the rule for itself.
- Tickets stop selling at 17:00. The last entry is 17:30, and the park closes at 18:00. Plan the full 2 hours 20 minutes with that in mind.
- The special exhibition has its own rules. No food or drink goes in.
- English prices elsewhere may be slightly old. Two blogs quote ₩900 less per tier than the current official price.
- The Ocean Arena is the anchor of the visit. Start from the four show times and work the aquarium around them.
- Opening hours can change. Check the official site on the morning of your visit.
If you are working out how to reach Seopjikoji without renting a car, the guide to getting around Jeju without a car covers how to get around the island by public transport.
Practical Tips
- Pick your show time before you buy. Ocean Arena runs at 10:50, 12:50, 14:50 and 16:20, so arrive before the one you want.
- Do not plan around a separate haenyeo show. Treat part one of the Ocean Arena and the 10-minute touch-pool talk as the haenyeo content.
- Ask about the special exhibition at the entrance. The official ticket includes it. A reseller voucher may not state it.
- Settle child and teen categories at the desk. Bring passports and ask which table applies to your child.
- Decide on the boat early. It is sold on site, first-come, and cannot be reserved.
- Keep food out of the exhibition hall. Eat before you go in, because you cannot return once you leave.
- Budget two and a half hours. The official figure is 2 hours 20 minutes, and the boat ride is on top.
For the rest of an east Jeju day, the Jeju 3 and 5 day itinerary is the place to see where an indoor stop can fit. If you want to check official pages in Korean yourself, our list of Korea travel websites is a place to start. There is also a separate guide for the Ilsan branch, Aqua Planet Ilsan tickets.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Aqua Planet Jeju ticket for foreigners cheaper than the gate price?
The Klook foreigners-only ticket is listed at US$26.15 (as of 12 October 2026), which at an assumed ₩1,340 per dollar is below the ₩45,500 adult gate price. The exchange rate moves, so the gap will too. The official gate prices are the same in Korean and in English.
Does the Aqua Planet Jeju ticket include the special exhibition?
The official general ticket does: the English fee table reads “Aquarium + Ocean Arena + Special Exhibition Hall”. For the Klook voucher it is unclear. The package name includes the exhibition, but the included list does not. Ask at the entrance desk.
What times are the Ocean Arena shows at Aqua Planet Jeju?
The shows are at 10:50, 12:50, 14:50 and 16:20, about 40 minutes each, on the basement level. The schedule is the same on weekdays and weekends. Check the board on the day.
Is there a haenyeo show at Aqua Planet Jeju?
There is no separate haenyeo diving show on the official schedule, although some booking pages list one. Haenyeo content sits inside part one of the Ocean Arena show and a 10-minute talk at the first-floor touch pool at 11:40, 14:30 and 15:30.
How old does my child need to be to get a child ticket?
The Korean page says 13 and under (born 2014 or later), using year age rather than international age. The English page says elementary school students and younger. I found nothing that says which one applies to a foreign passport, so ask at the desk. On a Klook voucher, everyone aged 3 and over pays one price.
Are children under 3 free?
Yes. Both official fee pages say children under 36 months are admitted free, and the Korean page adds two conditions: proof of age and a direct family member. Klook lists ages 0 to 2 as free.
Can I buy tickets on the day?
Yes, at the gate. For the Klook voucher, same-day purchase works until two hours before the last entry.
How long do I need at Aqua Planet Jeju?
The official fee page counts about 2 hours 20 minutes: 60 minutes for the aquarium, 50 for the Ocean Arena and 30 for the special exhibition. The boat ride and experience dive are extra.
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