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The Ocean Park at Gandipet Hyderabad

Article posted by Dr. Apurva Tamhane

The Ocean Park at Gandipet in Hyderabad The best places for the fun lovers have their own destination at Ocean Park in Hyderabad. Located at Gandipat road in Hyderabad, the ocean park still enjoys the appearance of the Old world in the hassle and bustle of today’s fast world. New changes have also come up in the form of technology and art at the park. The Ocean park has seen the use of Art Technology Filtration plants are used to filter the plants maintaining the water sources and the clean environment at the ocean park. The best thing of the park is that the park is open all around the year.

Accessibility and facts of Ocean Park, Hyderabad
      The park is located at the Osman Sagar Road at Gandipet in Hyderabad. It can be very well accessed by Bus and Cabs, i.e. by Roads. 

The best time to visit the park is during the months of September to March.

 The park opens at around 11 in the morning and is open till 8 in the evening. The times vary according to seasons and conditions. 

The entrance fee of the park is up to 200 rupees per person and concessional rates are offered for children. The rates may change according to the peak seasons and non peak seasons. 

Features at the park 
   Basically, the Ocean Amusement park is divided into two sections. The Water Park and the Amusement park. The water park consists mainly of rides through water and the other plain rides are in the Amusement park. The water park also has a amazing water pool, the Harakiti and the Aqua Snake pool and also a pool for the kids. The Wave Pool gives a sensation of being at the sea side. The Harakiri is a sliding down through water game through huge channels through thin waters. The fun is that you do not get wet even a inch in the Harakiri. The Aqua Snake is a raft game which is enclosed and takes several curves and drops as one moves down the snake’s tail. Even then, here one does not need to change the dress as water does not drench much of you. Also check the Water Slide Complex which is a Aqua Glide, Aqua Trail, the Crazy cruise, Zip Zap Loom which are all the crazy slides as you land safely into the water. 

Food Courts and Bar at the Ocean Park in Hyderabad 
Good quality of food is available at the Ocean Park and variety of food is also available. The prices are not sky high and are at a good extent, affordable. Other games at the Ocean Park, Hyderabad Enjoy food at the various hotels like the Peacock ride which is besides the Peacock train from in the dark to the light. The next hotel is Humpty Dumpty and the Star Tramp, Break Dance and the Fun Trooper. Other near by suggested places of interest is the Golconda Fort, the Char Minar and the Mecca Masjid of Hyderabad. Try South Indian Foods like the Sambar Chawal, Idli Sambar, Sambar Dosa and many of the others.

Osman Sagar Lake - Gandhipet Lake

Osman Sagar Lake is 20kms from the city of Hyderabad. It is popularly known as Gandipet and is an artificial lake. It is created by damming the Musi river for providing drinking water to the residents of Hyderabad. This also served as a barricade for stopping the city from floods of Musi River.

Osman Sagar Lake is a famous picnic spot with well laid gardens. When the reservoir is full, it attratcts many tourist people and on the banks have parks, resorts and amusement parks adding more attraction to the lake. This place happen to be a week end retreat all through the year for all the Hyderabad residents, though the best time to visit is from the month of October to the month of March. Admission to the lake is free.

The lake is named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Osman Ali Khan. It is easily accessible from the city of Hyderabad. 
One can stay at the 
1. Golkonda Resorts and Spa inside the Sagar Mahal Lake Complex
2. Sagar Mahal which also have an accomodation of 10 double rooms.

Other attractions around the lake:
1. The Ocean Park
2. Treasure Island
3. Elless World

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