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Badugine Zoo is a small zoo located inside the Gyehwa Art Park in Boryeong-si, Chungcheongnam-do. Inside the zoo, there are well-established walking trails and animal enclosures. Here, visitors can encounter various animals such as horses, ostriches, sheep, deer, and donkeys. It offers an experience where visitors can feed different animals. This is a space where families can spend special time interacting with animals in nature. Nearby the zoo are Seongjusan Natural Recreation Forest and Mansusan Natural Recreation Forest.

Situated in Boryeong, the spacious Gaehwa Art Park is a theme art park that houses a variety of parks and attractions: to name a few, Mosan Fine Arts Museum, Birim Park, Yukpilsi Park, Hwain Music Hall, and Herb Land. The orange roof of Mosan Fine Arts Museum was made by using local stones. At Yukpilsi Park, visitors can see over 1,500 sculptures, statues and monuments as well as large stones inscribed with famous Korean poems. At Herb Land, visitors can enjoy dining. Throughout the park, visitors can see seven different ponds, waterfalls, and walking trails as well as animals such as deer, rabbits, and ducks roaming freely.

Gaehwa Art Park is located in the southern valley of Seongjusan Mountain. Spanning approximately 18 hectares, it features Mosan Sculpture Museum, a sculpture park, Fain Music Hall, Herb Land, Badugine Zoo, Café Lily, Herb Hill Foot Bath Café, and a sledding slope. The Mosan Sculpture Museum with its orange roof is built from oseok (a type of stone) found in Boryeong, where visitors can appreciate artists’ works. The sculpture park displays oseok sculptures from the entrance, and the Handwritten Poetry Monument Park engraved with poems by living poets is also a highlight. Herb Land, filled with the scent of herbs, offers dining options. Throughout the park, there are seven ponds, waterfalls, and walking trails, making it a unique spot to heal with nature. Activities include a small train, pedal boats, fishing, sightseeing train, and hands-on experiences at Mosan Sculpture Museum such as decorating oseok pressed flowers, wood carving decoration, making plaster air fresheners, shrink key rings, decorating ceramic bells, herbarium plus postcard decoration, mug decoration, and a zoo next to the museum. Gaehwa Art Park can be accessed via National Road No. 40, near Daecheon IC and Muchangpo IC on Seohaean Expressway, and Seobu-yeo IC on Seocheon-Gongju Expressway. Nearby are Okmasan, Seongjusan Natural Recreation Forest, Boryeong Mugunghwa Arboretum, Boryeong Coal Museum, and Boryeong Youth Training Center.