- Address: 8 Sentosa Gateway Sentosa Island, Singapore 098269
- Phone: +65 6577 8888
- Website: http://www.rwsentosa.com
- Opening: November 22, 2012
- Area: 8 hectares
"Marine Life" (Singapore) is a park complex on Sentosa Island, consisting of Adventure Cove Waterpark and the world's largest aquarium SEA Aquarium.
The Oceanarium
The oceanarium on Sentosa opened in 2012 - it received the first visitors on November 22, and the official opening took place on December 8. It is located in the western part of the island. The oceanarium is the habitat of more than 100,000 marine animals belonging to eight hundred and more species. It is divided into 10 "zones of residence", uniting 49 areas, and in total contains 45 million tons of sea water. The definition of "the largest" applies not only to the oceanarium itself - it also houses the largest panoramic observation panel, allowing visitors to observe in detail the life of the inhabitants of the central aquarium. Due to its giant dimensions (height - 8.3 m, width - 36 m), tourists seem to be right on the seabed.
By the way, this is not the only oceanarium in Singapore - the other, discovered much earlier, in 1991, is called Underwater World and is also on Sentosa.
There are also small aquariums, it is better to consider the inhabitants of which help special magnifying lenses. For example, such a lens is equipped with an aquarium, in which seahorses live.
Visitors to the Marine Life Park in Singapore can see a variety of marine life, such as Japanese spider crabs, pink dolphins or bottlenose dolphins, of which there are more than two dozen, and even rare fish like fecal rays and mollusks like nautilus pompilius. Also here is the largest collection of mantas, which in the people are called "sea devil".
Initially, it was planned to make a special aquarium even for whale sharks, but due to the fact that these sharks are problematic enough to contain in captivity, the idea has not been implemented. But the protest against the content of some species of dolphins in the aquarium failed - the administration of the oceanarium managed to prove that the conditions for their maintenance are close to natural. By the way, it is with the naturalness of the environment and the division into zones is associated - for different types of animals different living conditions are created, in addition, predators are separated from those exhibits that are in their natural environment are their victims. A variety of sharks in the aquarium lives more than two hundred!
There is also a vertical aquarium, the height of which is equal to several floors.
On the basis of the oceanarium, an international research center is working to develop a variety of programs for the study and conservation of wildlife.
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Museum of Sea Travel
Maritime Experiential Museum is located in the building of the aquarium, closer to the entrance (in fact, to get to the aquarium, you need to go through the museum). The exposition of the museum is a journey by sea from China to Africa. The cost of his visit is included in the price of a ticket to visit the aquarium, but you can not visit the museum.
Aquapark
Adventure Cove Waterpark, or the Adventure Bay water park , includes 6 varieties of water slides, hydromagnetic rockets, rock grottoes inhabited by quaint sea creatures, and a six hundred meter long "adventure river". 14 thematic scenes will tell visitors about the life of the jungle. In addition, the park has an underground aquarium where you can dive and swim among the 20,000 different tropical fish. There is also a swimming pool for very young visitors.
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How to visit the Marine Life Park?
The oceanarium works every day from 10-00 to 19-00; the ticket price is 32 Singapore dollars, for children from 4 to 12 years old and older people (over 60 years) - 22. This cost includes visiting the museum. Buy a ticket on the site will be cheaper than in the box office of the oceanarium itself. The park of water attractions also works daily, but till 18-00; the cost of the visit, respectively - 36 and 26 Singapore dollars. When buying tickets to visit several attractions of the island offers a variety of discounts.
To get to Marine Life Park, you need to get to Sentosa Island first. From the capital, it can be done in several ways:
- On the metro - using the north-east line and going to the Harbor Front station; Further it is necessary either to pass on foot, or to use a monorail or a cable car.
- On foot - along the multilevel pedestrian road Sentosa Boardwalk, running parallel to the car bridge; on the lower level of the road really have to go on foot, the top is equipped with moving sidewalks, which work daily from 7-00 to noon. A trip to 1 Singapore dollar will take place, cash desks work every day from 9-00 to 18-00; They are located near the shopping center VivoCity. In addition, you will have to buy an entrance ticket to the island.
- Monorail - the road will cost 3 Singapore dollars, and the entrance ticket is already included in this amount. The movement of the monorail starts at 7-00.
- The cableway - for 22 Singapore dollars one way (and 26 - there and back) for adults and 14/15 - for children from 3 to 12 years. The road runs from 8-45 to 22-00.
- By taxi, private car or car, rented .