The place is quite old and small, not too many things to see and it always makes me sad to see the poor fish in such a small place. But the entrance fee is cheap, and you can spend an hour there on a rainy day.
The place is quite old and small, not too many things to see and it always makes me sad to see the poor fish in such a small place. But the entrance fee is cheap, and you can spend an hour there on a rainy day.
This isn't a destination aquarium by any stretch. You can probably see virtually all of the same local sea life and more at any reputable aquarium elsewhere.
One thing that I did find fascinating, however, was the open access to sea life specimens going back centuries. You can literally pick glass containers off the shelf and examine them, much like I'd imagine a highly-trained scientist doing in some restricted backroom section of the Smithsonian. If you'd like to see a Sea Urchin captured off the coast circa 1850, then you'll like this portion of the aquarium!
Located approx. 5 km from the city center, so you can walk there, costs 40,000 Dong.
Seems worndown, they could have spent a little more time on maintenance, and polishing the aquariums.
Contains aquariums, some pools, and more or less "well-preserved" samples. Slightly disappointing experience.
W e spent about 90 minutes visit going
through the aquarium. We enjoyed the different species of fish and signage had enough English to understand what you were seeing not expensive. 40000 doing per person entry. (2 us)
lots of aquariums with a good variety of fish, it was a good way to pass a rainy day, raining too hard to really look around too much
Very nice and educational museum, where you can see a lot of different marine creatures.
Price: 40000VND.
Don't miss to visit the exhibition of fishing equipment which is before the ticket controller. You can learn how local catch the fish and other marine inhabitants.
Minus:
1. Please DON'T go there if you expect something modern, upgraded and western. 2. And there is a section with embalmed creatures in bottles.