One of the main attractions in the capital of Thailand - Bangkok is the oceanarium Siam Ocean World ("World of the Siamese Ocean"). It is considered to be the second largest in the whole of Southeast Asia, since it occupies an area of about 10,000 square kilometers. m².
The Siam Ocean World was opened in 2005, the company Oceanis Australia Group, which built an even larger oceanarium in Australia.
In Bangkok, it is not a problem to find out how to get to the Siam Ocean World, because it is located in the basement of Siam Paragon, the largest shopping center in the city, very close to the Siam subway station. Entering the main hall of the center, in order not to get lost, you need to move along the signs or along an escalator to go down to the ticket offices.
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The cost of a ticket to visit the oceanarium of Bangkok depends on the selected package of services:
- standard (only entrance with excursion) - adult - 27,3 dollars, children's - 21,25 dollars;
- family (entrance for two adults and two children) - $ 106.15;
- super-package (entrance, swimming over sharks in a boat with a glass bottom, pepsi and popcorn, 5D-cinema, excursion in the backstre and SPA with fish) - adult - 34 dollars, children - 27.3 dollars.
There are also various variants of complex tickets for visiting several exhibitions (cinema, Madame Tussauds , etc.), the cost of which depends on the number of selected places to visit.
Opening hours of the oceanarium in Bangkok are very convenient for tourists: from 10 am to 8 pm.
Siam Ocean World Oceanarium
The entire aquarium is divided into 7 zones, distinguished by the inhabitants of the underwater world represented there.
Hall: Unidentified and surprising (Weird and Wonderful)
Here are presented: crabs, morays, lobsters, worms and sea snakes.
Especially striking is the giant Japanese spider crab, which has been living for more than 100 years.
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Hall: Reef Zone (Deep Reef)
Presented are: coral with mollusks, bright fish living in reefs, and even humpback Maori and bluetongs.
This room is made in the form of a huge aquarium, which is first viewed from above, and then, going down - and from all sides.
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Hall: Living Ocean (Living Ocean)
Presented are: various inhabitants of the ocean - turtles, sea fur seals, etc. and in a small darkened room, like a cave you can see huge tarantulas, restless "fish-dog" and blind cave catfish.
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Hall: Tropical (rain forest) (Rain Forest)
Presented are: piranhas, iguanas, poisonous frogs, chameleons, turtles, water rats, otters, strange snakes and other representatives of tropical ponds.
This is the darkest room, decorated in a jungle with lianas and a waterfall.
A peculiarity of this zone is the duodenal fish and giant water rats.
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Hall: Rocky Shore
Presented: penguins and starfish.
One of the most gay halls, as the behavior of penguins is always interesting to watch. And in small aquariums you can touch real sea stars.
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Hall: Open Ocean (Open Ocean)
Presented are: sharks, rays and other large representatives of the ocean.
The hall is made in the form of a glass closed mirror tunnel, which is under water. Thanks to this, it is felt that you are at the very bottom of the ocean and sharks and stingrays sail alongside you.
This is the most impressive hall of the oceanarium.
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Hall: Glacier or Sea of Jelly (Sea Jellies)
In the hall, which occupies only one room, you can watch the jellyfish swimming in gelatinous ice.
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In addition to simply observing how some of the representatives of the water world are swimming, you can, after studying the timetable near the ticket offices, get on the feeding show, or go down to the aquarium with the sharks in a real spacesuit and swim with them.
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When planning an excursion to the oceanarium of Siam Ocean World, keep in mind that in order to visit all halls, take pictures and have a good look at interesting specimens, you need at least three hours.