Name: Beijing Aquarium

Star Rating: 4A

Admission: 120 yuan

Opening Hours: 09:00 - 17:30 (April 1 to October 31); 10:00 - 16:30 (November 1 to March 31)

Phone: 6217 6655

Address: 137 Xiwai Street, Xizhimen, Haidian District

Description:

The stellar Beijing Aquarium is a worthwhile diversion in the northeastern corner of the Beijing Zoo. On location is an imaginative Amazon rainforest (complete with piranhas), coral reefs, a shark aquarium where you can even take a dive with the flesh eaters, and a marine mammal pavilion that hosts lively aquatic animal displays.

This aquarium is home to thousands of fish, turtles and more, including an unforgettable Amazonian Arapaima and it features daily seal and dolphin shows.

Featured Attractions:

Whale and Dolphin Bay is the home and school for whales, dolphins and sea lions. It is here that they are being trained by professional trainers for performances to entertain visitors.

The Touch Pool measures 39 yards long, resembling the long and winding coastline. Many mollusks such as trumpet shells and echinoderm such as holothurians, sea stars and sea urchins live there. Visitors can gently caress them, though with caution as some are rather timid while others are poisonous. Green turtles also swim about in the pool without a care.

Seabed travel takes visitors to a wonderful trip to the bottom of the sea. The undersea tunnel leads you into a colorful and calm ocean world, with all kinds of fish swimming inside the circular tank. Visitors can virtually touch the belly of the furious white sharks and shake hands with turtles. The 32 fish tanks exhibit fancy fishes from home and abroad and visitors are sure to gain much knowledge about them at the end of their visit.

The Ocean Theater is a venue where animals perform their tricks. It has a capacity for 3,000 viewers, with hot and romantic Hawaiian scenery in the background. The incomparably superior performance from these animal stars win rounds of applause from spectators every day.

Transportation

Subway: Subway Line 4: get off at Beijing Zoo Station, get out of the station from Exit A (northwest exit), and you'll find the south gate of the Beijing Zoo where it is located.

Bus Route: Take Bus No. 360, 319, 347, 362, 534, 714,87, Yuntong 106, Yuntong 104, 563, Yuntong 205, Te 4, 614, 697, 209, 608, 107, 105, 206, 111, Yuntong 105, 27, 632 and get off at Beijing Zoo Station.

Hot Travel Routes: Wanshou Temple - Purple Bamboo Park - Five Pagoda Temple (Formerly Zhenjue Temple) - Zoo - Aquarium

Nearby Accommodation: Beijing Zhongyuan Hotel