The Shore Oceanarium, Melaka

 Before our recent trip to Melaka, I was searching for places to visit with the kids and The Shore Oceanarium popped up. Located on Level 2 of The Shore Shopping Gallery, this attraction is definitely a must-visit; not only did we have a fun time exploring the oceanarium, we learnt lots of new things about marine life too.

We were really impressed with the facility and layout of the place, with exhibits clearly labelled and well-spaced out. Our first stop was the Interactive Touch Pool, where the kids got to touch various sea animals such as starfish, sea cucumber, sea urchin, horseshoe crab and bamboo shark. The staff here are helpful and guided the kids on the correct way of handling the marine life.

One of the cool features we encountered here was the Magical Vacuum Aquarium; under normal circumstances and the law of physics, water would flow out through any hole in the middle of a water filled tank. The MVA Aquarium however, defies gravity with its specially designed mechanism that creates a vacuum at the top of the aquarium and maintains low pressure such that water doesn't come gushing out of the outlet. You can put your hand right in and touch the fish.

Ocean Theatre - scheduled feeding shows with an overhead aquarium tunnel where you can see manta ray and sharks

Dangerous Fishes educate visitors about the dangerous marine fishes species such as lionfish, stone fish, puffer, moray eel and more.

Baby D has been telling me about now-extinct Megalodon, whch is the largest shark ever documented. Here, you can snap a photo with a replica of the Megalodon shark jaw and & Greatwhite shark replicas model.

Visitors can also watch an educational documentary about sea turtle "A Turtle's Adventure" in the 8-in-1 effect 3D Cinema Plus Theater.

The River Story exhibit comes with a cylindrical aquarium housing a tree and many species of fish native in the different river region: Indian River, Chinese Mountain Stream, Australian River, Lake Malawi, Malaysia and more. Here, you can also find the sturgeon, the world's largest freshwater fish which is also the fish you get your caviar from.

All around the oceanearium, visitors can also have fun at the Augmented reality (AR) stations, a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video and graphics.

Learn the life cycle of a frog... these are all real adult frogs!

The weird and wonderful.. Eastern snake neck turtle

 Hi Nemo!

Finding Nemo and Dory

Also, new at The Shore Oceanarium is the VR AR Interactive Park. Currently, they are doing a Buy 1 Oceanarium Entrance get 1 FREE VRAR entrance. Here, you can experience lots of interactive games, edutainment painting and the best one is the VR 360 degree view cinema.

Fishing game

The entrance ticket to The Shore Oceanarium is priced at RM40 per adult and RM30 per child (3-12 years old) or senior citizen (60 years old and above). Kindly allocate at least one hour to explore the oceanarium at a leisurely pace.

Opening times: 10.30am - 9pm daily.

Location: The Shore Oceanarium, 2F-01, The Shore Shopping Gallery, 193 Pinggiran @ Sungai Melaka, Jalan Persisiran Bunga Raya, 75100 Melaka, Malaysia.

Tel: +606-2829966


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