Phuket Aquarium
The Phuket aquarium is an excellent attraction for tourists and visitors traveling with their families to visit during their vacation on Phuket as is for example the Phuket Fantasea show and the enteraining acts at Simon Cabaret Phuket.
The Phuket aquarium is managed and sponsored by the Thai Department of Natural Resources and the Environment as well as the local Phuket Marine Biological Centre.
The aquarium in Phuket was started by the local government so that tourists could learn more about the flora and fauna that can be found in the Andaman Sea that surrounds Phuket.
When researchers and government agencies make new studies and research about the Andaman Sea and its flora and fauna the results of the studies are often showcased in the Phuket aquarium.
The Phuket aquarium has a number of impressive which show visitors to the aquarium in Phuket the ecology of the Andaman Sea.
For those of you that do not dive, the Phuket aquarium also houses a selection of coral which is native to the waters surrounding Phuket and other islands nearby.
One of the best things about the Phuket sea aquarium is the great touch pool that can be found inside the aquarium.
A number of different organisms, which include for example sea cucumbers and seas stars, can be found inside the touch pool at the Phuket aquarium which is the same as the ones that can be seen in the different reefs which are located in the Andaman Sea.
For those of you that visit the Phuket aquarium, you will be able to find nearly 70 different species of fresh water fish including electric eel fish and flora which are housed in a number of different fresh water tanks.
Other species of fish that can be found inside the Phuket aquarium are a variety of different types of snappers as well as the infamous Napoleon wrasse.
The Phuket aquarium is located in the Cape Panwa area of Phuket and this area is one of the most beautiful parts of the island.
So there is more then one reason to rent a car or motorbike and to go for a day trip to the Phuket aquarium.