Chetpet Ecopark — Attraction in Zone 8 Anna Nagar

The park works between 10 am and 7pm. There is an entrance ticket. The entrance fee was nominal at ₹25 for adults and ₹10 for children. Two wheeler parking came at ₹12 per hour.

Before the entrance, you have an Aavin parlour and the ticket counter also sells fish pickles. You can also buy fish at ₹300/kg says the notice on counter.

You can see the following inside the premises: Aquarium (₹50/- per head) Multimedia Room ( children's play area with each activity carrying a fee ranging from ₹50 per game) A Dome House (a vertical theater, runs only when there are six people), Visual Realty Ride and Visual Reality video,, toddler colour and post on screen games. Price starting from ₹50 (single event) to ₹200 jumbo package Boat house (₹50 per adult and 25 per kid). Walking trail Kids play area Canteen Angling area (a separate pond, off limits you don't buy a separate ticket ₹200 per fishing rod or have a Walker's monthly pass)

The boat house had a steep dangling stairway to the pond that might give jitters to some ( they should allow the use of the concrete stairway for older people). The pedal and ride boat didn't provide much except for one circle around the island in the middle. The water was not foul smelling.

We didn't try the multimedia room. The games are a bit suited for kids from std 3 to std 12.

The dome house sounded nice but we couldn't get a chance as the number of people weren't enough.

The VR and augmented reality were almost the same as you see in most play stations. However, the area was spacious, cool and equipments neat.

For kids below primary level, the paint your fish and drop it in water (augmented reality) was nice.

The kids play area is almost the same as you find in most corporation parks, except that the crowd was a little less because of the entrance ticket.

The canteen was decent and the prices a bit high.

The biggest highlight is the aquarium. You can see a variety of fishes starting from the now very common koi fishes, a variety of barbs, Oscars, a variety of cichlids, large arowana, turtles, clown fishes (yes Nemo and Dory were there) with live sea anemones. Their were a lot of river monsters (longer than your hand) like alligator gar fish, piranha, arowana and a couple of other fishes. There was also a section on fishes from gulf of mannar and western ghats.

What is really pathetic is that you cannot identify most of the fishes in the tank if you are not an aquaculturist of fish biologist. The display units don't provide much information and in most cases the names of the fishes are missing. If every one can identify all the fishes in the tank then it will be much better, especially for school children. The aquarium could be properly lit, and walkway made more beautiful (probably with a theme). Total time inside the aquarium can be on average 20 mins.

You can spend anywhere between 30 mins and 2 hours (if you play all games) within the park. If you choose kids play area and angling, you can spend another 45...

Very Good place to enjoy your day with Kid. Today I went to this area for Pongal Celebrations. It was a pleasant day for me and my kid. My kid enjoyed it a lot. Now Pongal festival celebrated in this park and plenty of village games also there

Pongal Festival Games. General -- Rs. 49 (Park Entry + 3 Games) Kids -- Rs. 99 (Park Entry + 15 Village Games) Adult -- Rs. 149 (Park Entry + 15 Village Games)

General Ticket Price: Entry Fees: Adult : Rs 25 || Child : Rs 10 Boat Ride : Adult : Rs. 60 || Child : Rs.30 Angling : Rs.300

Virtual World Dome Theatre : Rs. 75 Augmented Reality Rs. 50 Virtual Reality (Ride) Rs. 50 Virtual Reality (Experience) Rs. 50 Interactive Wall Rs. 50 COMBO Price (Dome/AR/VR/Wall) : Rs. 200 3D Theatre : Rs. 50

Walkway Monthly Pass: Rs. 200 Half Yearly Pass : Rs. 1000 Yearly Pass : Rs. 2000

Those planning to make use of the 1.5 km walkway regularly could purchase a monthly pass for Rs 200. Or a half yearly one for Rs 1,000 and a yearly pass for Rs 2,000. As evidenced by the excited murmurs and selfie taking youngsters hanging around the jetty, boating and fishing are novelties, visitors are willing to shell out money — Rs 50 for a boat ride and Rs 300 for angling.

The lake has been seeded with a wide variety fish. For those eager to learn fishing, training facilities have also been instated with instructors. The fishing area is also separated from the hustle and bustle of the large park complex.

The park also has an amphi-theatre, food zone serving pastries, puffs, tea,coffee, chaats, ice creams, water, popcorn etc and a seafood mobile van, 3D movie hall and a children’s play area. All these will be open to the public between 9 am to 8 pm, all days except Tuesday. Walking pass holders can enter the park...

I have never given 5 stars for any public place. Let me explain why I did this place. It is because the government is very well known for its poor maintenance. They always start something great. And the maintenance service is so bad. It's literally evil. But to my surprise. This place is well maintained. The sidewalk is clean. No garbage laying around unattended.

Parking - 200 bikes. 40-50 cars capacity. 25 rs for bike. 50 rs for car.

Restrooms - Two restrooms are available for visitors. To my surprise they were clean. Not to a standard clean , clean. Comparing other government facilities this is clean.

Wheelchair accessible - not many places are wheelchair accessible. This is really good to take elders for a stroll in the evening. They will love it for sure.

Landscaping - The grass and trees were well groom and maintained.

Boating, fishing and walking - three activities to do with your friends and family. Please try them if you have time.

Canteen - it's actually not that bad. Ice cream, chips , sandwich, bagi and other stuff it's enough for a good snack with family.

Accessibility - It is very easy to reach this place by metro, bus and train. I don't know any other good place which ticks these three boxes. Semmozhi ponga is great. But getting cab is a nightmare. And traffic is crazy that it will make you think about your life choices. So this a huge win for...